Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: The explosive Bill Taylor testimony drops, raising abuse of power
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WaPo: U.S. envoy says he was told release of Ukraine aid was contingent on public declaration to investigate Bidens, 2016 election “Amb. Sondland also told me that he now recognized that he had made a mistake by earlier telling the Ukrainian officials tAbbreviated Pundit Round-up: The explosive Bill Taylor testimony drops, raising abuse of power
WaPo: U.S. envoy says he was told release of Ukraine aid was contingent on public declaration to investigate Bidens, 2016 election “Amb. Sondland also told me that he now recognized that he had made a mistake by earlier telling the Ukrainian officials to whom he spoke that a White House meeting with President Zelensky was dependent on a public announcement of investigations — in fact, Amb. Sondland said, ‘everything’ was dependent on such an announcement, including security assistance,’” Taylor told House investigators… “He drew a very specific direct line from President Trump to the withholding of foreign aid and the refusal of a meeting,” between Trump and the new Ukrainian leader, Wasserman Schultz said, “directly related to both insisting on Zelensky publicly say that he’ll have an investigation, that they will investigate.” xI just read Ambassador TaylorâÂÂs lengthy opening statement. Devastating.— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) October 22, 2019 xThe more I review the Taylor statement, the more punched in the gut I feel.This is the biggest scandal in US history. The president undermined an ally's very survival so he could blackmail that foreign nation into interfering with our election.No scandal comes close to this.— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 22, 2019 Read more