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originally posted by: KnoxMSP
originally posted by: darkbake
It’s still bribery under the law.
Please quote the part of the transcript you feel is bribery. I just don't see it.
Following are witnesses scheduled for public testimony:
Friday, Nov. 15 - Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine abruptly removed by Trump in May.
Tuesday, Nov. 19 - Morning: Jennifer Williams, an aide to Vice President Mike Pence, and Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, who serves as the director for European affairs at the National Security Council; Afternoon: Ambassador Kurt Volker, the former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine, and Tim Morrison, a White House aide with the National Security Council focusing on Europe and Russia policy.
Wednesday, Nov. 20 - Morning: Ambassador Gordon Sondland, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union. Afternoon: Laura Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs and David Hale, the under secretary of state for political affairs
Thursday, Nov. 21 - Morning: Fiona Hill, former National Security Council senior director for Europe and Russia.
Witnesses who testified as public hearings began on Nov. 13:
Wednesday, Nov. 13 - George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, and William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine.
Witnesses who gave depositions behind closed doors:
Oct. 3 - Kurt Volker
Oct. 11 - Marie Yovanovitch
Oct. 14 - Fiona Hill
Oct. 15 - George Kent
Oct. 16 - Michael McKinley, former policy adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Oct. 17 - Gordon Sondland
Oct. 22 - William Taylor
Oct. 23 - Laura Cooper
Oct. 26 - Philip Reeker, acting assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs
Oct. 29 - Alexander Vindman
Oct. 30 - Catherine Croft, former adviser to Volker on Ukraine policy
Oct. 30 - Christopher Anderson, former specialist on Ukraine at the State Department.
Oct. 31 - Timothy Morrison
Nov. 6 - David Hale
Nov. 7 - Jennifer Williams
Nov. 15 - David Holmes, the top political affairs officer at the U.S. embassy in Kiev
Nov. 16 - Mark Sandy, director of national security programs at the Office of Management and Budget.
originally posted by: neutronflux
a reply to: Caractacus
What would you call something that isn’t the actual transcript that was placed in memo form as required for release?
originally posted by: neutronflux
a reply to: Caractacus
I imagine the actual transcript is in a format with security markings that makes the actual document ineligible for public release.
The Dems don’t have squat.
originally posted by: neutronflux
a reply to: Caractacus
Then quote the “damning” first hand evidence.
During the lunch, Ambassador Sondland said that he was going to call President Trump to give him an update.
Ambassador Sondland placed a call on his mobile phone, and I heard him announce himself several times, along the lines of "Gordon Sondland holding for the President." It appeared that he was being transferred through several layers of switchboards and assistants. I then noticed Ambassador Sondland's demeanor change, and understood that he had been connected to President Trump.
While Ambassador Sondland's phone was not on speakerphone, I could hear the President's voice through the earpiece of the phone. The President's voice was very loud and recognizable, and Ambassador Sondland held the phone away from his ear for a period of time, presumably because of the loud volume.
I heard Ambassador Sondland greet the President and explain that he was calling from Kyiv. I heard President Trump then clarify that Ambassador Sondland was in Ukraine. Ambassador Sondland replied, yes, he was in Ukraine, and went on to state that President Zelenskyy "loves your ass." I then heard President Trump ask, "So, he's gonna do the investigation?" Ambassador Sondland replied that "he's gonna do it," adding that President Zelenskyy will do "anything you ask him to."
Even though I did not take notes of these statements, I have a clear recollection that these statements were made. I believe that my colleagues who were sitting at the table also knew that Ambassador Sondland was speaking with the President.
The conversation then shifted to Ambassador Sondland's efforts, on behalf of the President, to assist a rapper who was jailed in Sweden, and I could only hear Ambassador Sondland's side of that part of the conversation. Ambassador Sondland told the President that the rapper was "kind of f----d there," and "should have pled guilty." He recommended that the President "wait until after the sentencing or it will make it worse," adding that the President should "let him get sentenced, play the racism card, give him a ticker-tape when he comes home." Ambassador Sondland further told the President that Sweden "should have released him on your word," but that "you can tell the Kardashians you tried."
After the call ended, Ambassador Sondland remarked that the President was in a bad mood, as Ambassador Sondland stated was often the case early in the morning. I then took the opportunity to ask Ambassador Sondland for his candid impression of the President's views on Ukraine. In particular, I asked Ambassador Sondland if it was true that the President did not "give a s—t about Ukraine." Ambassador Sondland agreed that the President did not "give a s—t about Ukraine." I asked why not, and Ambassador Sondland stated that the President only cares about "big stuff." I noted that there was "big stuff" going on in Ukraine, like a war with Russia, and Ambassador Sondland replied that he meant "big stuff" that benefits the President, like the "Biden investigation" that Mr. Giuliani was pushing. The conversation then moved on to other topics.
www.foxnews.com...
Holmes said Sondland told Trump that Zelensky “loves your ass” to which Trump responded: “So, he’s gonna do the investigation?
originally posted by: Caractacus
Stonewalling is a bad strategy for the President IMO.
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: bloodymarvelous
Impeachment by the U.S. House is a political matter. No Federal Crimes need to be proven. The House determines what the "crimes" are. Then they vote on them. A simple majority (51%) are all that's needed to send an impeachment article over to the U.S. Senate. From what I hear, the process is more complicated in the Senate.
originally posted by: Veryolduser
Is it trump? Is it schiff? What are your thoughts on this?
originally posted by: carewemust
Attn!
Info shared in Schiff's dungeon this past Saturday that requires the transcripts to be released IMMEDIATELY, or further testimonies DELAYED.
Source: www.foxnews.com...