Schiff Staffer’s Meeting With Impeachment Witness Marked Turning Point in Ukraine Controversy
During a weeklong trip to Ukraine in late August, a staff member for Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) met with the top U.S. envoy in Kyiv, who is now a key witness in the House Democrat-run impeachment inquiry.
Thomas Eager traveled to Ukraine from Aug. 24 to 31 and met with ChargĂ© d’Affaires William Taylor on Aug. 25, according to a travel disclosure form (pdf) filed with the House of Representatives.
Taylor briefed Eager and other staffers about the “political environment in Ukraine, as well as its relations with various partners, especially the United States,” according to an itinerary composed by the Atlantic Council, which sponsored the trip.
The timing of Eager’s trip lines up with major events that are now the focus of the impeachment inquiry. Lawmakers are investigating, in part, whether President Donald Trump’s request for Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, was connected to a temporary hold placed on military aid to Ukraine.
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Blogger's note: The plot of treason does thicken.
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