WASHINGTON — A top U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday he had seen no evidence that Ukraine – not Russia – interfered in the 2016 U.S. elections, undermining an argument used by some supporters of President Donald Trump as he faces an impeachment investigation. When asked if he agreed that Russian interference in the U.s. election was a “hoax,” U.S. In a July telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Trump asked Zelenskiy to look into a conspiracy theory that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 election and that an email server used by the Democratic Party was hidden in the country. The call has been central to the impeachment inquiry into Trump in the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives. In recent testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, former National Security Council official Fiona Hill said the conspiracy theory was a “fictional narrative” crafted by Russia.

Source: National Post December 03, 2019 15:56 UTC