According to impeachment testimony released Thursday, U.S. diplomat George Kent said the State Department contacted Fox News host Sean Hannity, asking him to stop smearing then-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. On the November 7, 2019 edition of his radio show, Hannity claimed Kent's testimony was false:
Sean Hannity disputes testimony that State Department officials contacted him over lies on his program
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Sean Hannity disputes testimony that State Department officials contacted him over lies on his program
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From the October 7, 2019, edition of Premiere Radio Networks The Sean Hannity Show
SEAN HANNITY (HOST): You know, I mean this -- this idea, this former ambassador testifying yours truly played some kind of role -- I don't know anything about this woman. I have never talked to anybody in Ukraine. If I did, I don't know it.