Thread by @dcpoll

"WH officials suspected Kash Patel, a former Nunes aide, had won Trump’s ear, effectively creating a back channel to Trump that could warp US policy."

Fiona Hill believed Patel was improperly getting involved in Ukraine policy and sending info to Trump.

https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1187127712923688960?s=20

https://twitter.com/nakashimae/status/1197544700615561216

Vindman testified that NSC staffer Kash Patel, a former Nunes aide, “misrepresented” himself to Trump to involve himself further in Ukraine policy and circumvented normal NSC process to feed Trump disinformation about Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1189593415274631168?s=20

"Fiona Hill, NSC’s former senior director for Eurasian and Russian affairs, testified [in Oct] that she believed Kash Patel [former top Nunes aide] was improperly becoming involved in Ukraine policy and sending information to Trump."
#ImpeachmentHearing

https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1187127712923688960?s=20

Just 2 months after Lev Parnas arranged meetings in Europe for Devin Nunes and 3 of his aides in 2018, another Nunes top aide, Kash Patel, joined the NSC [Feb 2019] and began circumventing the normal NSC process to feed Trump disinformation about Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1197325775814504449?s=20