Thread by @moscow_project

.@RepValDemings goes through the days after Zelensky's election, when Giuliani and his co-conspirators regrouped after Zelensky's election—and Giuliani remained in close contact with the White House.

@RepValDemings On April 23, Giuliani and Parnas discussed their scheme to oust Yovanovitch.
The next day, Trump fired Yovanovitch.

@RepValDemings None of it was a coincidence—including the part where Giuliani went on Fox News on April 24 to promise he would soon deliver dirt about Trump's political opponents in Ukraine.

@RepValDemings The story is simple: "Trump removed Yovanovitch because she was in the way. She was in the way of a sham investigations that he so desperately wanted. Investigations that would hurt Biden and undermine the Mueller investigation into Russia election interference."

@RepValDemings With Yovanovitch out of the way, Trump roped in U.S. officials—the "Three Amigos"—to do his dirty work, always in communication and coordination with Giuliani.

@RepValDemings Zelensky's inauguration meant that Giuliani no longer had his main point of contact in Ukraine—the corrupt prosecutor general Yuriy Lutsenko.
So Trump had U.S. diplomats help him out instead.

@RepValDemings Those diplomats weren't enough to ensure Zelensky delivered the announcement Trump wanted.
So he turned up the pressure, conditioning first a White House meeting and then $400 million in military aid on announcing Trump's desired investigations.

@RepValDemings Trump's defenders claim impeachment is a plot to help Democrats win the 2020 election.
That's clearly not the case. This is about Trump's corrupt actions, which sacrificed our national security for Trump's personal benefit.