Trump lashes out at State Department employee ahead of public testimony
By Chandelis Duster, Jeremy Diamond and Kaitlan Collins, CNN
Updated 2314 GMT (0714 HKT) November 17
By Chandelis Duster, Jeremy Diamond and Kaitlan Collins, CNN
Updated 2314 GMT (0714 HKT) November 17
Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at a State Department employee who is set to testify publicly this week before lawmakers, the latest in a series of social media attacks made by the President against those cooperating in the House impeachment inquiry.
In his Sunday tweet, Trump resurfaced an unfounded accusation he has raised against other officials who have testified in the probe, characterizing Williams as a Never Trumper and associating her with other "Never Trumpers."
Trump's July 25 call is at the center of the impeachment inquiry, in which a whistleblower complaint alleges Trump asked for dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden, a 2020 presidential rival, and his son Hunter Biden. There is no evidence of wrongdoing by either Biden in Ukraine
Williams told lawmakers she was in the White House Situation Room listening to Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Williams testified that Trump's request for specific investigations struck her as "unusual and inappropriate" and "shed some light
" for Trump's decision to freeze security aid to Ukraine. Pence's office declined to defend Williams after Trump's Twitter attack .Current and former colleagues have praised Williams, with one White House official saying: "She is the most professional person in this building."
Williams is just the latest government employee that Trump has accused without evidence of being a Never Trumper. He has also labeled Bill Taylor, the top US diplomat in Ukraine, and National Security Council official Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman as such.
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