The impeachment inquiry may lack pizzazz, but U.S. President Donald Trump and his Republican defenders may soon yearn for these slow, early days, Jackson Proskow says.

Philip Reeker, the acting assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, met with the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Oversight committees behind closed doors at the U.S. Capitol.

The meeting came before Zelenskiy was inaugurated but about two weeks after Trump called to offer his congratulations on the night of the Ukrainian leader’s April 21 election.