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Top NSC Russia official confirms key testimony linking Trump to quid pro quo
Tim Morrison, however, was careful not to directly criticize the president's actions.
By
ANDREW DESIDERIO
10/31/2019 10:34 AM EDT
Updated 10/31/2019 04:48 PM EDT
President Donald Trump’s top Russia aide on Thursday corroborated aspects of a key U.S. diplomat’s
testimony connecting the president to a quid pro quo with Ukraine, according to people familiar with the aide’s testimony to House impeachment investigators.
Timothy Morrison, the Europe and Russia chief for the National Security Council, was cited more than a dozen times in William Taylor’s opening statement to investigators last week. Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, said Morrison told him that Trump sought to withhold military aid to Ukraine and refuse a White House meeting with the country’s president until it launched investigations into Trump’s political rivals. Morrison, who testified for more than eight hours behind closed doors, confirmed Taylor’s account of those conversations.
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Trump lures GOP senators on impeachment with cold cash
The president is tapping his vast donor network to buck up lawmakers whose support he badly needs — but who also need him.
By
ALEX ISENSTADT
10/31/2019 05:00 AM EDT
President Donald Trump is rewarding senators who have his back on impeachment — and sending a message to those who don't to get on board.
Trump is tapping his vast fundraising network for a handful of loyal senators facing tough reelection bids in 2020. Each of them has signed onto a Republican-backed
resolution condemning the inquiry as “unprecedented and undemocratic.”
After McConnell advice, Trump lays off GOP senators on impeachment
The president’s team is betting that the cult of his personality and the power of his prolific Twitter feed will be enough to keep senators on his side.
By
BURGESS EVERETT and
NANCY COOK
10/30/2019 07:05 PM EDT
Sitting inside the White House, Mitch McConnell gave Donald Trump some straightforward advice: Stop attacking senators — including Mitt Romney — who likely will soon judge your fate in an impeachment trial.
The one-on-one meeting last week between the Senate majority leader and the president covered several weighty issues including Syria, according to two people familiar with the conversation. But like everything these days when it comes to Trump, impeachment was high on the president’s mind.
John Bolton scheduled to testify in impeachment inquiry
It's unclear if he'll appear at the deposition.
By
ANDREW DESIDERIO
10/30/2019 04:06 PM EDT
Updated 10/30/2019 07:12 PM EDT
House impeachment investigators have asked former national security adviser John Bolton and two key White House lawyers to testify next week as part of the inquiry, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Bolton is scheduled to be deposed on Nov. 7, while National Security Council attorneys John Eisenberg and Michael Ellis are slated to appear on Nov. 4, the source said. It was not immediately clear whether they plan to appear for testimony.
Testimony: Nunes acolyte misrepresented himself to Trump as Ukraine expert
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman also testified on Tuesday that the National Security Council staffer, Kash Patel, fed the president disinformation about Ukraine.
By
NATASHA BERTRAND
10/30/2019 01:00 PM EDT
The decorated Army officer who testified to House investigators on Tuesday told lawmakers that a close associate of Republican Rep. Devin Nunes “misrepresented” himself to President Donald Trump in an effort to involve himself further in Ukraine policy, according to two people familiar with his closed-door deposition.
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the National Security Council’s top Ukraine expert, told lawmakers that after attending Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s inauguration in May as part of a delegation led by Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Vindman had been looking forward to debriefing Trump and giving a positive account of Zelensky’s vision for Ukraine’s future.
State Dept. officials offer new details about Trump’s shadow diplomacy with Ukraine
Catherine Croft also testified that lobbyist Robert Livingston pushed to get the ambassador to Ukraine fired.
By
ANDREW DESIDERIO and
KYLE CHENEY
10/30/2019 09:21 AM EDT
Updated 10/30/2019 01:13 PM EDT
Two veteran foreign service officers revealed new details to House impeachment investigators on Wednesday about the unconventional efforts by President Donald Trump’s associates to influence U.S. policy toward Ukraine, according to copies of their opening statements obtained by POLITICO.
Catherine Croft and Christopher Anderson, State Department officials who served as senior advisers on Ukraine, described to investigators the unusual intrusion into U.S. foreign policy by Trump-aligned consultants, including his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Robert Livingston, a lobbyist and former GOP congressman.