Alex Wong/GettyThe lead impeachment inquiry lawyer for House Republicans named the alleged Trump-Ukraine whistleblower during a deposition with a key State Department witness. U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor told the lawyer that he did not know the person and had not had conversations with
The lead impeachment inquiry lawyer for House Republicans named the alleged Trump-Ukraine whistleblower during a deposition with a key State Department witness.
Taylor appeared in front of House investigators last month to reveal what he knew about efforts by Trump administration officials and Rudy Giuliani to dangle military aid and a presidential meeting before Ukraine’s leaders in order to strong-arm them into launching investigations into a gas company linked to former vice president Joe Biden’s son and unsubstantiated claims Ukrainian officials interfered in the 2016 election on behalf of Hillary Clinton.
“I guess I'm a little concerned on who at NSC would've been telling you about Ambassador Bolton,” Meadows said. “You felt like he was a kindred spirit on this. So who was telling you from the NSC that he was?” Taylor raised concerns with officials at the State Department, including with Sondland, about the connection between Zelensky taking up Giuliani’s pitch for investigations and U.S. military aid. Sondland pushed back in a text message.
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