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Post by dc2london on Oct 22, 2019 13:24:50 GMT -6
"There were many things that Ambassador Sondland didn’t remember that Ambassador Taylor remembered in excruciating detail,” Wasserman Schultz said.
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Post by oreobitsy on Oct 22, 2019 13:43:11 GMT -6
"There were many things that Ambassador Sondland didn’t remember that Ambassador Taylor remembered in excruciating detail,” Wasserman Schultz said. Didn't remember or tried to avoid lying?
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Post by dc2london on Oct 22, 2019 14:24:14 GMT -6
Ayup. I think it’s significant that Trump was so obsessed, not just with getting a commitment to investigate, but on a *public statement* to that effect. The point was less getting the investigation than manufacturing headlines to legitimize his insinuations. t.co/UDD34dmUmh
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Post by dc2london on Oct 22, 2019 14:32:32 GMT -6
... And that U.S. Amb. Sondland told Ukranians exactly that while traveling with VP Pence in Warsaw!
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Post by Minerva on Oct 22, 2019 14:35:45 GMT -6
... And that U.S. Amb. Sondland told Ukranians exactly that while traveling with VP Pence in Warsaw! It sounds like Sondland’s testimony was less than forthcoming. Taylor’s testimony really doesn’t bode well for him. Hope he’s prepared to be a fall guy.
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Post by Minerva on Oct 22, 2019 14:42:28 GMT -6
Elect a businessman, they said. What a fucking disaster that decision has been.
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 22, 2019 14:43:29 GMT -6
... And that U.S. Amb. Sondland told Ukranians exactly that while traveling with VP Pence in Warsaw! It sounds like Sondland’s testimony was less than forthcoming. Taylor’s testimony really doesn’t bode well for him. Hope he’s prepared to be a fall guy. And this is why maybe you shouldn't put big money donors in high positions. Again my fear is all the foot soldiers will fall leaving that overripe cantaloupe in power.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 22, 2019 14:57:47 GMT -6
Fire up the subpoena cannon
Taylor testifies he sent Pompeo a cable on 8/29 protesting the "folly" of withholding military aid to Ukraine and that he "could not and would not" defend such a policy. Where is it?
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 22, 2019 15:12:56 GMT -6
Will Hurd Theres a lot more questions that need to be answered.
This needs to move out of HPSIC and out to other committees. Some of this isn't classified.
hes hedging.
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Post by Uncaripswife on Oct 22, 2019 15:14:31 GMT -6
Fire up the subpoena cannon Taylor testifies he sent Pompeo a cable on 8/29 protesting the "folly" of withholding military aid to Ukraine and that he "could not and would not" defend such a policy. Where is it? Probably on the super secret classified special server.
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Post by jkjacq on Oct 22, 2019 15:15:00 GMT -6
Well Sondland said there was no quid pro quo because 45 said no qpd
I guess we should all just pack it in then cuz the kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar said he was no where near the cookie jar.
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Post by richard on Oct 22, 2019 16:23:28 GMT -6
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Post by richard on Oct 22, 2019 16:24:53 GMT -6
Fire up the subpoena cannon Taylor testifies he sent Pompeo a cable on 8/29 protesting the "folly" of withholding military aid to Ukraine and that he "could not and would not" defend such a policy. Where is it? Probably on the super secret classified special server. I still picture diplomatic cables as telegrams or Morse code like it’s 1917 or something. Lol.
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Post by richard on Oct 22, 2019 16:26:48 GMT -6
Also this sets us up for Trump reallllly wanting to fire Mulvaney but not because he knows too much and just publicly flagellating him on Twitter and to people in meetings like he did with Sessions. So that’ll be fun.
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Post by richard on Oct 22, 2019 16:31:10 GMT -6
I mean...
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Post by dc2london on Oct 22, 2019 16:56:25 GMT -6
I can not possibly overstate how damning Bill Taylor's testimony is for Trump. It is...I mean it's worse than the texts.
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Post by Uncaripswife on Oct 22, 2019 17:16:40 GMT -6
Also this sets us up for Trump reallllly wanting to fire Mulvaney but not because he knows too much and just publicly flagellating him on Twitter and to people in meetings like he did with Sessions. So that’ll be fun. The mean part of me is SO here for any Mulvaney flagellating on Twitter.
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Post by sctiger on Oct 22, 2019 17:17:11 GMT -6
I am in awe of how quickly this is unraveling. Trump must be losing his shit right now. How much worse is this going to get before the election?
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Post by Uncaripswife on Oct 22, 2019 17:17:43 GMT -6
Maybe the disconnect is that they actually don't know what quid pro quo means?
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Post by dc2london on Oct 22, 2019 17:23:41 GMT -6
Lol ok but Bill Taylor is a veteran and a 30+ year civil servant
“Trump has done nothing wrong—this is a coordinated smear campaign from far-left lawmakers and radical unelected bureaucrats waging war on the Constitution. There was no quid pro quo,” @presssec Stephanie Grisham says of Taylor’s testimony.
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Post by richard on Oct 22, 2019 17:27:08 GMT -6
Lol ok but Bill Taylor is a veteran and a 30+ year civil servant “Trump has done nothing wrong—this is a coordinated smear campaign from far-left lawmakers and radical unelected bureaucrats waging war on the Constitution. There was no quid pro quo,” @presssec Stephanie Grisham says of Taylor’s testimony. Also, they asked him to take the job? You know after they fired the last lady?
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Post by enchanted on Oct 22, 2019 22:43:42 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Oct 23, 2019 4:01:48 GMT -6
Mulvaney is in this up to his neck too
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Post by dc2london on Oct 23, 2019 4:18:57 GMT -6
I mean we are way past quid pro quo here. Wouldn't this qualify as extortion?
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Post by elle on Oct 23, 2019 4:40:27 GMT -6
I mean we are way past quid pro quo here. Wouldn't this qualify as extortion? One would think.
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Post by dc2london on Oct 23, 2019 5:13:35 GMT -6
Pumped about this!!
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Post by dc2london on Oct 23, 2019 5:41:23 GMT -6
I mean we are way past quid pro quo here. Wouldn't this qualify as extortion? One would think. I need a prosecutor to tell me. If only we knew 40 to 50 of them
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Post by dc2london on Oct 23, 2019 6:16:15 GMT -6
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Post by JukEboX on Oct 23, 2019 7:42:06 GMT -6
Do Republicans not know how impeachment work? Even the ones in these committee? TN-R Burchett is on CSPAN complaing that Democrats are leaking information on the proceedings to the press to keep things in their favor. He is also complaining that R's can't bring in their own witnesses. Also I know if they brought people in they would add people from Fusion GPS and all these people not to the point of things to drag up old points on Hilary and everything to deflect because they hold a grudge.
Are Rs supposed to be able to bring in witnesses to rebuke?
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Post by JukEboX on Oct 23, 2019 7:43:23 GMT -6
He is also saying that the American people are not behind impeachment because he thinks people don't care because it is taking to long and American's don't have the attention span.
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