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Top NSC Russia official confirms key testimony linking Trump to quid pro quo
Tim Morrison

By ANDREW DESIDERIO

10/31/2019 10:34 AM EDT

Updated: 10/31/2019 01:03 PM EDT

President Donald Trump’s top Russia aide corroborated aspects of a key U.S. diplomat’s testimony connecting the president to a quid pro quo with Ukraine, according to people familiar with the aide’s testimony to House impeachment investigators.

Tim Morrison, the Europe and Russia chief for the National Security Council, was cited more than a dozen times in William Taylor’s opening statement to investigators last week. Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, said he was told that Trump sought to withhold military aid to Ukraine and refuse a White House meeting with the country’s president until it launched investigations into Trump’s political rivals.

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/31/top-nsc-official-trump-testimony-ukraine-062836