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    OMB Staffer Could Shed Light On Impeachment Inquiry Enigmas

    Closed-door testimony from the only White House staffer cooperating with the probe could provide first-hand knowledge about details that remain hazy.
    by David Welna Nov 16, 2019 5 minutes
    A budget staffer is to become the first White House official to testify about Ukraine aid in the impeachment inquiry at the Capitol on Saturday.

    The question of exactly why the Trump administration held up close to $400 million in security assistance to Ukraine came up many times during the first two days of public hearings in the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry.

    Less discussed has been what motivated President Trump's abrupt decision on Sept. 11 to lift the hold on that aid.

    Definitive answers to either question have thus far eluded the inquiry chaired by Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. In part that's because nobody in the Trump White House who might have first-hand knowledge of those decisions has acceded to requests and subpoenas to testify — either privately or publicly — in the probe.

    That could change thanks to a rare private session of Schiff's committee and staff on Saturday. The witness is White House Office of Management and Budget career staffer Mark Sandy.

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