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Ambassador testifies he was ordered to quid pro quo Ukraine

Journal by DeathMonkey

On Tuesday, Bill Taylor told the House Intelligence Committee in unambiguous terms that the White House — and its emissaries he described as conducting a shadow foreign policy — had made military aid to Ukraine conditional on the Ukrainian president announcing investigations into the 2020 US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter and into a conspiracy theory involving the 2016 US election.

Taylor described in detailed terms a quid pro quo arrangement that Trump and Republicans have denied ever took place. The Latin phrase describes a favor granted explicitly in return for something else.

Trump's acting ambassador to Ukraine blew apart the president's 'no quid pro quo' impeachment defense, leaving Republicans to clutch at straws to defend him

Read Taylor's full opening statement here

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday October 23 2019, @11:57PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday October 23 2019, @11:57PM (#911042) Homepage Journal

    No one is truly concerned with corruption in Ukraine. It has been pointed out that the corruption is widespread, and on both sides of our aisle. The concern here, is controlling corruption FROM THE OTHER SIDE! It's just a political posturing thing, ON BOTH SIDES.

    If the US were concerned about corruption in Ukraine, the Koch brothers would have been blocked from overthrowing the legitimately elected, if corrupt, government they found there.

    Let's all understand: There is money to be made in Ukraine, and everyone has to make his best effort to ensure that his political enemies don't get any more than their "fair share" of that corrupt money.

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday October 24 2019, @06:52PM (1 child)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday October 24 2019, @06:52PM (#911331) Journal

    No one is truly concerned with corruption in Ukraine.

    Correct, It's his attempt to corrupt an election here in the US I'm concerned about.

    • (Score: 2, Troll) by fustakrakich on Thursday October 24 2019, @11:40PM

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Thursday October 24 2019, @11:40PM (#911424) Journal

      Absolutely nobody can corrupt elections in the US unless the American voters let them. There is more evidence the DNC corrupted the election than Ukraine or Russia. But the force of denial runs strong in the tribe.

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