Catherine Croft, a Ukraine specialist, said former GOP lawmaker turned congressman Robert Livingston repeatedly pressed for the ouster of U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch
Tim Morrison, the top Russia specialist on Trump’s National Security Council, is due to testify on Thursday. Morrison resigned from his position on Wednesday, a senior administration official said.The impeachment inquiry focuses on a July 25 telephone call in which Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy to investigate Biden, a former vice president, and his son Hunter, who had served as a director for Ukrainian energy company Burisma. Trump has denied wrongdoing.
Soros is a wealthy financier often assailed by conservatives and known for his support of liberal causes. Barack Obama was Trump’s Democratic predecessor. As a congressman, Livingston played a prominent role in the Republican-led drive to impeach Democratic President Bill Clinton for lying about his relationship with an intern before quitting in 1998 when it emerged he had engaged in an extramarital affair.
Republican former congressman Bob McEwen, who works as a consultant to Livingston’s firm, introduced Tymoshenko to Trump’s lawyer last December, the filings showed.Another Ukraine specialist at the State Department, Christopher Anderson, who also testified on Wednesday, described a conflicted administration on Ukraine policy. Trump’s negative view was often at odds with other State Department and White House officials, who underscored Kiev’s importance to U.S.
Trump’s July telephone call is at the heart of the congressional inquiry into whether he misused the power of his office for personal political gain and, if so, whether that rises to the level of “high crimes and misdemeanors” that merit impeachment and removal from office under the Constitution.
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