WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's former Russia adviser Fiona Hill urged lawmakers in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry on Thursday not to promote"politically driven falsehoods" that cast doubt on Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
"In the course of this investigation, I would ask that you please not promote politically driven falsehoods that so clearly advance Russian interests," she said. The inquiry is also examining whether Trump's withholding of $391 million in security aid to Ukraine, approved by Congress to fight Russia-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country, was meant to pressure Zelenskiy to undertake the investigations.
Holmes testified that his work at the embassy started to become overshadowed in March by the actions of Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, who was pushing Ukraine to carry out the two probes. Holmes added that embassy officials spent the next weeks trying to determine why the aid was being held up.Hill, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Britain, warned lawmakers that Russia is gearing up to repeat its election interference activities in 2020.The committee's top Republican, Devin Nunes, took issue with Hill's testimony.
Hill recalled a July 10 meeting between U.S. and Ukrainian officials that then-White House national security adviser John Bolton cut short after Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union, said there was an agreement for an Oval Office visit for Ukraine's president if his government started certain investigations.
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