Fiona Hill (born October 1965) is a British-American foreign affairs specialist and academic. She is a former official at the U.S. National Security Council specializing in Russian and European affairs.
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Impeachment inquiry against Donald TrumpNancy Pelosi. (Speaker of the House of Representatives)Adam Schiff. (Chair of the House Intelligence Committee)Jerry Nadler. (Chair of the House Judiciary Committee)
56 years (May 3, 1965)Mary L. Trump / Age
69 years (October 7, 1952)Vladimir Putin / Age
Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States2017–2019Senior Director for Europe and Russia at the United States National Security Council2017–2019Fiona Hill/Previous offices
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Hill and Holmes could be the final witnesses who testify before the House Intelligence Committee in the impeachment inquiry in which 17 witnesses appeared before impeachment investigators, with 12 officials testifying publicly at seven hearings over five separate days.
A former top White House official on Thursday said that the effort to push Ukraine to open investigations into President Donald Trump’s political rivals was a “domestic political errand” that came at the expense of US foreign policy.
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: Fiona Hill, the National Security Council's former senior director for Europe and Russia waits to testify before the House Intelligence Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill November 21, 2019 in Washington, DC.
Fiona Hill, the former top Russia expert on the National Security Council , arrives to testify during the House Intelligence Committee hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC on November 21, 2019.
Fiona Hill’s extraordinary answer about her relationship with the American ambassador to the European Union was ultimately a finely distilled description of what the impeachment hearings are all about: President Donald Trump’s pursuit of a “domestic political errand” that came at the expense of American foreign policy.
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In her October closed-door testimony, Hill described European Union Ambassador Gordon Sondland's conduct in Ukraine as "comical" but "deeply concerning" because of what she described as haphazard dealings with officials, opening up a counterintelligence risk.
Dr. Fiona Hill, a former National Security Council official , delivered punchy lines of testimony and asserted her position as a witness in the inquiry who would present facts exactly as she knew them to be, persistent in the face of accusations of partisanship.
Fiona Hill, who served as the top Russia expert on the National Security Council before resigning last summer, criticized Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee for advancing theories that Ukraine, and not Russia, interfered with the 2016 presidential election.
In his testimony Wednesday, Sondland didn't dispute much of what Holmes has told investigators about the episode, but there was one key discrepancy — over the specific words he used.