Fiona Hill, Trump's former top Russia aide, will testify on 10/16. Word is she plans to say that Giuliani & Sondland side-stepped State Dept protocol re Ukraine & she may know what's up with the Helsinki mtg w Putin-she was there. #FridayFeeling nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
2-"Hill’s appearance next week before Congress has stoked fear among people close to the president, said a former senior White House official, given her central role overseeing Russia and Ukraine policy throughout most of the Trump administration.
3-"Her plans to testify also pose a key test for whether congressional committees pursuing an impeachment inquiry can obtain testimony from other former officials who have left the administration,
4-"given the possibility that the White House may try to assert executive privilege to stop them from testifying..So far, the White House has not contacted her to assert privilege and try to prevent her from testifying, the person familiar said. But given the prospect that may
5-"occur, it’s possible that Hill may ultimately testify under subpoena from Congress, which would compel her to testify and serve as a powerful argument for her to comply with the request from Congress even if the White House does try to stop her" ~NBC
6-If Hill does testify about Gordon Sondland's roll in the Ukraine scandal, it'll be interesting to hear what he has to say when he testifies Thur. Trump appears to think that Sondland's testimony will somehow help him. Not if staff lawyers do the ?, which it's said they will.
