The president tweeted that Jennifer Williams — “whoever that is” — should read the transcripts of both his calls with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.
President Donald Trump on Sunday labeled one of his vice president’s top national security aides a “Never Trumper,” a day after it was disclosed that she had said the president’s July call with Ukraine was “unusual and inappropriate” in a deposition to Congress.
Trump tweeted that the aide, Jennifer Williams — “whoever that is,” he said — should read the transcripts of both his calls with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine: the July 25 call at the center of the impeachment inquiry, as well as an initial April 21 call that the White House released a summary of Friday.
He added: “Then she should meet with the other Never Trumpers, who I don’t know & mostly never even heard of, & work out a better presidential attack!”
Trump did not offer any evidence that Williams, a longtime foreign service officer, had ever opposed him.
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The April conversation between Trump and Zelensky included no mention of an investigation into the Bidens, serving more as a congratulatory call for the Ukrainian leader’s election victory. However, it also did not mention Ukrainian corruption, even though a White House readout of the call issued back in April said the two presidents discussed “reforms that strengthen democracy, increase prosperity, and root out corruption.”
Williams, who began working for the State Department during the George W. Bush administration, serves as Vice President Mike Pence’s special adviser for Europe and Russia. She told House investigators in early November that she took notes while listening to the July 25 call from the White House Situation Room, and she believed that Trump’s request to Ukraine was politically motivated. Williams is scheduled to testify on Tuesday before the House Intelligence Committee.
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The president tweeted that Jennifer Williams — “whoever that is” — should read the transcripts of both his calls with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukrainehttps://t.co/fNjCZXCtQY
— POLITICO (@politico) November 17, 2019
Trump just attacked Jennifer Williams, an aide to @VP and career foreign service officer, as a Never Trumper
The latest in a string of Trump administration official the President has accused without evidence of being "Never Trumpers" and of attacking him.
Awaiting comment from VP https://t.co/egqgR7JZi0— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) November 17, 2019
I remember being told that the Never Trump movement was dead and buried back in 2016. The President, however, seems to think about us an awful lot, and seems to be seeing us everywhere these days. pic.twitter.com/7bue7PRx7m
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 17, 2019
For those who don’t know, Williams — like many other foreign policy advisers at the White House — is a State Department employer…who is detailed to the Vice President‘s office.
She is the Vice President’s special adviser on Europe & Russia— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) November 17, 2019
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