Trial By Selective Leak: Seven questions for Ambassador Bill Taylor

American Thinker ^ | 10/23/2019 | Monica Showalter

[SeekAndFind]

Another secret hearing, another supposedly damning indictment of President Trump, another set of selective leaks from the left. Based on current headlines, it's all over for President Trump.

Seems the testimony of former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Bill Taylor, has finally done him in, according to the breathless press reports. Here are the typical headlines:

Ukraine ambassador William Taylor's testimony backs Senate Republicans into a corner -Washington Examiner

The Most Damning Impeachment Testimony Yet -New York Times (they've got a ton of them on their site like this)

And in a nice case of trial by selective leak, Time magazine has "obtained" a copy of Taylor's opening statement, but not any transcript of the questions he may have answered. Based on news reports, we already know Republicans such as GOP Rep. Andy Biggs, has not been allowed into Democratic House Intelligence committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff's secret basement 'hearings' despite his obvious standing to be there as a House Judiciary committee member. But House ranking Intelligence committee member Rep. Devin Nunes apparently couldn't be turned away. Unlike whoever leaked that opening statement transcript, Nunes was keeping to the Schiff rules yet could see what was going on. But last night Nunes told Sean Hannity that none of the witnesses had provided any smoking guns to convict President Trump.

Once again, we get 'clarity' from carefully released leaks, as Thomas Lifson has noted here. Some clarity.

That leaves us with just selectively leaked opening statement by Taylor, and the press's questionable 'it's all over for Trump' headlines. Nunes was there and he's a consistently credible source.

It shows the problems that go on with holding secret hearings, something Democrats have bellowed mightily about in the past, hollering ' functioning democracy' is at stake, as Hannity splendidly reported.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Constant chatter is their game.

[butlerweave]

They’re just trying to turn Trump’s supporters against him ,they have nothing else

[McGavin999]

Here’s a question. “Where do you plan to work after Trump is re-elected?”

[McGavin999]

You know how you can tell this guy is a bad guy? The copies of the text show the text came from his phone. The iPhone bubble is blue, that means he turned over the copy of the text to Schiff

[Theophilous Meatyard III]

“They’re just trying to turn Trump’s supporters against him,they have nothing else”

Or they’re beginning to know they are full of crap and their supporters are bound to notice sooner or later.

[mass55th]

Taylor assumed his interim position on June 18, 2019. The call with the Ukraine President was July 25th. This guy had only been in the position of Chargé d’affaires ad interim for a little over a month. What makes him an expert on what went on?