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Monday Sunrise Briefs: What's next on impeachment and Hong Kong?

The perceptions campaign.

A battle over voter perceptions of the impeachment proceedings ramped up this weekend. White House aides characterized President Trump's role as the true whistleblower seeking to stop corruption in Ukraine. “If he hadn’t asked them to investigate Biden, he would have violated the constitution,” the president's lawyer Rudolph Giuliani said on ABC’s “This Week.” President Trump retweeted dozens of videos and comments from Republicans defending his role to his 65 million followers. 

Technically, Congress is in recess. But there are hearings planned all week. Former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie

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