President Trump attacks adviser to VP Pence who said his call for Ukraine to probe Democrats was 'inappropriate'.
The Trump administration released that aid on Sept. 11 — just two days after Congress was made aware of the existence of the whistleblower's complaint. House impeachment investigators released Williams' transcript on Saturday. She is expected to testify publicly before the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, alongside Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the National Security Council's top Ukraine expert.
Trump on Friday released a summary of an April call with Zelenskiy during which Trump congratulated the Ukrainian leader on his election victory. The call took place before Zelenskiy was inaugurated. Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad. She started off in Somalia, how did that go? Then fast forward to Ukraine, where the new Ukrainian President spoke unfavorably about her in my second phone call with him. It is a U.S. President’s absolute right to appoint ambassadors.Read the tweet as she was answering lawmakers' questions, Yovanovitch said Trump's commentary was"intimidating." Democrats have said the tweet amounts to witness intimidation.
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