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TAYLOR: “That was my clear understanding,
security assistance money would not come until the [Ukrainian] President committed to pursue the investigation.”

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SCHIFF: “Are you aware that quid pro quo literally means this for that?”

TAYLOR: “I am.”

docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG…
Taylor: “I think it was becoming clear to the Ukrainians that, in order to get this meeting that they wanted, they would have to commit to pursuing these investigations. And [Ukraine Finance Minister] Danyliuk, at least, understood and I'm sure that he briefed President Zelensky”
Taylor, in his rare first-person cable to Pompeo on August 29 expressing concerns about suspension of aid to Ukraine, says he also suggested to Pompeo that he might resign.

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Everything you need to know about the Cooper/Croft/Anderson depositions — complete with key excerpts and analysis, from @kyledcheney & me politico.com/news/2019/11/1…
@kyledcheney TOPLINE TAKEAWAYS (1/2):

—Ukrainians may have been aware of the hold on aid earlier than previously known

—Volker said a ‘statement’ from the Ukrainians would release the aid

—Budget official told Cooper that Trump was concerned about ‘corruption’

politico.com/news/2019/11/1…
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—Senior officials contemplated whether the hold on aid was even legal

—Cooper was asked about the whistleblower, but much of it was redacted

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Cooper says OMB official Mike Duffey (who was subpoenaed but refused to testify) said Trump ordered the hold on aid due to his “concerns about corruption.”

But Cooper says a review for corruption concerns had already been completed & it was “unanimous with the exception of” OMB.
.@kyledcheney and I wrote about this mystery last week — and why lawmakers are unlikely to solve it without testimony from key OMB officials, all of whom have refused to appear for depositions.

politico.com/news/2019/11/0…
@kyledcheney This is new >> During an August meeting, Volker mentioned to Cooper “an effort that he was engaged in to see if there was a statement that the government of Ukraine would make” in order to lift the hold on military aid.
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JUST IN: The House & Kupperman have filed separate briefs OPPOSING Mulvaney’s motion to join Kupperman’s lawsuit seeking a judge’s ruling on the House’s subpoena.
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“The Court should reject such gamesmanship and deny Mulvaney’s motion.”
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Taylor: “That was my clear understanding security assistance money would not come until the President (Zelensky) committed to the investigations.”
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BREAKING: US House cmte. leaders release transcript of impeachment inquiry testimony from acting US Amb. to Ukraine Bill Taylor as part of impeachment inquiry.

Updates to come.
Bill Taylor, acting top diplomat in Ukraine:

"That was my clear understanding, security assistance money would not come until [Ukrainian President Zelenskiy] committed to pursue the investigation."

(Page 190 of testimony transcript)
TRANSCRIPT: Read the impeachment inquiry testimony of Bill Taylor, acting top diplomat in Ukraine. nbcnews.to/2JXaPkf
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This is how the Taylor transcript starts:

THIS WHOLE HEARING IS OUT OF ORDER!
AMBASSADOR TAYLOR: "That was my clear understanding, security assistance money would not come until the President committed to pursue the investigation."
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P. 190: Amb Taylor says his "clear understanding" was there was a quid pro quo

P. 260: The originator of the idea was Giuliani

P. 280: Amb. Taylor says withholding military aid to Ukraine harms U.S. national security
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Full Opening Statement of Ambassador William B. Taylor- October 22. 2019

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Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the opportunity to appear today to provide my perspective on the events that are the subject of the Committees' inquiry.
My sole purpose is to provide the Committees with my views about the strategic importance of Ukraine to the United States as well as additional information about the incidents in question.
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From Amb. Bill Taylor's opening statement:

In addition to normal policy-making, "there was an irregular, informal channel of U.S. policy-making with respect to Ukraine," that included Volker, Sondland, Perry and Giuliani. By August 'the channels diverged in their objectives."

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2/ In June, Volker and Sondlad told Taylor that Trump "'wanted to hear from Zelenskyy' before scheduling the meeting in the Oval Office."

June 27: Sondland told him "Zelenskyy needed to make clear" that he "was not standing in the way of 'investigations.'"
3/June 28: Sondland told Taylor he didn't want to include most of the normal participants in a phone call with Zelenskyy.

Volker, Sondland, Perry and Taylor joined the call. Before patching Zelenskyy in, Sondland made sure no one was transcribing or monitoring.
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Taylor: "In August & Sept. of this year, I became increasingly concerned that our relationship with Ukraine was being fundamentally undermined by an irregular, informal channel of US policymaking and by the withholding of vital security assistance for domestic political reasons."
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"Sec. Pompeo on May 28, I made clear to him & the others present that if US policy towards Ukraine changed, he would not want me posted there & I could not stay. He assured me that the policy of strong support for Ukraine would continue&he would support me in defending that polcy
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