What weve been discussing w today, which involved in a regular channel, was a request that went against u. S. Policy that have have undermined the rule of law and our longstanding policy goals in ukraine, as in other countries in the postsoviet space. Those policies which were indeed championed by ambassador yovanovitch. You also testified on october 15th in the deposition about fundamental reforms necessary for ukraine to fight corruption and to transform the country. And you t cited the importance reforming certain institutions, notably was investigating President Trumps political opponents a part of those necessary reforms . Was it on that list of yours or indeed was it on any list . No, they werent. In fact, historically, is it not true that a major problem in the ukraine has been its misuse
of prosecutors, precisely to conduct investigation of political opponents. Thats a legacy i dare suggest from the soviet era when, as you stated in your testimony, prosecutors like the kgb were
sir? it is. on august 28th you find yourself in ukraine with the national security advisor mr. bolton, right? yes, sir. and you convey to him your concerns. he tells you you should bring it up with the secretary of state. yes, sir. have you ever sent a cable like that? how many times in your career have you sent a cable directly to the secretary of state? once. this time. yes, sir. in 50 years? rifle company don t send cables but yes, sir. bill taylor testified on the very first day of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry, and you can see why impeachment investigators wanted americans to hear from him. decades of military and diplomatic experience to his name, served under several republican presidents, tried to sound the alarm when he thought he saw american foreign policy being undermined on the ground in ukraine. here s the thing. one week from today bill taylor is out of a job. the wall street journal was first to report that secretary
proudest of. on august 28th you find yourself in ukraine with the national security advisor mr. bolton, right? yes, sir. and you convey to him your concerns. he tells you you should bring it up with the secretary of state. yes, sir. how many times in your career have you sent a cable directly to the secretary of state? once. this time. yes, sir. in 50 years? rifle company don t send cables but yes, sir. bill taylor testified on the very first day of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry, and you can see why impeachment investigators wanted americans to hear from him. decades of military and diplomatic experience to his name, served under several republican presidents, tried to sound the alarm when he thought he saw american foreign policy being undermined on the ground in ukraine. here s the thing. one week from today bill taylor is out of a job.
express that in a very special way to the secretary of state. now, he she the national security advisor, works directly with the president but he tells you that you should bring it up with theho secretary of state. yes, sir. have you ever sent a cable like that? how many times in your career of 40-50 years have you sent a cable directly to the secretary of state? once.ye this time? yes, sir. in 50 years? rifle company don t send cables but yes, sir. so the national security advisor who can tell it to the president himself and who shares your concern says you, the ambassador servingu, in ukraine should cable the secretary of state directly and you do so, don t you? yes, sir. what d the cable say, sir? it s classified cable. without going into classified information. without going into classified, itut says security assistance. it s what we ve been talking about today. security assistance to ukraine at this particular time, as in previous times, is very import