Thread by @RepJayapal

Let me be clear: We actually don't have to read the President’s mind on his intent. As we saw on television, he told us himself exactly what his intent was when asked what he wanted from President Zelensky. #ImpeachmentHearing
realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/10/…

Uncontested Fact: President Trump didn't even mention the word “corruption” during either of his calls with President Zelensky & he disregarded all talking points related to corruption that were prepared for him by the National Security Council. #ImpeachmentHearing

Uncontested Fact: Investigations of the Bidens & a debunked conspiracy theory about the 2016 election were not aligned with official U.S. policy. #ImpeachmentHearing

Uncontested Fact: Congress authorized military aid to Ukraine & Ukraine passed all the checks the United States established to ensure it was taking appropriate actions to fight corruption. #ImpeachmentHearing

Uncontested Fact: There was unanimous consensus among the @StateDept, @DeptofDefense & National Security Council that @realDonaldTrump should release the U.S. military aid that Ukraine critically needed to fight Russian aggression. #ImpeachmentHearing

@StateDept @DeptofDefense @realDonaldTrump Uncontested Fact: Between the time that @realDonaldTrump put a hold on the U.S. military aid to Ukraine & then released the aid, he never conducted an actual review or corruption assessment on Ukraine. #ImpeachmentHearing

@StateDept @DeptofDefense @realDonaldTrump Uncontested Fact: The @DeptofDefense actually determined not to conduct a review on Ukraine after the President froze the U.S. military aid, because Ukraine had already met all anti-corruption benchmarks in May of 2019. #ImpeachmentHearing

@StateDept @DeptofDefense @realDonaldTrump Uncontested Fact: Witnesses have testified that both the @StateDept & the Ukrainian Embassy actually advised that a White House meeting with President Zelensky would help further an anti-corruption agenda. #ImpeachmentHearing

@StateDept @DeptofDefense @realDonaldTrump Uncontested Fact: @RealDonaldTrump's budget actually CUT funding for fighting corruption in Ukraine. #ImpeachmentHearing
washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019…

@StateDept @DeptofDefense @realDonaldTrump Uncontested Fact: In both 2017 &2018, @realDonaldTrump released U.S. military aid for Ukraine, w/out any complaints about corruption.

This fact makes Trump's claim that he withheld military aid to Ukraine b/c he was generally skeptical of foreign assistance NOT credible.

@StateDept @DeptofDefense @realDonaldTrump The sequence of events & all the corroborating evidence makes it crystal clear that @RealDonaldTrump didn’t care about corruption at all. In fact, as he told us himself on national TV, he simply cared about his own politically-motivated investigations into his political rival.

@StateDept @DeptofDefense @realDonaldTrump We know what @RealDonaldTrump was interested in based on his words, his actions, & witnesses’ testimony: The President of the United States wanted Ukraine to announce an investigation into a political rival for his own personal, political benefit. #ImpeachmentHearing

@StateDept @DeptofDefense @realDonaldTrump The President of the United States wanted a foreign power to interfere in our election and he was willing to use U.S. military aid—taxpayer dollars—and an essential White House meeting as his leverage. #ImpeachmentHearing

@StateDept @DeptofDefense @realDonaldTrump .@realDonaldTrump has made it clear that he doesn’t care about corruption. But we in Congress—we must care about his corrupt intent & his blatant abuse of power. #ImpeachmentHearing

@StateDept @DeptofDefense @realDonaldTrump .@realDonaldTrump has violated the American people’s sacred trust that the President of the United States puts the people’s interests first — violating that sacred trust destroys the very basis of our democracy. #ImpeachmentHearing