What Went Down On Day 3 Of The Trump Impeachment Hearings

Basically, what’s happening here is that, when Williams said in her opening statement that she didn’t know why Pence’s Ukraine trip was canceled, it came across like it was canceled for nefarious reasons that were purposefully being kept from her. Castor is offering some alternative reasons to make it seem like Williams not knowing is just Williams not knowing.

Castor appears to be suggesting that the fact that Pence ultimately didn’t go to Zelensky’s inauguration wasn’t a big deal. Maybe Trump wanted Pence to go to Canada instead, Castor says. Williams keeps repeating that she doesn’t know why the trip was canceled.

Williams isn’t able to say why Trump decided to put the kibosh on Pence’s trip to the Zelensky’s inauguration in May, but she does testify that planning for it stopped on May 13, before the Ukranian government set the date.