Pence aide testified that Trump's efforts to pressure Ukraine were 'inappropriate'
A top national security aide to Vice President Mike Pence told House impeachment investigators that President Donald Trumps efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political opponents were unusual and inappropriate, and shed some light on possible other motivations for the presidents order to freeze military aid to the U.S. ally.
Jennifer Williams, who serves as Pences special adviser for Europe and Russia, told investigators that she took notes while she listened in on Trumps July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from the White House Situation Room, adding that she viewed Trumps requests for investigations as politically motivated.
I found the specific references to be to be more specific to the president in nature, to his personal political agenda, as opposed to a broader
foreign policy objective of the United States, Williams said, according to a transcript of her closed-door deposition released Saturday.
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