Updated Day 1036

mkiser · Siteleaf · commit aea261de22ee · 2019-11-21T14:56:37.000-08:00
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   to "release my financial statement" "sometime" before the 2020 election.
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-1/ **The former White House adviser on Russia opened her testimony before the impeachment inquiry by accusing Republican lawmakers of weaponizing "falsehoods" with the "fictional narrative" that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential election**. Fiona Hill called Rep. Devin Nunes attempts to sow doubt that Russia interfered in the election a myth "perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services." She added that it's "beyond dispute" that "Russia was the foreign power that systematically attacked our democratic institutions" in 2016. Hill and foreign service officer David Holmes appeared together as public impeachment witnesses, testifying about efforts by Gordon Sondland and Rudy Giuliani to convince Ukraine's president to announce investigations that would benefit Trump politically around the time Trump froze security aid to Ukraine. ([Politico](https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/21/impeachment-hearings-close-fiona-hill-072347) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fiona-hill-to-testify-in-impeachment-inquiry-about-a-fictional-narrative-on-ukrainian-interference/2019/11/21/6d1fe576-0c60-11ea-8397-a955cd542d00_story.html) / [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/21/politics/fiona-hill-david-holmes-public-impeachment-hearing/index.html) / [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-21/diplomat-describes-confusion-in-ukraine-over-giuliani-s-role) / [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/us/politics/impeachment-hearings-day-five.html) / [Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/fiona-hill-david-holmes-expected-to-testify-on-ukraine-pressure-campaign-11574332203) / [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/fiona-hill-say-partisan-politics-drove-fictional-narrative-ukraine-n1088221))
+1/ **The former White House adviser on Russia opened her testimony before the impeachment inquiry by accusing Republican lawmakers of weaponizing "falsehoods" with the "fictional narrative" that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential election**. Fiona Hill called Rep. Devin Nunes attempts to sow doubt that Russia interfered in the election a myth "perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services." She added that it's "beyond dispute" that "Russia was the foreign power that systematically attacked our democratic institutions" in 2016. Hill and foreign service officer David Holmes appeared together as public impeachment witnesses, testifying about efforts by Gordon Sondland and Rudy Giuliani to convince Ukraine's president to announce investigations that would benefit Trump politically around the time Trump froze security aid to Ukraine. Hill testified that she warned Sondland at the time that his efforts in Ukraine on behalf of Trump would "blow up." She added: "And here we are." ([Politico](https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/21/impeachment-hearings-close-fiona-hill-072347) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fiona-hill-to-testify-in-impeachment-inquiry-about-a-fictional-narrative-on-ukrainian-interference/2019/11/21/6d1fe576-0c60-11ea-8397-a955cd542d00_story.html) / [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/21/politics/fiona-hill-david-holmes-public-impeachment-hearing/index.html) / [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-21/diplomat-describes-confusion-in-ukraine-over-giuliani-s-role) / [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/us/politics/impeachment-hearings-day-five.html) / [Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/fiona-hill-david-holmes-expected-to-testify-on-ukraine-pressure-campaign-11574332203) / [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/fiona-hill-say-partisan-politics-drove-fictional-narrative-ukraine-n1088221))
 
 * **MORE**:
 
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ todayInOneSentence: The former White House adviser on Russia accused Republican
 * **READ**: [Adam Schiff's opening statement](https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/21/politics/adam-schiff-impeachment-hearing-opening-remarks-november-21/index.html)
 
 * **READ**: [Devin Nunes' opening statement](https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/21/politics/devin-nunes-opening-remarks-impeachment-hearing/index.html)
-  **Live blogs**: [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/impeachment-hearings-live-updates/2019/11/21/879521ca-0c31-11ea-8397-a955cd542d00_story.html) / [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-21/inquiry-to-hear-from-ex-russia-adviser-hill-impeachment-update) / [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/us/politics/impeachment-hearing.html) / [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/impeachment-hearing-11-21-19/index.html) / [Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/fiona-hill-david-holmes-impeachment) / [ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-impeachment-hearings-day-fiona-hill-david-holmes/story?id=67184261)
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+* **LIVE BLOGS**: [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/impeachment-hearings-live-updates/2019/11/21/879521ca-0c31-11ea-8397-a955cd542d00_story.html) / [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-21/inquiry-to-hear-from-ex-russia-adviser-hill-impeachment-update) / [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/us/politics/impeachment-hearing.html) / [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/impeachment-hearing-11-21-19/index.html) / [Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/fiona-hill-david-holmes-impeachment) / [ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-impeachment-hearings-day-fiona-hill-david-holmes/story?id=67184261)
 
 2/ **The deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia testified that Ukrainian officials asked her staff about the military aid on July 25**  – the same day as Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Laura Cooper said Ukrainian officials were aware "there was some kind of issue" with the aid on July 25. Cooper testified that the military aid was critically important and that she had no idea why it was held up, despite Congress authorizing the money and the Defense Department having assured that Ukraine had met the qualifications for receiving it in May. Trump, White House officials, and Republican members of Congress, however, have argued that Kiev wasn't aware of the delay until it was publicly reported in late August, insisting that there could be no wrongdoing if the Ukrainians weren't aware the aid was being held up. ([CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/20/politics/david-hale-laura-cooper-public-hearing/index.html) / [Axios](https://www.axios.com/laura-cooper-david-hale-impeachment-hearing-c6c23a05-f291-481a-b8f8-75632a0940f1.html) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/20/takeaways-laura-coopers-david-hales-testimony-about-military-aid-ukraine/) / [Politico](https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/20/laura-cooper-david-hale-impeachment-hearings-live-highlights-and-updates-072240))
 
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 3. **Federal prosecutors in New York subpoenaed several Trump fundraisers as part of their investigation into Giuliani and his associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman**. Prosecutors sent subpoenas to Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm run by Brian Ballard, a top Trump fundraiser. One subpoenas was for communications and documents related to Parnas and Fruman, who were arrested last month on campaign finance charges, Kelly Sadler, a spokeswoman for America First Action, and Giuliani. ([CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/20/politics/subpoena-trump-fundraisers-giuliani/index.html))
 
-4. **The Senate approved a short-term spending bill to keep the government open through Dec. 20**. Trump is expected to sign the bill, which the House first passed earlier this week. ([Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-approves-spending-bill-to-avoid-government-shutdown-11574359183) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/11/21/senate-passes-short-term-spending-bill-sending-legislation-trump-hours-ahead-shutdown-deadline/) / [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/us/politics/government-spending-bill-sena.html))
+4. **Trump signed a short-term spending bill to keep the government open through Dec. 20**. The stop-gap spending bill came after the Senate passed the legislation on a bipartisan 74-20 vote earlier in the day. ([Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-approves-spending-bill-to-avoid-government-shutdown-11574359183) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/11/21/senate-passes-short-term-spending-bill-sending-legislation-trump-hours-ahead-shutdown-deadline/) / [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/us/politics/government-spending-bill-sena.html))
 
 5. **Trump met privately with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for an undisclosed dinner at the White House in October** – the second such meeting between Trump and Zuckerberg in a month. Facebook board member Peter Thiel also attended the dinner. Zuckerberg was in D.C. to testify before Congress about Facebook's new cryptocurrency. It is unclear what Trump, Zuckerberg, and Thiel discussed or why the dinner was not made public. ([NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trump-hosted-zuckerberg-undisclosed-dinner-white-house-october-n1087986))
 
