WOW: Fiona Hill, Trump’s former top Russia adviser, told impeachment investigators on Tuesday that Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani ran a shadow foreign policy in Ukraine that circumvented US officials and career diplomats in order to personally benefit Trump.🔥
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Fiona Hill told lawmakers that she was infuriated by Yovanovitch’s ouster and that she confronted Sondland about Giuliani’s activities which, she testified, were not coordinated with the officials responsible for carrying out US foreign policy.
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Fiona Hill told lawmakers that she confronted Sondland about Giuliani’s activities in Ukraine. Sondland had to know that was coming which may explain why he too is throwing Giuliani under the bus.
NEWS: Then-Trump NSA John Bolton instructed his aide Fiona Hill to report Giuliani pressure campaign to a WH lawyer.
“I am not part of whatever drug deal Rudy and Mulvaney are cooking up.”
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“I am not part of whatever drug deal Rudy and Mulvaney are cooking up.”
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@peterbakernyt @npfandos Bolton instructed Fiona Hill to notify the chief lawyer for the National Security Council that Giuliani was working with Mulvaney on a rogue operation with legal implications.
“I'm not part of whatever drug deal Rudy and Mulvaney are cooking up.”
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“I'm not part of whatever drug deal Rudy and Mulvaney are cooking up.”
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@peterbakernyt @npfandos “Giuliani’s a hand grenade who’s going to blow everybody up,” Fiona Hill quoted John Bolton saying during an earlier conversation.
@peterbakernyt @npfandos Fiona Hill: At a Jul 10 meeting with Bolton, Sondland, Volker, Perry, and 2 Ukrainian officials, Sondland said there was an agreement with Mulvaney that Trump would meet with Zelensky if Ukraine opened investigations the White House was seeking.
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@peterbakernyt @npfandos Jul 10 [2 weeks before Trump's Zelensky call]: When Fiona Hill got downstairs, Sondland was talking with the Ukrainians and specifically mentioned Burisma, the Ukrainian energy firm linked to Hunter Biden. At one point, Sondland mentioned Giuliani.
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