Top State Department official tells senators he has not seen evidence of Ukrainian interference

Source: The Hill | December 3, 2019 | Olivia Beavers

David Hale, the third-ranking State Department official who testified recently as part of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, told senators on Tuesday that he has not seen any evidence to support GOP claims that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election.

Hale, the under secretary of State for political affairs, also told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he did not have any reason to disagree with Fiona Hill, a former top White House Russia expert who told House lawmakers last month that Russian security services were propagating a “fictional narrative” of Ukraine interference.

“I am not,” Hale responded after Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) asked him whether he was aware of any evidence that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election.

And when asked about the impact of members of Congress or the Trump administration insisting on repeating such claims, Hale replied: “That does not serve our interest.”

Hale’s comments come as Trump and his Republican allies continue to repeat unfounded claims that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election.

In particular, some of the president’s defenders have embraced claims that Ukraine sought to dig up damaging information about Trump campaign officials by reaching out to Alexandra Chalupa, a former Democratic National Committee (DNC) contractor.

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