Fiona Hill focuses on her family's background in opening statement

Fiona Hill, the former White House adviser for Europe and Russia, talked about her family's background during her testimony in the House impeachment inquiry on Nov. 21. Hill, a British-born naturalized citizen, is a former senior U.S. intelligence official and Russia scholar, and an author of a respected biography of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Hill's testimony is important because she witnessed or heard about key early events, including a July 10 meeting between national security officials, Trump’s point person on Ukraine and Ukrainian officials at the White House. But she also is a proxy for one of the people Democrats most want to testify: former national security adviser John Bolton. She reported to him directly. Read more: Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube:

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