also financing their activities. so a ukrainian oligarch linked to organized russian crime were linked to two businessmen who were in turn paying the personal lawyer to the president of the united states. the new york times reports that trump s former top russia aid told congress yesterday that former national security advisor john bolton was so concerned about giuliani s pressure campaign in ukraine he told her, quote, giuliani s a hand grenade who s going to blow everybody up. and that shadow foreign policy included a smear campaign against the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch. well, today deputy secretary of state george kent reportedly told house impeachment investigators he tried to warn colleagues about the smear cam page wage bide giuliani. and after raising the alarm kent was told by a supervisor to lay
i think it will address some of those other questions. these outrageous allegations are simply false. i took the photos given to the media 15 years ago and the reality behind them is nowhere close to what is being described. i have been truthful about these claims, but i will not further engage publicly with a smear cam page. my commitment to public service speaks for itself. i put duty to country first and treated others with respect. i am deeply grateful to have serve d in. the trump administration and will seek to ensure a smooth transition when i leave the white house. he is going to be leaving the white house. it won t be immediate. he is resigning from the white house, but is is going to stay on to ensure there s a smooth transition move iing forward. less than 18 hours ago the white house released several statements praising rob porter s service. he s very close with the