President Trump's call to the cell phone of a U.S. ambassador — a call that included a discussion of 'investigations' — was at risk of being monitored by Russia, a State Department official told impeachment investigators
President Donald Trump's call to the cell phone of a U.S. ambassador — a call that included a discussion of "investigations" Trump was asking Ukraine to launch into his Democratic rivals — was at risk of being monitored by Russia, a State Department official told House impeachment investigators.
"I've never seen anything like this, someone calling the president from a mobile phone at a restaurant, and then having a conversation of this level of candor, colorful language," Holmes recalled. "There's just so much about the call that was so remarkable that I remember it vividly." The release of Holmes' transcript — just three days after he testified — is a reflection of Democrats' attempt to keep their impeachment inquiry moving apace. They scheduled Holmes for public testimony on Thursday alongside former Trump adviser Fiona Hill, who handled Russia policy on the National Security Council until her departure in July.
Hale said there were discussions about issuing a statement of support for Yovanovitch at the highest levels of the State Department but ultimately they decided against it. Among the considerations was that a statement might provoke those spreading the smears to ratchet up their attacks. But Hale said there was another argument against the statement as well.
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