Fiona Hill on trying to figure out what Giuliani's interest in Ukraine was in 3/2019: I will be quite frank in saying that most of the people who I spoke to thought it was related to personal business on his part..Because Mr. Giuliani was asserting quite frequently on television
in public appearances that he had been givensome authority over matters related to Ukraine, and if that was the case, we hadn't been informed about that.
Hill: I was told that these gentlemen, Mr. Parnas, Mr. Fruman, & Mr. Sargeant had all been in business with Mr. Giuliani, & that the impression that a number of Ukrainian officials & others had had was that they were interested in seeking business deals in Ukraine
Hill on why the removal of Amb. Yovanovitch marked a turning point: Because there was no basis for her removal. The accusations against her had no merit whatsoever. This was a mishmash of conspiracy theories..I believe firmly to be baseless, an idea of an ass'n btw her&Soros
"When I saw this happening to Amb. Yovanovitch again, I was furious, b/c this is..whipping up of what is frankly an anti-semitic conspiracy theory about George Soros to basically target non partisan career officials, & also some political appointees..This is not indiscriminate
Hill: Bolton basically said, in fact, he directly said: Rudy Giuliani is a hand grenade that is going to blow everybody up.He made it clear that he didn't feel that there was anything that he could personally do about this.
Hill: Yovanovictch "was the highest ranking woman diplomat."
Hill: Yovanovitch "was the highest ranking woman diplomat. And I have worked with her across all of my careel in both in government when I was at the DNI and also in the think tank world as a professional who works on this region when she'd been Ambassador in Armenia&..Kyrgyzstan
