@rappler: Escudero sustains defense's objection, excludes 2 firms from SEC testimony WATCH: Impeachment court presiding officer Chiz Escudero sustains the defense's objection to the prosecution's bid to present SEC records of two companies they allege to have ties to Vice President Sara Duterte during the ongoing trial on Monday, September 21. The firms are JTC Group of Companies and Pikimong Pikimong Philippines Corporation.