A pivotal witness in the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry described several conversations among top administration officials this summer in which President Trump’s Ukraine quid pro quo was explicitly discussed.
Within the prepared remarks of career diplomat Bill Taylor, three conversations in particular stood out. They confirmed an understanding in the White House and among key State Department officials that Trump was withholding military aid as leverage for his demand that Ukraine open probes beneficial to him politically.
Trump repeatedly denied that there was a quid pro quo, according to Taylor’s accounts of the conversations relayed to him, but then the President would describe …read more
Source:: TPM
