Congressional Democrats said that some of the communications had a threatening tone. Mr. Trump later ordered her removal. The messages were included in a cache of documents that Mr. Parnas, a Florida businessman who is facing federal campaign finance charges in New York, provided to lawmakers as part of their impeachment inquiry. “Did I like his character, and did we have a lot of laughs and joke a little bit? Of course.”Mr. Hyde is one of four Republicans vying to challenge Representative Jahana Hayes, a first-term Democrat in Connecticut.

Source: New York Times January 16, 2020 01:48 UTC