US: Taylor's testimony reveals that President Trump pressured Ukraine

A new testimony of US ambassor Bill Taylor in impeachment inquiry against US President Donald Trump provided first-hand evidence of US officials negotiating a quid pro quo with Ukraine President wherein, US agreed to provide military aid to Ukraine if y call for an investigation against political rival Joe Biden 

Bill Taylor’s testimony 

Bill Taylor’s full testimony was published by House of Intelligence which encompasses fellow witnesses and is 15 ps long. testimony reflects on a conversation between Donald Trump and Gordon Sondland, who is US ambassor to European Union. According to testimony, Taylor said that two US department officials said that Donald Trump would t sign a check of $400m to provide military aid to Ukraine until Zelensky called for an investigation against Joe Biden and 2016 election interference. 

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Donald Trump operated through irregular channel to seek investigation against Joe Biden

am Schiff, who is chairman of House Intelligence shared testimony on vember 6 on Twitter.

In testimony, he said that initially, “Rudy Giuliani, Ambassor Gordon Sondland, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, and Ambassor Kurt Volker operated 'an irregular, informal channel of U.S. policymaking with respect to Ukraine'.”

Taylor furr said that “During a meeting on May 23, 2019, President Trump me clear to those in “irregular channel” that, in order for President Zelensky to get an Oval Office meeting, “y needed to work with Rudy Giuliani” 

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Taylor’s testimony explains that Ukraine was devoid of military assistance 

Taylor ded new information to previous reports according to which Ambassor Sondland, Secretary Perry, and Ambassor Volker were deployed to assist Ukraine President regarding Ukraine police make. Later in July, according to testimony In July, Ambassor Volker vised President Zelensky and his Chief of Staff “how President Zelensky could prepare for phone call with President Trump” and “suggested to President Zelensky that President Trump would like to hear about investigations. Later, on July 10, a meeting was held, which ended abruptly as issue of an investigation triggered Ambassor Bolton’s antenna, political antenna, and he said,

‘We don’t do politics here and ended meeting. Taylor revealed that on July 18, all officials sat in astonishment when during a rmal meeting “a voice on call, person who was off-screen, said that she was from OMB and her boss h instructed her t to approve any ditional spending of security assistance for Ukraine until furr tice.”

Taylor realised that “irregular policy channel was running contrary to goals of longstanding U.S. policy”. He said that one of key pillars of Ukraine policy-making was being threatened. 

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Donald Trump asked Zelensky to open an investigation

On p 38 of testimony, Taylor says that,

“According to National Security Council Senior Director Tim Morrison’s reout to Ambassor Taylor, President Trump insisted on a September 7th call with Ambassor Sondland that President of Ukraine “go to a microphone and say he is opening investigations of Biden and 2016 election interference”

Bill Taylor’s testimony was a clear indication that if Ukraine did t pursue investigation, y will t get military assistance and support from United States.

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