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Democrat: Top diplomat's testimony on Ukraine is 'sea change' in impeachment probe
The Hill ^ | October 22, 2019 | Mike Lillis

Posted on 10/22/2019 11:24:19 AM PDT by be-baw

Democrats emerging Tuesday from the closed-door testimony of the top diplomat to Ukraine were tight-lipped on details but effusive on a central point: William Taylor, they said, was delivering the most damning testimony yet in the Democrats' impeachment investigation into President Trump.

"Without question the most powerful testimony we've heard," said Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), who sits on the Oversight Committee.

"This testimony is a sea change. I think it could accelerate matters," Lynch continued. "This will, I think, answer more questions than it raises."

Lynch described Taylor, the U.S. chargé d'affaires of Ukraine, as a "meticulous" note-taker who had kept detailed records of his involvement in the months-long effort by Trump and some of his closest allies to pressure Ukrainian leaders to find dirt on Trump's political rivals.

"He indicated that he kept extensive notes on all of this," Lynch said.

Rep. Tom Malinowski (D.N.J.), a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, also suggested Taylor's testimony was supportive of the central allegations facing Trump and his dealings with Ukraine.

"I would say it certainly filled in many of the remaining gaps in the narrative," Malinowski said.

"I would say he remembered some things that previous witnesses have not been able to remember."


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: billtaylor; couppeachment; morebs
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1 posted on 10/22/2019 11:24:19 AM PDT by be-baw
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To: be-baw

If they found damning evidence it would have leaked already.


2 posted on 10/22/2019 11:26:27 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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Rep. Malinowski: "I would say he remembered some things that previous witnesses have not been able to remember."

Which means it's more likely he just made the sh!t up.

Or you're just lying about it, you doofus.

3 posted on 10/22/2019 11:26:40 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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To: be-baw

“..who had kept detailed records of his involvement in the months-long effort by Trump and some of his closest allies to pressure Ukrainian leaders to find dirt on Trump’s political rivals.”

If it all stems from this lie then it too must be a lie.


4 posted on 10/22/2019 11:27:00 AM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: be-baw

So they admit it is a narrative!


5 posted on 10/22/2019 11:27:13 AM PDT by cgbg (Vote Trump or you will _be_ Trump)
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To: be-baw

Democrats say blah blah blah. Still holding secret hearings? What a wonderful group of scum.


6 posted on 10/22/2019 11:27:20 AM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
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Wow! The guys name is Lynch!


7 posted on 10/22/2019 11:27:29 AM PDT by tenthirteen
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"I would say he remembered some things that previous witnesses have not been able to remember."

. . . maybe because they didn't happen. . . .

8 posted on 10/22/2019 11:27:44 AM PDT by RatRipper
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To: be-baw

Star chamber making cow fart noise.


9 posted on 10/22/2019 11:27:49 AM PDT by Drango (1776 = 2020)
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To: be-baw

“It’s the big one, Elizabeth.”


10 posted on 10/22/2019 11:28:14 AM PDT by pnut22
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To: be-baw

Raise your hand if you honestly thought the Democrats would hold impeachment hearings in secret.


11 posted on 10/22/2019 11:30:01 AM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
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For the 6,784th time the Democrats are braying that they have the goods on Trump. The clown show continues.


12 posted on 10/22/2019 11:31:09 AM PDT by Bayan
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To: be-baw

Nothing of the kind. Democrats still haven’t found an impeachable offense.

If they had, they’d be falling all over themselves telling us all about it.

Game-changer, indeed.


13 posted on 10/22/2019 11:31:11 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: be-baw

I swear the Democrats could murder children in a Capitol Hill dungeon and the press would report favorably on their comments afterward.


14 posted on 10/22/2019 11:31:42 AM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
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To: be-baw

I believe Comey was a meticulous note taker.


15 posted on 10/22/2019 11:32:29 AM PDT by Demanwideplan
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To: be-baw

He was the one who created the fake quid pro quo narrative and shopped it around. It was contrived as an impeachment effort from the get-go.


16 posted on 10/22/2019 11:35:05 AM PDT by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways to Sunday)
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So what? Nothing illegal has been alleged or even discovered.

The Star Chamber hearings are pure Kabuki theater.


17 posted on 10/22/2019 11:35:48 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: be-baw

“Without question the most powerful testimony we’ve heard,” said Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), who sits on the Oversight Committee.
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President Trump was right. He is being Lynched.


18 posted on 10/22/2019 11:35:49 AM PDT by shelterguy
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Considering the’ press’ and the ‘Dems’ are one in the same, I’m not sure why that is so astonishing to you.


19 posted on 10/22/2019 11:36:23 AM PDT by crosdaddy
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To: Alberta's Child

Or a third possibility - not only is sh!t being made up, but even that sh!t being lied about...

Lying about lying would be the ultimate in obfuscation.


20 posted on 10/22/2019 11:36:36 AM PDT by alloysteel (Nowhere in the Universe is there escape from the consequences of the crime of stupidity.)
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