He would have completed the process earlier but john wanted to wait until after the ig report was finished. Next, conversation with former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine, william taylor. He testified during the inquiry last fall. Speaking at George Washington university. Good morning, all. Thank you so much for joining us this morning. I direct the Leadership Practice initiative. The International Affairs. On behalf of dean who joined us this morning, its my pleasure to introduce and welcome before us today, Ambassador William Taylor junior. Ambassador taylor, within the world of Foreign Policy and National Security, is very well known in his reputation long proceed temp, ive had the pleasure of working and knowing ambassador taylor, my friend phil for a good 30 years. One of the benefits of the very difficult situation, bill tayl taylor, given his subpoena and testimony, but to the fact that the nation at large got to see magnificent public servant. Thats why we are bringing him here tod
Report was finished. Next, conversation with former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine, william taylor. He testified during the inquiry last fall. Speaking at George Washington university. Good morning, all. Thank you so much for joining us this morning. I direct the Leadership Practice initiative. The International Affairs. On behalf of dean who joined us this morning, its my pleasure to introduce and welcome before us today, Ambassador William Taylor junior. Ambassador taylor, within the world of Foreign Policy and National Security, is very well known in his reputation long proceed temp, ive had the pleasure of working and knowing ambassador taylor, my friend phil for a good 30 years. One of the benefits of the very difficult situation, bill tayl taylor, given his subpoena and testimony, but to the fact that the nation at large got to see magnificent public servant. Thats why we are bringing him here today. He has served the country superbly across his career. He graduated from west point.
Whatsoever. They made the argument that it makes sense to try the case and then consider documents. They made no argument that the white make sense to have trial without witnesses are and why, because its indefensible. Its indefensible. No trial in america has ever been conducted like that, and so you would nothing about it. And that should be the most telling thing about councils argument. They had no defense of the mcconnell resolution because there is done. They couldnt defend on the basis of president , they couldnt defend on the base of history, based on the constitution, they couldnt defend at all. So what did they say . First they made the representation that the house is claiming there is a such thing as executive privilege. Thats nonsense. No one here has ever suggested theres no such thing as executive privilege but the interesting thing here is they have never claimed executive privilege. Not once during the house investigation did ever say that a single document was privile
In the house impeachment inquiry. No president in history has ever done anything like this. Many president s have expressed they couldnt do anything like this. President trump did not take these extreme steps to hide evidence of his innocence or to protect the institution of the presidency. As a career Law Enforcement officer, i have never seen anyone take such extreme steps to hide evidence allegedly proving his innocence. And i do not find that here today. The president is engaged in this coverup because he is guilty, and he knows it and he knows that the evidence he is concealing will only further demonstrate his culpability. Notwithstanding this effort to stonewall our inquiry, the house amassed powerful evidence of the president s high crimes and misdemeanors. 17 witnesses, 130 hours of testimony combined with the president s own admission on phonecalls and Public Comments confirmed and corroborated by hundreds of texts, emails and documents. Much of that evidence came from patrio
Trump because hes broken his convenant with the American People. In doing so, we are using the powers the Founding Fathers enshrined in the constitution. To address a president who has violated his oath of office. The evidence is clear antifacts are without question. President trump is consistently enengaged in a pattern of behavior inconsistent with the rule of law. Hes refused to take responsibility for his actions. He has undermined the checks and balances we rely on by obstructing congress at every turn. Most importantly, he has abused his power by using his office to solicit foreign interference in our elections, undermining the will of the people. On this sad day for our nation, i will do what the president has so often failed to do. I will fulfill my oath to support and defend the constitution and i will vote in favor of impeachment. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from georgia. Mr. Col