Posted on 10/23/2019 7:36:40 AM PDT by knighthawk
Trump allies push back on ‘quid pro quo,’ say envoy testified Ukraine initially unaware of aid holdup
President Trump and his allies in Congress pushed back against damaging revelations from diplomat Bill Taylor’s Tuesday testimony – in which the Ukraine envoy said the administration linked U.S. military aid to a call for politically related investigations in Kiev – saying the witness also acknowledged under questioning that Ukraine was initially in the dark on the aid holdup.
Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, asserted that this counters claims of a “quid pro quo.”
“At the end of the day, this was about quid pro quo and whether or not the Ukrainians were aware that military aid was being withheld and on that most important issue. Neither this witness or any other witness has provided any evidence that there was a quid pro quo, or any evidence that the Ukrainians were aware that military aid was being withheld on July 25,” Ratcliffe said on “The Story” Tuesday night, claiming that absent testimony speaking to that point, “a quid pro quo is legally impossible.”
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So the rumored hearsay of the passed over diplomat who was demoted by Trump is now being accepted as “fact” by all our fake new outlet? And they wonder why no rational thinking person takes them seriously anymore?
Why does this traitor still have a job?
Amasing how are Fake News is ignoring FACT to cling to rumor and hearsay.
Ukraine president Zelensky says ‘no blackmail’ in Trump call
Neither this witness or any other witness has provided any evidence.
The death of the democrat party is swift and sweet deep state now on the run but of no use your time is up real justice will be served.
Maybe it comes to this:
Dems impeach over “quid pro quo” as their prime argument, based on THEIR interpretation of what that means.
Then the Senate fails to convict based on their interpretation.
The Constitution gives both House and Senate free reign to create their own rules about how to conduct impeachment, so nothing says they both must adhere to the same definition.
Meanwhile, The Alphabet Agencies run roughshod all over the citizens rights and privacy. “Nothing to see here..... Oh, and mind your own business.”
Time for the House Republicans to sue Speaker Pelosi for denying access committee proceedings. The Speaker is 1st among equals and only represents half of the legislative branch. She is the dictator in all of this.
All this Hass to be remembered in the context of the great Russia collusion hoax which went on for 2 1/2 years consumed all the major media and had all of the Republicans and Democrats immediate convinced that he would be impeached and convicted and thrown out of office
The fact that you barely ever even hear the Russia word at all now shows how completely false this was and that it utterly and completely failed
So now we have this Ukraine nonsense and even Democrats have to know after the giant Russia hoax that this is complete another rap
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