He appeared again before the House Intelligence Committee in a public hearing alongside Ambassador Bill Taylor, the U.S. chargé d'affaires ad interim to Ukraine.

[5] Kent was later assigned to serve as deputy political counselor in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 2004 to 2007, which included the time period of the Orange Revolution.

[1][5][7] On October 15, 2019, Kent gave a deposition in the House impeachment inquiry of President Trump, serving as a key witness on whether Rudy Giuliani used a campaign of disinformation to undermine the former ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch.

Kent protested a "fake news smear" directed at Ambassador Yovanovitch by media commentators supportive of President Trump.

[10] While serving as interim Charge d'affaires at the Embassy of the United States, Kyiv during the summer of 2021, Kent embarked on a press tour of local Ukrainian media.

Burlaki, per Kent, shows the "servile and slavish character of the people" in the country, however Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks illustrates the "dignity and imbued liberty of Ukraine.