Tim Morrison, the outgoing senior director of European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council, testified that he didn't always follow through on suggestions from EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland. He said his predecessor, Fiona Hill, had described Sondland's role the "Gordon problem."
Kurt Volker and Tim Morrison testified at Tuesday's second impeachment hearing
After a recess, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff tacked on two more 15-minute sessions controlled by him and ranking Republican Devin Nunes. They posed additional questions to Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, and Tim Morrison, the outgoing senior director of European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council and a deputy assistant to the president. Then committee members were given five minutes each for questioning.
Republican Congressman Brad Wenstrup criticized the intelligence community and disputed the widely accepted conclusion by American intelligence that Russia -- not Ukraine -- interfered in the 2016 presidential election. The Ohio representative said that members of the intel community were some of the same people who were involved in the "Russia collusion hoax" at the heart of a special counsel investigation.
Alexander Vindman and Jennifer Williams testified in the impeachment inquiry against Trump
California Congressman Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, and Steve Castor, senior investigative counsel for Republicans on the panel, questioned Tim Morrison and Kurt Volker Tuesday in the third day of public impeachment hearings. Volker is the former special envoy to Ukraine and Morrison is the outgoing senior director of European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council and a deputy assistant to the president.
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Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a National Security Council expert on Ukraine, and Jennifer Williams, an aide to Vice President Pence, testified Tuesday in the Trump impeachment inquiry.
The third day of public hearings in the House impeachment inquiry included five-minute rounds of questioning by Intelligence Committee members, which they could yield to colleagues. Watch this portion of Jennifer Williams' and Alexander Vindman's testimony.
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In his closed-door testimony, Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, said "investigations" weren't discussed at a contentious July 10 meeting between U.S. and Ukrainian officials, replying "no" to a question about whether they came up. But his opening statement at public hearings Tuesday, Volker revised that account, and said they had been raised, corroborating the accounts of other participants.
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Tim Morrison, the outgoing senior director of European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council, said NSC legal counsel John Eisenberg told him the summary of the president's July 25 call had been placed in a highly secure server. Morrison said Eisenberg told him that the placement was an "administrative error" and a "mistake."
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In what many will consider an act of defiance, the Navy is ordering a decorated SEAL to go before a review board, which could kick him out of the unit. It comes after the president signed an order, restoring him to his full rank. David Martin reports.
A 16-year-old U.S. citizen was arrested on drug smuggling charges after Border Patrol discovered the 55.84-pound bundle
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New York state officials have joined their counterparts in California and North Carolina in suing e-cigarette maker Juul, alleging the company created marketing campaigns that targeted youth and helped fuel teenage lung illness and, in some cases, vaping-related deaths. CBSN New York reports.
Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, strongly defended himself in his prepared opening statement, denying that he along with U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland and Energy Secretary Rick Perry formed a separate "irregular" channel informing Ukraine policy - an effort for which they became known as the "three amigos."
The second week of the House impeachment hearings is underway. The public will hear from Gordon Sondland, who has been in direct contact with the president. "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan and Major Garrett join the "CBS Evening News" to explain what we can expect.