Thread by @tburages

"Two of President Trump’s top envoys to Ukraine drafted a statement for the country’s new president in August that would have committed Ukraine to pursuing investigations sought by Mr. Trump into his political rivals."

ARE WE DONE YET??

nytimes.com/2019/10/03/us/…

"The statement was drafted by Gordon D. Sondland, the United States ambassador to the European Union, and Kurt D. Volker, then the State Department’s envoy to Ukraine, according to the three people who have been briefed on it."

"The idea behind the statement was to break the Ukrainians of their habit of promising American diplomats and leaders behind closed doors that they would look into matters and never follow through."

BREAK THEM OF THEIR "HABIT"!!!!!!!!!

"The drafting of the statement, which came in the weeks after the July 25 phone call between Mr. Trump and Mr. Zelensky, was an effort to pacify Mr. Trump and Mr. Giuliani and normalize relations between the two countries"

They WROTE A STATEMENT for Zelenskyy to say about investigating the BIDENS. And only THEN would we "normalize relations" between our countries!