Acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor arrives to testify at a closed-door deposition as part of the U.S. House of Representatives impeachment inquiry led by the House Intelligence, House Foreign Affairs and House Oversight and Reform Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
Politico: Top U.S. envoy ties Trump directly to Ukraine quid pro quo
William Taylor’s testimony provides some of the most damaging evidence yet in the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry.
The top U.S. envoy to Ukraine told House impeachment investigators on Tuesday that President Donald Trump sought to withhold critical military aid to Ukraine and refuse a White House meeting with the country’s president unless he pursued politically motivated investigations into Trump’s rivals.
The diplomat, William Taylor, painted a damaging portrait of events that directly tied Trump to a quid pro quo with Ukraine, according to his prepared remarks obtained by POLITICO and his responses to questions as described by sources in the room for the closed-door testimony.
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Update #1: US diplomat: Trump linked Ukraine aid to demand for probe (AP)
Update #2: Democrats say they have game changer on impeachment (The Hill)
Update #3: U.S. diplomat testifies Trump tied Ukraine aid to politically motivated probes (Reuters)
WNU Editor: Republicans who were present during this testimony are saying that contrary to media reports, there was no such claim made by this former U.S. diplomat to Ukraine (see below tweet). This is why this impeachment investigation is a scam. All testimony is behind closed doors. Only Democrats have access to the transcripts. And the media is only reporting on leaks from the committee that I can only presume come from the Democrats themselves. These transcripts should be released immediately.
The leaks out of today’s witness interview have been laughably overblown and don’t tell the full story— Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) October 23, 2019
Still no evidence of quid pro quo. Much of the statement and hearsay allegations didn’t hold up against any real scrutiny.
The FULL transcript should be released immediately
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