The impeachment hearings are a battle between oligarchy and democracy

Official US policy in Ukraine was to promote rule of law, but the Trump administration sided against it, hearings have shownMarie Yovanovitch testifies Friday on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/APSince the House of Representatives opened an impeachment inquiry in late September into the actions of Donald Trump over his withholding of aid to Ukraine, the Republican defenders of the president have dismissed the inquiry on the ground that hearings were held behind closed