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Witnesses are asked if they consider themselves “Never Trumpers”

Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, asked the two witnesses at Wednesday’s impeachment hearing whether they consider themselves “Never Trumpers,” as President Trump has alleged. Watch the responses from Assistant Secretary of State George Kent and William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine. Source

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Kent: “No factual basis” for allegations Ukraine interfered in 2016 election

Questioned by Democratic counsel Wednesday, George Kent, assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, testified there is “no factual basis” for allegations that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, something that has been floated by Trump allies. The U.S. intelligence community concluded it was Russia that interfered in the election. Source

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Kent: Giuliani’s “smear campaign” against Ambassador Yovanovitch was “ubiquitous” in spring of 2019

Rep. Andre Carson, a Democrat, questioned George Kent, assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, on Wednesday about former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, who was abruptly ousted from her position. Kent said Rudy Giuliani’s “smear campaign” against Yovanovitch “was ubiquitous in the spring of 2019 on Fox News and on the internet and Twittersphere.” Source

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Democrats and Republicans pose follow-up questions to Taylor

“I’m not here to take one side or the other,” said William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, as he answered a second round of questions from House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, ranking Republican Devin Nunes and fellow Republican Jim Jordan. They focused on President Trump’s interest in having Ukraine investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. Source

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