[stylin19a]

Palsi and Schiff announced that any further proceedings have been halted

I haven't seen any reports of this...has anybody else ?

Here's supposedly part of the despicable Schiff maneuver

Schiff asked Volker whether he would agree that “no President of the United States should ever ask a foreign leader to help intervene in a U.S. election.”

“I agree with that,” said Volker.

“And that would be particularly egregious if it was done in the context of withholding foreign assistance?” Schiff continued.

Volker balked. “We’re getting now into, you know, a conflation of these things that I didn’t think was actually there.”

Schiff wanted Volker to agree that “if it’s inappropriate for a president to seek foreign help in a U.S. election, it would be doubly so if a president was doing that at a time when the United States was withholding military support from the country.”

Again, Volker did not agree. “I can’t really speak to that,” he said. “My understanding of the security assistance issue is — ”

Schiff interrupted. “Why can’t you speak to that, ambassador? You’re a career diplomat. You can understand the enormous leverage that a president would have while withholding military support from an ally at war with Russia. You can understand just how significant that would be, correct?”

Volker tried to go along without actually agreeing. “I can understand that that would be significant,” he said.

Schiff persisted. “And when that suspension of aid became known to that country, to Ukraine, it would be all the more weighty to consider what the president had asked of them, wouldn’t it?”

“So again, congressman, I don’t believe — ” Volker began.

“It’s a pretty straightforward question,” Schiff said.

“But I don’t believe the Ukrainians were aware that the assistance was being held up — ”

“They became aware of it,” Schiff said.

“They became aware later, but I don’t believe they were aware at the time, so there was no leverage implied,” Volker said.

[STARLIT]

Very good post stylin!! Thanks. I'll check and see what the Syrians are up to.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

WHAT IF...

SCHIFF TO VOLKER:
"Do you agree that no President of the United States should ever ask a foreign leader to help intervene in a U.S. election."

VOLKER:
“I agree with that.”

SCHIFF:
“And that would be particularly egregious if it was done in the context of withholding foreign assistance?”

VOLKER:
"You mean the way Biden and Obama threatened to withhold financial assistance to the Ukraine if they did not fire the prosecutor investigating Biden's son?"