Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor, right, and career Foreign Service officer George Kent, arrive to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, the first witnesses in the impeachment hearing of President Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents.
Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor, left, and career Foreign Service officer George Kent, sit before a phalanx of photographers prior to the start of Wednesday's hearing.
Career Foreign Service officer George Kent, left, and top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor, right, are sworn in to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., left, talks with ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., during the impeachment hearing of the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.
Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor arrives to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday. He was one of only two witnesses to testify at the initial session of the public impeachment hearings.
Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday. He laid out a timeline during which he became increasingly concerned about dealings with Ukraine that were outside the usual diplomatic channels and were being led by Rudolph Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer.
Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor, center, listens as career Foreign Service officer George Kent testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington during the first public impeachment hearing of President Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents.
Ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., talks to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, right, as Steve Castor, Republican staff attorney for the House Oversight Committee, center, listens during the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.
Daniel Goldman, director of investigations for the House Intelligence Committee majority staff, left, asks questions to top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor and career Foreign Service officer George Kent, as they testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday. At right is House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday during the first public impeachment hearing of President Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents.
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