House releases hundreds of pages of testimony in President Trump impeachment inquiry, including former envoy to Ukraine who described her sudden ouster
Christal Hayes, Bart Jansen and Nicholas WuWASHINGTON – The committees overseeing the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump released hundreds of pages of testimony Monday from the former Ukraine ambassador, Marie Yovanovitch, and a former State Department adviser, Michael McKinley.
Yovanovitch is quoted as saying she was pulled out of her job after hearing that Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, had been criticizing her. She described"nervousness" at the State Department and the White House about her role. Later that night, in another call, Perez told Yovanovitch she needed to be on the next plane to Washington.In notifying lawmakers investigating impeachment that John Eisenberg, the National Security Council’s lawyer, would not show up Monday morning for his deposition, his attorney, William Burck, sent three letters – including one from the Department of Justice that declared Eisenberg was immune from having to testify.
Burck said in a separate letter that his client received a subpoena on Friday and said this didn’t even give him a “single business day to prepare for testimony.” But, the letter added: “Even if Mr. Eisenberg had been afforded a reasonable amount of time to prepare, the President has instructed Mr. Eisenberg not to appear at the deposition.”
The whistleblower who raised alarms about President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine and touched off the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry is willing to answer written questions submitted by House Republicans, the person's lawyer says.The testimony offer, made over the weekend to Rep. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the Intelligence Committee, followed escalating attacks by Trump and his GOP allies who are demanding the whistleblower's identity be revealed.
Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a Ukraine expert at the NSC, testified Oct. 29 that he was concerned about the July 25 phone call when Trump urged Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden while withholding nearly $400 million in military aid. Vindman listened to the call and reported his concerns to Eisenberg.
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