What Went Down On Day 1 Of The Impeachment Hearings

Amelia, that’s a great point about how close things came to an announcement. And I wonder now how much Trump wanted that announcement — that moment — even more than he wanted or cared about the results of an investigation.

Goldman is now laying some groundwork to discredit the arguments that Republicans are presumably about to make.

Sarah, one point I’d emphasize for people following along at home is that while I’ve talked a lot about foreign policy being low-salience for most voters, this morning’s testimony has put the Ukraine situation in deeper context by laying out the strategic importance of the country and the stakes of our policy there. The second point is that the testimony has continued to point to Trump’s involvement, as opposed to just actions by others like Giuliani. The third is that there has been a lot of emphasis on the political intent of the conversations about aid to Ukraine — not trying to make their policies more pro-U.S. in some way, but being linked to Trump’s own political career.