Read: Fiona Hill’s scathing opening statement in the impeachment hearings

Fiona Hill reminds Republicans that Russia — not Ukraine — meddled in 2016.

In her opening statement to impeachment investigators, former National Security Council official Fiona Hill excoriates Republicans for indulging in unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 presidential election — the same ones President Donald Trump tried to leverage the Ukrainian government into investigating.

“Based on questions and statements I have heard, some of you on this committee appear to believe that Russia and its security services did not conduct a campaign against our country and...