The White House appears to have mistakenly sent out talking points to its political opponents for the second time in a month.
A White House email sent to Congressional Democrats contains talking points related to ex-Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch’s testimony on Capitol Hill on Friday. The talking points are meant to guide the response of President Trump’s congressional allies to the testimony.
“We are not concerned with any information Yovanovitch might share, because the president did nothing wrong. But we are concerned that Schiff is putting her in a precarious position by having her testify in secret without State Department lawyers present,” the White House memo says.
“Only State Department lawyers would be able to provide Yovanovitch with the correct counsel on what is classified or privileged and without that counsel there is serious danger that she could breach her obligations as a current employee not to reveal such information without authorization,” the memo continues.
This appears to be the second time the White House has sent impeachment talking points to House Democrats – this time on Yovanovitch: pic.twitter.com/vv5BeYwqXs
— Ben Siegel (@benyc) October 11, 2019
The apparently errant email is the second in a month containing the planned White House response to developments in House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. On Sept. 25, the White House sent talking points to Democrats after releasing the transcript of a July 25 call between Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
