New: Per source in the room, Bill Taylor’s opening statement was 15 pages long and prompted “a lot of sighs and gasps.”
MORE >> Another source says the sighs & gasps were in reaction to Taylor describing “how pervasive the efforts were to tie an investigation of Burisma and 2016 election ‘interference’ to a White House meeting and aid being released.”

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UPDATED STORY >> William Taylor testifies about deep-seated push for Ukraine quid pro quo politico.com/news/2019/10/2…
“I’ll tell you, as a former state department political appointee, in my experience the difference between career folks and political appointees is the career folks take very good notes,” Tom @Malinowski said, hinting that Taylor provided corroboration.

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@Malinowski NEW: Sondland told Taylor that “everything” — including military assistance and a meeting between Trump and Zelensky — was contingent on Ukraine announcing probes into Trump’s political opponents, per excerpt we obtained of Taylor’s opening statement.

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