The former US ambassador to Ukraine was recalled abruptly in May despite a distinguished career as the president pushed for Kyiv to investigate his rivals
1.11pm GMT
As Capitol Hill prepares for the second public impeachment hearing, the ratings have come in for the first hearing, and they are … lackluster.
Axios reports:
Day One’s 13 million live TV viewers fell well shy of James Comey‘s testimony in June 2017 (19.5m); the Christine Blasey Ford/Brett Kavanaugh hearing from September 2018 (20m); and the Michael Cohen hearing in February (16m).
12.45pm GMT
Good morning, live blog readers!
And welcome to Day Two. The second public hearing in the House impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump begins at 9am ET with the testimony of Marie Yovanovitch, the former US ambassador to Ukraine.
Source: Trump impeachment hearings to resume with Marie Yovanovitch testimony – live
