The fact Ambassador Taylor doesn't have answers to questions by Congress only proves he was not interested in running his own investigation of Trump, Guiliani and his cohorts. Ambassador Taylor was pursuing the reason why Ukraine was not receiving its needed munitions.
Once again, President Zelenskyy is not on trial here. President Zelenskyy was compromised by his dire focus of the defense of his country.
President Zelenskyy's character is not on trial here, he was compromised by Trump's demand for his participation in a scam about the Bidens.
November 13, 2019
By Andrew Prokop
...“Following the call with President Trump, (click here) the member of my staff asked Ambassador Sondland what President Trump thought about Ukraine,” Taylor said. “Ambassador Sondland responded that President Trump cares more about the investigations of Biden, which Giuliani was pressing for.”
It’s yet another damning revelation in the scandal, one that further debunks the president’s defenders’ argument that there was nothing to see here. And it’s momentous because it suggests that Trump was very personally involved in what Sondland was telling the Ukrainians....
These revelations by Sondland is after he decided he had a rush of memory.
The Ukrainians were KEPT IN THE DARK until the USA news organizations got the information otherwise.
The reason Ukraine was KEPT IN THE DARK about the cancellation of the aide otherwise they might have raise concerns to members of Congress or otherwise. The aid was LEGISLATED, so keeping Ukraine IN THE DARK about the munitions was vital to sabotage them to benefit Russia.
Ambassador Taylor didn't know about the CANCELLATION because he was pursuing the LACK OF RELEASE of the funding and munitions. He never doubted the aid wasn't forthcoming because he was KEPT IN THE DARK. That only PROVES Trump had his own agenda for Ukraine and was willing to abandon all of the USA's Constitutional authority of legislature until the funding deadline was over. Trump was acting on his own with his own supportive agenda to Russia.
In order to KNOW FOR CERTAIN when the Ukraine aid was canceled Trump would have to be a witness. The only thing that can be tracked is the ALARM of loyal employees who were responsible for questions by Ukraine and responsible for the national security of both Ukraine and the USA.
In his opening statement (click here) during closed-door testimony on October 3, Volker told lawmakers he was "never asked to do anything" he thought was wrong, "including by the president," but expressed concerns that the U.S. relationship with Ukraine was "getting sucked into a domestic political debate."
Volker said he raised concerns with "a number of people" from May to August 2019 about the role played in U.S.-Ukraine relations by Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, and that he had never seen someone in a position like Giuliani's play a similar part in U.S. foreign relations.
Why is Mr. Volker's more valuable than anyone else? Why would Mr. Volker know what Trump was thinking about aid to Ukraine? He's a mind reader?
When are Republicans going to admit they haven't a leg to stand on? Never? Then it is all political posturing and they don't care about the USA Constitution.
I suppose Republicans are expecting to exploit viewership of the right wing media so they are providing B-roll for that purpose rather than actually finding dignity to uphold the USA Constitution.
President Obama is not on trial here. The USA's legislature that decided to provide aid and munitions is the SUBJECT here. TRUMP decided autonomously to end that legislated aid. Just that simple. Trump did not provide the support Ukraine needed.
THE STRONG SUPPORT CAME FROM THE USA LEGISLATURE, NOT TRUMP!
One more time. Trump interrupted legally legislated aid to Ukraine. TRUMP ENDANGERED UKRAINE IN THE FACE OF LEGISLATED SUPPORT!
Trump signed the legislation BECAUSE he knew he could do otherwise later within the power of the office he was holding.
It was stated in this hearing by the Republicans that Trump was holding aid to other countries as well. Well, thank goodness for Democrats that question why, when Republicans aren't interested as to why.
The telephone call between the two presidents was the impetus of the investigation and the facts lead to impeachment hearings. It is yet realized whether there would be articles of impeachment out of these hearings. The Whistleblower complaint is factual and is alarming enough, but, the transcript of the phone call is factual and is more alarming and backs up the complaint. Then with an initial investigation under tight security bringing forth witnesses equally alarmed and able to witness to the facts of the Whistleblower carries extremely serious brevity to impeachment. It is not the fault of the American people and it's government finds Trump's methods as inappropriate, alarming and threatening.
No one is disputing the authority of any president to remove an ambassador, this hearing is about Trump's inappropriate use of the power afforded him. The Constitutional authority of the presidency is not in question, it is the abuse of that authority that is in question. Are Republicans really this obtuse? I think the Republicans on the committee just want to hear "That is correct" from a witness for good B Roll.
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