not come until the president of ukraine committed to pursue the investigation. well, the investigation of joe biden and his son is what we re talking about even though there s absolutely no evidence that either did anything wrong. and the investigation of that debunked conspiracy theory about a dnc server. and bill taylor clearly lays all of that at the feet of the president s personal attorney, rudy giuliani. the transcript of the testimony mentions giuliani more than 40 times. but this says it all right here. quote, i think the origin of the idea to get president zelensky to say out loud he s going to investigate burisma remember that s the company that joe biden s son was on the board of, burisma in the 2016 election, i think the originator, the person who came up with that was mr. giuliani. question and he was representing whose interest? answer president trump. and going on to lay out exactly what the shakedown of ukraine
another s testimony and the fact pattern that is here. and by the way, i would frankly suggest to you there is more evidence gathered thus far to suggest that the president did shake down the ukraine and threaten to withhold military assistance, creating an increased vulnerability among our strategic partner than there is evidence to support the idea that the sun will come up in the east tomorrow. i think we re way beyond that. thirdly, i think what they re going to hear from ambassador taylor is a pretty good, brilliant construct of why it is that the ukraine is important to america s national security and why they are a strategic partner and an ally in our effort to check the malign intent and aggression of russia. speaking of ambassador taylor, his transcripts from his testimony released today. let me just read from his transcript. that was my clear understanding. security assistance money would not come until the president committed to pursue the investigation, meaning the
that s the kind lincoln s about. seefrom today s weather tong, tomorrow s business trends. with esri location technology, you can see what others can t. the transcripts of closed-door testimony released today and throughout the week paint a stark picture of president trump and his lawyer, rudy giuliani s attempt to shake down the ukrainian government to get an investigation into joe biden and his family. but the transcripts are really just the beginning. public hearings are set for next week with bill taylor, the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, state department official george kent, and marie yovanovitch, the former ambassador to ukraine. these hearings will give the american people the chance to hear directly from all of them
came from the mountains and the valleys and the rivers and the oceans. they came from all over. the democrats said what the hell is happening? where are these people coming from? well, all of this, you know, this president s defensiveness about the election, his response to the impeachment investigation, all of it is about well, this won t be a shock to you, right? his ego. this is all about his ego, his enormous ego. pretty clearly on display tonight. and speaking of the investigation, what we have learned today is major, and it comes from bill taylor. bill taylor is a top american diplomat in ukraine. you remember his detailed opening statement connecting the dots of the let s call it what it is a shakedown of ukraine. well, he made it crystal clear in his testimony released today, and i quote. he said, that was my clear understanding. security assistance money would not come until the president of ukraine committed to pursue the investigation. well, the investigation of joe
testimony, and then there s more to come. the whistle-blower s identity is besides the point, and it s all about the facts. remember, facts first. stick to the substance, not the process. substance. what are the witnesses saying? is it true? is it not? facts first. the public hearing set to begin next week, and today we ve got the order of those witnesses to come. why are they up first? what will they say? we ve got that next. these folks don t have time to go to the post office they use stamps.com all the services of the post office only cheaper get a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again.