Posted on 10/22/2019 5:33:02 PM PDT by mdittmar
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top U.S. diplomat testified Tuesday that President Donald Trump was holding back military aid for Ukraine unless the country agreed to investigate Democrats and a company linked to Joe Biden’s family, providing lawmakers with a detailed new account of the quid pro quo central to the impeachment probe.
In a lengthy opening statement to House investigators obtained The Associated Press, William Taylor described Trump’s demand that “everything” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wanted, including vital aid to counter Russia, hinged on making a public vow that Ukraine would investigate Democrats going back to the 2016 U.S. election as well as a company linked to the family of Trump’s potential 2020 Democratic rival.
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Was this guy in the room for the phone call? If not, more deep state hearsay.
So how does the media have access to these Star Chamber proceedings?
Everything I’ve seen says Taylor says that someone told him Trump did.
concluded this from what others told him...
IOW it doesn’t even reach the level of hearsay.
But less than hearsay is just what the AP considers “news”.
Bull Puckey.
The media gets a copy of the daily script.
ha ha!
how mean of Trump!
(i dont believe this guy anyway)
It will be the headline in all the Newspapers,the ap and the democrats are a joke;)
Hilarious lie by a disgruntled worker. Ukranian President on the call has said many times now he didn’t even know aid was being held and that Trump never mentioned any conditions being placed on releasing aid.
Man, if that is blackmail, that is doing it wrong.
Our guys refuse to leak. Their guys are sieves.
So we are just supposed to hand over all this money to an obviously corrupt country!?? They would be trying to impeach Trump claiming he was incompetent if he had done so. This is WTF crazy!!
Feigned outrage. There’s nothing wrong with telling foreign governments, “Give us your evidence, or else.” We’re under no obligation to help nations that keep secrets about corrupt Americans, and the Bidens would have a chance to rebut anything produced.
Lying sack of crap!
I believe the ‘ testimony’, if not completely fictional , would melt under cross examination, which is why this Star Chamber won’t let that happen.
This is hilarious. The Ukraine never knew the money was on hold. Bwahahahahaha
And how do we know he’s not lying?
How do we know he doesn’t have some petty axe to grind against Trump? Maybe he’s just another hate-filled a-hole like DeNiro or Hillary?
The fact that Dems HAVE to keep everything secretive makes the whole “case” look weak & fabricated
Trump supporters need to, with one voice, start this what it is...
An inquisition.
Oh mercy, these reporters are idiots and think their readers are too. In a ‘lengthy’ opening statement the only word they could quote was “everything”. Just run for Congress already
This lying pos has no first hand knowledge. He took meetings with an Adam Schiff staff member before starting this ridiculous tirade. Just disgusting
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