Nunes protege fed Ukraine info to Trump

[applegrove]

Nunes protégé fed Ukraine info to Trump

Kashyap Patel, a senior National Security Council staffer with no official role on Ukraine policy, had a direct pipeline to the president.

By NATASHA BERTRAND

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/23/nunes-protege-ukraine-trump-055837

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A protégé of Republican Rep. Devin Nunes was among those passing negative information about Ukraine to President Donald Trump earlier this year, fueling the president’s belief that Ukraine was brimming with corruption and interfered in the 2016 election on behalf of Democrats.

Kashyap Patel, a longtime Nunes staffer who joined the White House in February, was so involved in the issue that at one point Trump thought he was in charge of Ukraine policy for the National Security Council, according to congressional testimony by Fiona Hill, the former senior director for European and Russian Affairs whose portfolio included Ukraine.

Hill’s testimony was described to POLITICO by a person with direct knowledge of her recent deposition, and who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the closed-door hearing. Hill declined to comment.

Several White House officials raised alarms internally about Trump undermining the U.S.’ official policy of support for Ukraine in exchange for political favors, with former national security adviser John Bolton instructing Hill to inform White House lawyers about backchannel efforts he compared to a “drug deal.”

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[H2O Man]

1. Recommended.

Thank you for this. Natasha Bertrand is an outstanding journalist.

[applegrove]

2. I did not know this guy existed. Pretty creepy. Even if it had nothing to do

with getting info on the Bidens... it was to Russia's benefit. Bertrand +100

[Midnight Writer]

3. This Ukraine Affair is just the tip of the iceberg, and everyone, including Republicans, know it.

[applegrove]

4. I had not thought of that. Very scary stuff.

[Corgigal]

5. Found the Russian.

Pick him up at a departing airport near you.

[BigmanPigman]

6. Why am I NOT surprised?

[canetoad]

7. Devin Nunes Calf. nt