NYT scoop (@EricLiptonNYT @maggieNYT
@MarkMazzettiNYT) also corroborates @K8brannen reporting👇
NYT: "The first warning came on June 19. Informed that the president had a problem with the aid, Mr Blair called...acting head of [OMB]. 'We need to hold it up,' he said."
Brannen👇
@MarkMazzettiNYT) also corroborates @K8brannen reporting👇
NYT: "The first warning came on June 19. Informed that the president had a problem with the aid, Mr Blair called...acting head of [OMB]. 'We need to hold it up,' he said."
Brannen👇
@EricLiptonNYT @maggieNYT @MarkMazzettiNYT @K8brannen Oddity in David Hale's testimony about date he learned of Ukraine hold.
Deposition: "I first started to hear that there was a
problem with it on June 21; that OMB had stopped the aid"
Public testimony: He revised and said July 21.
But now looks like June 21 would've made sense
Deposition: "I first started to hear that there was a
problem with it on June 21; that OMB had stopped the aid"
Public testimony: He revised and said July 21.
But now looks like June 21 would've made sense
@EricLiptonNYT @maggieNYT @MarkMazzettiNYT @K8brannen fwiw it's also odd that Hale, unlike all other witnesses in public hearings, decided not to make an opening statement, which would have been appropriate occasion to make the correction.
Instead, it was when @RepSwalwell asked him that Hale said he "misspoke" in his deposition.
Instead, it was when @RepSwalwell asked him that Hale said he "misspoke" in his deposition.
