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Fiona Hill, a former top Russia analyst for the White House, fiercely disputed Republican claims that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential election and warned that Russia is benefiting from the spread of this “fictional narrative†during a Thursday impeachment hearing examining President Trump's contacts with Ukraine.Hill, the former National Security Council senior director for Europe and Russia, directly addressed members of the House Intelligence Committee who she says appear to believe that Ukraine, not Russia, carried out a campaign to sow discord during the 2016 election.“Based on questions and statements I have heard, some of you on this committee appear to believe that Russia and its security services did not conduct a campaign against our country—and that perhaps, somehow, for some reason, Ukraine did,†Hill said in her opening statement.“This is a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services themselves,†she added.Hill offered a sharp warning that while Republicans and Democrats battle over such claims, Russia is exploiting these differences to continue to undermine the U.S. political system.“The impact of the successful 2016 Russian campaign remains evident today. Our nation is being torn apart. Truth is questioned. Our highly professional and expert career foreign service is being undermined,†Hill warned.“The unfortunate truth is that Russia was the foreign power that systematically attacked our democratic institutions in 2016,†she said, pointing to the bipartisan congressional and intelligence community reports that concluded Russia was the 2016 aggravator.
“In the course of this investigation, I would ask that you please not promote politically driven falsehoods that so clearly advance Russian interests,†she said on Thursday, warning that the “Russian government’s goal is to weaken our country.“And as I told this Committee last month, I refuse to be part of an effort to legitimize an alternate narrative that the Ukrainian government is a U.S. adversary, and that Ukraine—not Russia—attacked us in 2016.â€
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