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Thoughts on Bill Taylor's statement: most damning thing he has is what he heard from Morrison secondhand (pic 1). OK, maybe he's right. What's also clear (pics 2-4) is that he's an anti-Russia hawk devoted to fueling a US-Russia proxy war, which got threatened w/ weapons freeze.
Missing from all of this, so far, is first-hand confirmation of any Ukrainian official being explicitly informed of a quid pro quo. Maybe the message was implicit enough, or maybe direct evidence will emerge. We'll see when Sondland returns and hopefully Morrison, Yerkak testify.
They will also have to clarify exactly what the nature of these desired Ukrainian investigation was -- Burisma? 2016 interference? corruption? All of those are separate & often mistakenly conflated.
I also think... who cares? There are better ways to oppose/defeat Trump than enrolling in the Cold War designs & disputes of neocon hawks. We already did that w/ Russiagate -- it didn't turn out so well.
To accuse Trump of extorting Ukraine, you're going to need to show who did it, when, & how (what explicitly was said?). So far, most damning evidence is what Taylor claims Morrison told him about what Sondland told Yermak. That's secondhand. Why follow-up testimony is key.
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