Pence Aide Emphasizes VP Did Not Bring Up Biden Investigations With Ukrainians

Vice President Mike Pence meets with Prime Minister Boris Johnson inside 10 Downing Street on September 5, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)
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Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg, one of Vice President Mike Pence’s national security advisers who was on the infamous Trump-Zelensky call, said on Tuesday that he had “no concerns” about the call–but he also emphasized a fellow aid’s testimony that Pence never discussed Joe Biden with Ukrainian officials, unlike Trump.

After Jennifer Williams, another Pence national security aide who was also on the call, gave her public testimony on Tuesday, Kellogg released a statement declaring he heard “nothing wrong or improper” when President Donald Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Biden’s ties to Burisma, a Ukrainian gas company.

But despite having “no concerns” about the call, Kellogg also made sure to point out that Williams had “accurately testified” that Pence never brought up Biden and Burisma during his meeting with Zelensky in September.

“In her testimony, she affirmed that the Vice President focused on President Zelensky’s anti-corruption efforts and the lack of European support and never mentioned former Vice President Joe Biden, Crowdstrike, Burisma, or investigations in any communication with Ukrainians,” Kellogg wrote.

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  1. Avatar for hoagie hoagie says:

    Nice try Kellogg.

  2. Kellogg: The Worst to You Each Morning.

  3. Kellogg trying to cover for Trump while making sure everyone is aware that VP Pence did not participate in the bribery. That is a fine line to walk and Kellogg is wearing his toe shoes. Dance, sucker, dance.

  4. Avatar for nycabj nycabj says:

    Doncha love the tap dancing as more and more experts explain why the call was aberrant and others who also heard it try to do a two-step off the stage. Protection of Pence is of course necessary so the mantle of Executive passes unto him and Mother should anything happen to his best buddy, who shockingly may turn out to be a sinner in the eyes of the law (if not the Lord).

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