WASHINGTON—President Trump denounced U.S. envoy Bill Taylor and suggested it was a mistake for the secretary of state to have sent him to Kyiv, after the diplomat testified this past week that Mr. Trump directed that aid to Ukraine to be contingent on the country announcing investigations that Mr. Trump sought. Speaking to reporters on the south lawn of the White House, Mr. Trump said of Mr. Taylor: “He’s a ‘Never Trumper,’ and his lawyers are ‘Never Trumpers,’ ” using a term that gained traction in the 2016 campaign among...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 25, 2019 17:48 UTC