Tweeting a day after Williams' earlier, closed-door testimony was released, Trump urged Williams to "read BOTH transcripts of the presidential calls." "Jennifer is a State Department employee," Pence's press secretary Katie Waldman said in response to CNN's request for comment. Like many foreign policy advisers at the White House, Williams is a State Department employee detailed to Pence's office. She is currently serving as a special adviser to the vice president for Europe and Russia. Current and former colleagues have praised Williams, with one White House official saying: "She is the most professional person in this building."

Source: CNN November 17, 2019 22:30 UTC