House impeachment investigators released the closed-door deposition transcript of a State Department official who said he was told to lie low after raising complaints about President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani
George Kent, who oversees US policy on Ukraine at the State Department, testified that a State Department supervisor told him to lie low after he raised complaints about Trump's personal attorney. He told lawmakers Giuliani was"wrong" to conduct a shadow foreign policy and Giuliani's efforts undermined US foreign policy in Ukraine, where he was pushing for the ouster of the US ambassador and for investigations into Trump's rivals.
Kent testified privately before House lawmakers on October 15 as part of the impeachment inquiry. He appeared under subpoena despite State Department orders not to cooperate with Congress.Internal State Department emails that were turned over to Congress showed that Kent rushed to the defense of that ambassador, Marie Yovanovitch, earlier this year when she was the target of attacks from Giuliani and other Trump allies.
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