A top State Department official tells a House committee investigating whether President Donald Trump should be impeached that he does not believe the U.S. should ask other countries to engage in "selective, politically associated investigations."
George Kent testified on Nov. 13 as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Watch in the video player above.
George Kent, a deputy assistant secretary of state, is testifying Wednesday in the first public hearing. He has already testified in a closed session.
Kent says such "selective actions" undermine the rule of law regardless of the country.
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