Democratic staffer emailed Ukraine ambassador to discuss 'delicate' issue following whistleblower complaint
Staffer emailed about 'time-sensitive' issue days after complaint was filed.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, a key witness in House Democrats' impeachment inquiry, communicated via her personal email account with a Democratic congressional staffer concerning a "quite delicate" and "time-sensitive" matter -- just two days after the whistleblower complaint that kickstarted the inquiry was filed, and a month before the complaint became public, emails obtained Thursday by Fox News showed.
During Yovanovitch's deposition on Capitol Hill last month, New York Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin asked her about an email she received on Aug. 14 from the staffer, Laura Carey -- and Yovanovitch indicated under oath that she had never personally responded to it.
"They -- from the Foreign Affairs Committee, and they wanted me to come in and talk about, I guess, the circumstances of my departure," Yovanovitch said, describing Carey's initial email. "I alerted the State Department, because I'm still an employee, and so, matters are generally handled through the State Department."
Yovanovitch continued: "So, she emailed me. I alerted the State Department and, you know, asked them to handle the correspondence. And, she emailed me again and said, you know, who should I be in touch with?"
Fox News is told it is a breach of normal procedure for congressional staff to reach out to a current State Department employee at their personal email address for official business.
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She lied under oath. What, if anything, will happen to this liar?
The same thing that happened to Brennen when he lied.....NOTHING, and that is the sad reality of having a bunch of feckless Republicans that let the DemonRATS get away with all sorts of criminal activity that IF they did the same, the DemonRATS would be all over them like white on rice!
Staffer emailed about 'time-sensitive' issue days after complaint was filed.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, a key witness in House Democrats' impeachment inquiry, communicated via her personal email account with a Democratic congressional staffer concerning a "quite delicate" and "time-sensitive" matter -- just two days after the whistleblower complaint that kickstarted the inquiry was filed, and a month before the complaint became public, emails obtained Thursday by Fox News showed.
During Yovanovitch's deposition on Capitol Hill last month, New York Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin asked her about an email she received on Aug. 14 from the staffer, Laura Carey -- and Yovanovitch indicated under oath that she had never personally responded to it.
"They -- from the Foreign Affairs Committee, and they wanted me to come in and talk about, I guess, the circumstances of my departure," Yovanovitch said, describing Carey's initial email. "I alerted the State Department, because I'm still an employee, and so, matters are generally handled through the State Department."
Yovanovitch continued: "So, she emailed me. I alerted the State Department and, you know, asked them to handle the correspondence. And, she emailed me again and said, you know, who should I be in touch with?"
Fox News is told it is a breach of normal procedure for congressional staff to reach out to a current State Department employee at their personal email address for official business.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
She lied under oath. What, if anything, will happen to this liar?
The same thing that happened to Brennen when he lied.....NOTHING, and that is the sad reality of having a bunch of feckless Republicans that let the DemonRATS get away with all sorts of criminal activity that IF they did the same, the DemonRATS would be all over them like white on rice!
