In this episode of the CAFE Insider podcast, “Can I Get A Witness?,” co-hosts Preet Bharara and Anne Milgram break down the latest developments:

-- The House Intelligence Committee completed its first set of public hearings last week featuring startling testimony from diplomats Bill Taylor, George Kent, and Marie Yovanovitch.

-- In a closed-door deposition on Friday, State Department aide David Holmes testified to a troubling call he overheard between EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland and President Trump.

-- The public will hear from eight more witnesses this week, including Ambassador Sondland who has first-hand knowledge of key events under investigation.

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REFLECTIONS ON LAST WEEK’S PUBLIC HEARINGSRadio host Rush Limbaugh called Bill Taylor and George Kent “self-important nerds,” 11/13/19 Fox News host Jeanine Pirro criticized George Kent’s sartorial choices, 11/17/19“AP Explains: What’s wrong with hearsay evidence in Congress?,” AP, 11/15/19“Why Trump’s “state of mind” will be key in impeachment,” Quartz, 11/2/19

THE QUESTIONERS’ STRATEGIES“Meet the two seasoned staff prosecutors now in impeachment spotlight,” NBC News, 11/15/19“GOP woman gets outsized role at impeachment hearing,” AP, 11/16/19“Elise Stefanik’s Questioning During Impeachment Hearings Draws GOP Cheers,” The Wall Street Journal, 11/16/19House resolution (H.Res.660) outlining procedures for the impeachment inquiry into the president, 10/31/19

PUBLIC TESTIMONY OF GEORGE KENT & BILL TAYLOR Transcript of Kent’s and Taylor’s public hearing before the House Intelligence Committee on November 13 “5 takeaways from Bill Taylor’s and George Kent’s impeachment testimony,” The Washington Post, 11/13/19

CLOSED-DOOR TESTIMONY OF DAVID HOLMES Opening statement of David Holmes during his closed-door testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on November 15“A Friday night surprise: David Holmes throws a wrench in Trump’s impeachment defense,” The Washington Post, 11/16/19“Russian spies likely intercepted ambassador’s cell phone call with Trump,” CNN, 11/14/19Full transcript of October 17 testimony of Gordon Sondland, U.S. Ambassador to the E.U., 11/6/19Sondland’s addendum to his October 17 testimony, 11/4/19

PUBLIC TESTIMONY OF MARIE YOVANOVITCH Memorandum of July 25 call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, 9/24/19 Transcript of Yovanovitch’s public hearing before the House Intelligence Committee on November 1518 USC § 1512: Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informantTrump’s tweet criticizing Yovanovitch while she testified, 11/15/19“Trump Attack on Envoy During Testimony Raises Charges of Witness Intimidation,” The New York Times, 11/15/19Trump’s tweet calling Jennifer Williams, an aide to Vice President Mike Pence, a “Never Trumper,” 11/17/19Stay Tuned with Preet: Impeachment Hearing & The Story of America (with Jill Lepore), 11/14/19  

WEEK 2 OF PUBLIC HEARINGS“Impeachment Public Hearings Week 2 — Who Is Testifying And What Happens Next,” NPR, 11/18/19House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff’s tweet announcing that eight more witnesses will publicly testify, 11/12/19“Senior national security official ties key official more closely to Trump on Ukraine in impeachment inquiry,” The Washington Post, 11/16/19

ROGER STONE FOUND GUILTYIndictment of Roger Stone, 1/24/19“From Organization 1 to Person 2: Who’s Who in the Roger Stone Indictment,” The Wall Street Journal, 1/25/19“Roger Stone guilty on all counts of lying to Congress, witness tampering,” The Washington Post, 11/15/19