has done nothing wrong — this is a coordinated smear campaign from far-left lawmakers and radical unelected bureaucrats waging war on the Constitution. There was no quid pro quo," White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said.

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Only Taylor's opening statement has been released at this point. However, lawmakers emerging after hours of the private deposition said Taylor relayed a "disturbing" account, including establishing a "direct line" to the quid pro quo at the center of Democrats' impeachment inquiry.

Lawmakers said Taylor recalled events that filled in gaps from the testimony of other witnesses, particularly Sondland, who testified last week and whose statements now are being called into question by Taylor's account. They said Taylor kept records of conversations and documents.

"TheThe Bogotá protests that entered their fifth day on Monday has claimed the first civilian life, with the death of 18-year old Dilan Cruz.

The student, enrolled in the district school Colegio Ricaurte, was participating Saturday, November 23, in a demonstration in support of the national strike Paro Nacional when a confrontation erupted with the National Police’s anti-riot squad – Esmad. Dylan was shot in the head with a projectile from a weapon of an Esmad member.

Attended to by first responders of the Colombian Red Cross and district’s Security and Coexistence Secretariat, the seriously injured student was taken by ambulance to the San Ignacío Hospital of the Javeriana University where he was resuscitated twice and operated on by surgeons. Dilan’s medical condition remained critical until his death was pronounced