Posted on 11/09/2019 6:44:43 AM PST by Twotone
House Democrats are now rolling out the transcripts of various witnesses they had interrogated in the House Intelligence Committee’s secret subterranean chamber. They intend to conduct televised public hearings with these witnesses, starting next week. William B. Taylor Jr., the top American diplomat in Ukraine, will be front and center as a leading witness for the House Democrats’ impeachment proceedings. The transcript of his deposition was released on Wednesday. Mr. Taylor offered his understanding of what other people told him about their negative interpretations of President Trump’s alleged intent to improperly leverage the release of U.S. military aid and a White House meeting to bully the Ukrainian leader President Zelensky into opening investigations for President Trump’s political benefit. These had to do with alleged Ukrainian interference in the 2016 presidential election and the involvement of the Bidens with a Ukrainian energy company. However, Mr. Taylor had no first hand knowledge to substantiate his sources’ negative interpretations and admitted in his testimony that “Ambassador Sondland told me many times that President Trump said it was not a quid pro quo.” (p. 152).
If the House Democrats are relying on Mr. Taylor to advance their narrative, they are in real trouble. An exchange on p. 120 of the transcript between Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe and Mr. Taylor blows a big hole in the Democrats’ narrative. The Democrats have trumpeted President Trump’s July 25, 2019 call with Ukrainian President Zelensky as evidence that President Trump improperly leveraged the release of U.S. military aid and a White House meeting for political purposes. But, as Ambassador Taylor admitted, the Ukrainians did not know that any aid was on hold at the time of the call.
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Isn’t becoming obvious that no testimony exonerating President Trump will stop the witch hunt? It doesn’t matter what any of them say, this farce will continue through next year.
Doesn’t matter, their only goal is to smear Trump with the “stain” of impeachment.
Democrats are trying to criminalize the President’s conduct of foreign policy, which his constitutional prerogative and responsibility.
They aren’t alleging any crime. There’s no quid pro quo. Read the phone call transcript!
They cant stop now. Its gone to far and they’ve been exposed.
Soooo, they will have to find an out for this circus and I believe a fall guy will be found and he/she will take the fall for the “team” you know.
The impeachment maneuvers by the rabid liberals are merely theatre for the ignorant, gullible masses, literally millions of logic deprived voting citizens.
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Q to Taylor: “But if I understand this correctly, you’re telling us that Tim Morrison told you that Ambassador Sondland told him that the president told Ambassador Sondland that Zelensky would have to open an investigation into Biden? “A: “That’s correct,”
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“Mr. Taylor offered his understanding of what other people told him about their negative interpretations of President Trump’s alleged intent to.....”
So, his “understanding” of hearsay. Yup, that’s how we do things!!!
There won’t be an impeachment vote before the election.
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