blocks for their impeachment inquiry, mostly behind closed doors. this week key house committees will depose two people you ve likely never heard of but who are crucial potential witnesses. the former ambassador to ukraine, maria yavonovich. she was recalled from her post earlier this year. and adam volcker. he suddenly resigned his post on friday. this friday the attorney general michael atkinson will also testify behind closed doors. they will work to secure that testimony, but we don t have a date for that yet. moderates and democrats hoping this week to build some foundations here, althoughwe won t see it. they re expecting more subpoenas to come out this week. adam schiff made it clear last night, speaking to 60 minutes that he plans to issue a subpoena fto rudy giuliani for documents. the question is do they bring
rudy giuliani in to testify in a public setting. that decision has not been made yet. there are a number of document requests the democrats plan to make in the days ahead. they say what the whistleblower pointed out is simply a road map for their investigation. adam schiff talked to two other house committees demanding depositions from five state officials as well as documents from the state department by friday. we do expect volcker to come in front of the house panels by thursday. the question is will the others come guaforward or will the whi house take steps to block the whi democrats efforts? they do not plan to derail their investigations, just block house subpoenas, refusing to comply. this time i m told by democrats
inertia. but there is definitely sentiment among the president s aides that they need to get in line in their smear campaign. they need to do more than smear yavonovich and volcker. he s sending a signal there that i don t have a choice, mr. president. i don t have a choice, mr. president s team. and right now he s not happy because the white house kept telling him there s nothing in this ukraine transcript. well, then release it. they released it. and there s a lot in the ukraine transcript. katy, do they send it to the white house? they are nervous about where this is going, number one, factually, because they re worried about what kurt volcker and the ambassador will say to the committee. and number two, they re worried the president s team is not prepared for this. and there s worry in the thinking of the president and his aides and allies.