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Multiple reports say Taylor has testified to quid pro quo: Military aid for investigating Bidens.

But Sondland is insisting it may have just been "investigate corruption."

So again: Rudy has called for investigations of *Biden* since May.

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Here's Taylor's testimony in which he says Sondland explicitly told him that the military aid was conditioned on an investigation into Burisma.

As the timeline shows, it had been widely public for months at that point that this meant "smear Biden."
Wow, look at this. Taylor testified that Morrison told him Sondland had confided that Trump wanted an explicit announcement of an investigation into *Biden.*

So that blows apart Sondland's claim he didn't know this was about Biden!
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Greg Sargent
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There's a revealing tell in the Fox News smear of Vindman.

They rip Vindman for undermining *Trump's* interests. *That's* what really has them in a rage.

Placing country before Trump is the real betrayal for which Vindman must be destroyed.

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Here's a key connection:

Vindman is corroborating a key piece of William Taylor's testimony. Both say Gordon Sondland privately referenced the investigations Trump wanted into *the Bidens.*

So they *both* undercut Sondland's testimony:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Ingraham rips Vindman for working "against the president's interests."

Giuliani said his Ukraine scheme would be "good for my client."

This gives away the game: In keeping our foreign policy aligned with US interests, Vindman was undermining Trump's:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
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Greg Sargent
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I'm going to suggest that William Barr's criminal review is actually a telling sign of Trump's mounting rage and panic over the impeachment inquiry.

It's easy to see Trump raging at Barr and demanding more protection. Presto: Criminal review!

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
It's not a coincidence that we magically learn that Barr's review is criminal at precisely the moment that Trump is in a particularly torqued up rage and panic over the fusillade of devastating revelations coming out of the impeachment inquiry every day:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Barr is at nexus of Trump's corruption:

* Trump told Zelensky to coordinate w/Barr on corrupt Biden scheme

* Mulvaney used Barr's review to lend legitimacy to that scheme

* Barr's DOJ helped cover up whistleblower complaint and didn't investigate it

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
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Greg Sargent
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Here's another layer to the House GOP strategy:

It's supposed to send the message that Rs are being super effective in debunking witness testimony in private, and Ds are concealing that.

This is meant to sate the rage of the Audience of One.

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
The game:

1) Released testimony is devastating

2) Rs say they demolished that testimony in private hearing

3) Rs scream Ds are hiding this

4) When transcripts are released and don't exonerate Trump, they'll claim opposite and Fox will amplify that lie

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Rs can call for transcripts' release, knowing that when they *don't* exonerate Trump, they can just lie about it, and use the release as the hook to argue that the Dem coverup has been exposed.

They can count on the Fox/propaganda network to play along:

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Karol Cummins
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💣QuidProQuo💣

Amb Bill Taylor testifies:

The body language of the people hearing the testimony was, ‘holy s---’ — seriously,”

The testimony as a “sea change” that “could accelerate” the impeachment inquiry.

It was “the most thorough accounting we’ve had of the timeline.”
💣QuidProQuo2💣

Taylor described the hold on aid as a “nightmare” and said it had already shaken UKR’s faith in the US.

Taylor Confirms There Was Quid Pro Quo Demand In Trump’s UKR Call:

Taylor testified Trump held up military aid to UKR until it agreed to investigate Biden.
💣QuidProQuo3💣

📌Threat of withholding military aid, & an Oval Office mtg.

📌Explicit quid pro quo: which was relayed to directly to Zelensky:

📌Both a meeting & military aid were dependent on the inv’ns (2016elex /server/Biden) & a public announcement (public box) of same.
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Shem Horne
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From the Bill Taylor testimony, he didn't even receive a readout of the call transcript from Trump to Zelensky 😂

We all read it, nothing bad happened in the call, and there was no quid pro quo.
source: nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Compare Bill Taylor's testimony with the whistleblower complaint, neither one of which had actually seen the transcript of the call until it was released publically. It's painfully obvious that those two were working together. Let's get them both under oath and ask them.
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The Moscow Project
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According to Bill Taylor, Sondland told Ukraine that, to get a White House meeting, they had to publicly announce Trump's politically-motivated investigations—then corrected himself: "everything," including military aid, depended on the announcement. washingtonpost.com/powerpost/dipl…
Read Taylor's full opening statement here: washingtonpost.com/context/openin…
Some key points from Taylor's testimony:
-Sondland justified the decision to work outside of established channels as a way to "make sure no one was transcribing or monitoring" their conversations with Zelensky.
washingtonpost.com/context/openin…
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Ryan Goodman
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What #Sondland OMITS from Opening Statement shows how extra-damning this is likely to get

Omissions:

1. Major media (including two NYT blockbusters) in May reported Giuliani pressure on Ukraine for Burisma-BIDEN probe

(Sondland can't credibly claim not knowing)

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2. Sondland opening remarks omits:

Content of July 10 meeting: Sondland personally pressed Ukrainians to investigate past cases, understood by US officials at Burisma-Biden (freaked out Bolton and Fiona Hill)

(Advice: believe Fiona Hill's testimony on this)
3. Sondland omits:

July 25: Mulvaney arranged for Sondland to prep Trump behind Bolton's back before call with Zelensky.

Note: prior version of WaPo story "indicated otherwise based on info provided by a person familiar with Sondland’s planned testimony"

Did he plan to lie?
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Dr. Dena Grayson
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🚨BREAKING: Gordon Sondland intends to testify that the text he wrote denying a quid pro quo with #Ukraine was relayed to him directly by @realDonaldTrump in a call: “It’s only true that the president said it, not that it was the truth.”🔥

#Ukrainegate
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After acting ambassador to #Ukraine Bill Taylor texted Sondland/ “I think it’s crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign,” Sondland called @realDonaldTrump, who told Sondland he didn’t “want a quid pro quo…didn’t want anything from #Ukraine.”🔥
Sondland appears to be throwing TRUMP under the bus, basically saying that he took Trump at his word that there wasn’t a quid pro quo with #Ukraine.🧐

#Ukrainegate #Corruption #ImpeachTrump

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Judge Rules Against Trump Motion to Dismiss in Emoluments Lawsuit by Maryland and DC - Ultimate outcome to turn on construction of Constitution. But, remember under the clause, Congress can approve any + all emoluments, thus... 👉 washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politi…
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