SUNRISE, Fla. – John Dagwell says he has earned
the right to live in peace as he tries to put his past
behind him.
The former Roman Catholic brother, 75, pleaded
guilty in a New Jersey criminal case in 1988 to mo-
lesting a student when he taught at a parochial
school. His religious order, the Xaverian Brothers,
transferred him to the Boston area, where he went to
work in a homeless shelter and soon faced new abuse
accusations that were never reported to police. Four
years later, personnel files from the Boston Archdio-
cese revealed Dagwell as a clergyman credibly ac-
cused of sexual abuse. His name was also included in
a list released by the Xaverian Brothers.
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ride for DamonThe Texas accent was
easy, but playing racing
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credibilityGritty team validates
winning attitude each
week, columnist Mike
Jones says. In SportsWASHINGTON – The first public wit-
nesses scheduled for Week 8 of House
Democrats’ impeachment inquiry are
State Department officials who ques-
tioned President Donald Trump’s effort
to push Ukraine to investigate a political
rival and an ambassador who was re-
moved to clear the path for his back-
channel diplomacy.
The House Intelligence Committee is
holding its first public hearings after
three panels, including Foreign Affairs
and Oversight and Reform, spent weeks
collecting testimony behind closed
doors from diplomats and national se-
curity officials.
Three of those witnesses are set to
describe how they criticized the policy;
how the president’s personal lawyer
Rudy Giuliani guided the effort; and
how Trump recalled the ambassador to
Ukraine to make way for it. Highlights of
testimony from Bill Taylor, George Kent
and Marie Yovanovitch have been re-
ported from transcripts, but the hear-
ings will put the story before a national
television audience. Taylor and Kent
will speak Wednesday, and Yovanovitch
is scheduled for Thursday.
The inquiry built upon Trump’s
phone call July 25 to Ukrainian Presi-
dent Volodymyr Zelensky, when he
urged the investigation of former Vice
President Joe Biden while withholding
nearly $400 million in military aid.
House Democrats contend the move
and efforts to conceal it might be im-
peachable offenses.
Trump maintains that he was justi-
fied in fighting corruption. Congres-
sional Republicans say the arrangement
doesn’t justify impeachment because
Ukraine wasn’t initially aware that mil-
itary aid was at stake and the money
was released without an investigation
of Biden.
Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Uk-
raine after Trump removed Ambassa-
dor Yovanovitch, described two chan-
nels of diplomacy: one for the State De-
partment and one for Giuliani. Taylor
said he learned slowly from May
through July about the insistence on an
Hearings go public today
Diplomats
to reiterate
misgivings
over Ukraine
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USA TODAY
President Donald Trump meets with Turkish President Erdogan in July 2018 in
Brussels. The leaders plan to meet again Wednesday.OLIVIER HOSLET/EPA-EFEBill Taylor George Kent Marie YovanovitchSee IMPEACHMENT, Page 3A
The key lawmakers in the impeachment inquiryAdam SchiffThe Intelligence
Committee
chairman was a
leading Trump
critic during the
investigations
into Russian
election med-
dling. On Ukraine,
Schiff has said
Trump is guilty
of “abusing his
power to the
detriment of our
national security.”Devin NunesThe ranking
Republican on
the Intelligence
Committee had
preceded Schiff
as chairman,
a role he used
to defend Trump
during the Russia
inquiry. Nunes
has called the
impeachment
inquiry a one-
sided “sham.”Jim JordanThe ranking
Republican on the
House Oversight
Committee
moved to the
Intelligence
Committee this
month to help
lead the defense
of the president.
Like Nunes,
Jordan says the
whistleblower
should be com-
pelled to testify.Eric SwalwellThe California
lawmaker had
been a zealous
advocate for
the president’s
impeachment
even before
the Ukraine
allegations
became public.
Swalwell was
briefly among
the large field
of Democratic
presidential
candidates.USA TODAY EXCLUSIVE‘Anonymous’warns thatTrump won’t‘exit quietly’Author says presidentis laying groundworkSusan Page
Washington Bureau Chief
USA TODAYThe anonymous official who has
written a scathing account of the pre-
sidency of Donald Trump suggests
that the president might refuse to
leave office even if convicted in im-
peachment hearings or defeated nar-
rowly in the 2020 election – and says
he is preparing his followers to see ei-
ther outcome as a “coup” that could
warrant resistance.
“He will not exit quietly – or easily,”
the author, self-described as a senior
administration official, writes in “A
Warning,”a book that builds on an ex-
plosive op-ed by the same unnamed
author last year. An early copy was ob-
tained by USA TODAY.
“It is why at many turns he suggests
‘coups’ are afoot and a ‘civil war’ is in
the offing. He is already seeding the
narrative for his followers – a narrative
that could end tragically.”As the House of Representatives
prepares to open public impeachment
hearings Wednesday, the book also
says that Trump ordered aides more
than a year ago to pursue a “deliberate
and coordinated campaign” to ob-
struct an impeachment inquiry and
other congressional investigations.
House Intelligence Chairman Adam
Schiff has said he is considering ob-
struction of Congress as a possible
article of impeachment.See ANONYMOUS, Page 3A“He is already seedingthe narrative for hisfollowers – a narrativethat could end tragically.”
Excerpt from “A Warning”MERRICK MORTON/20TH CENTURY FOXANDREA BRUNTY / USA TODAY
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