Taylor and Deputy Assistant secretary of state george kent will testify followed by former ambassador to ukraine Marie Yovanovitch on friday. Republicans and democrats have already begun to lay out their plans for making a case to the american public. And one democratic aide told nbc news the first three to testify are, quote, all strong character witnesses. All three bring credibility to the impeachment inquiry. The aide added that ambassador taylor, quote, is going to lay everything out tomorrow and you von vch is going to, quote, tug at americas heartstrings on friday. According to an internal memo, republicans will try to focus on President Trumps state of mind. But one indication recently of trumps state of mind was the latest evidence he just tried to cover up. The New York Times reports hes discussed firing Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson who he blames for reporting the whistleblower complaint to congress that ultimately touched off the inquiry. And lik
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or cult of prigozhin. it s interesting, actually, that president putin has now ordered wagner employees and those of other private military contractors to sign an allegiance to the russian state. this seems to be an attempt by the kremlin to bring these kind of groups under tighter control. but keep in mind that all of this is happening at a time when russia, having invaded its neighbour, is fighting a war in ukraine, and it seems that dramas at home are becoming a major distraction. for more on the future of wagner without its founder, i spoke to sean mcfate. he s a us army veteran as well as a senior fellow at the atlantic council, author, and professor of strategy at the national defence university. thank you for being here. russian authorities now officially confirming that wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin is dead. they have also said that they are not involved in