A Coal Miner’s Daughter From County Durham Has Taken The Trump Impeachment Inquiry By Storm

A coal miner’s daughter from County Durham has lit up the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump as her accent and straight-talking was celebrated on social media.

British-born Fiona Hill, a distinguished Russia analyst, was the former top National Security Council official for Europe and Russia under Trump until July.

On Thursday, she gave a testimony to the House Intelligence Committee in the US Congress, and expressed concerns about the what she witnessed inside Trump’s White House as the the inquiry examines whether the US president withheld military aid from Ukraine in order to pressure the country into investigating a political rival.

As millions of Americans tuned in, Hill’s name was the number one trending topic on Twitter in the US, with many beguiled by her knowledge and skill, shooting down of conspiracy theories and her northern English brogue.

David Axelrod, a former senior adviser to Barack Obama, said Hill “is operating on a different level” to those questioning her, and was just one of many to heap praise on her.