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Let's get it on. Analysis later over @gametheorytoday, as always. https://www.c-span.org/video/?466134-1/impeachment-hearing-william-taylor-george-kent&live
Let's get it on. Analysis later over @gametheorytoday, as always. https://www.c-span.org/video/?466134-1/impeachment-hearing-william-taylor-george-kent&live
SCHIFF: Let's go. We will
RATCLIFFE: I HAVE SOMETHING STUPID TO ASK
SCHIFF: Jesus. Really?
RATCLIFFE: HOW MANY 45 MINUTES YOU WERE TALKING AND I DON'T CARE
SCHIFF: Anyhow don't be assholes, though, come on. We know what's ahead.
RATCLIFFE: I HAVE SOMETHING STUPID TO ASK
SCHIFF: Jesus. Really?
RATCLIFFE: HOW MANY 45 MINUTES YOU WERE TALKING AND I DON'T CARE
SCHIFF: Anyhow don't be assholes, though, come on. We know what's ahead.
SCHIFF: Russia is at war with Ukraine. Zelensky was elected on an anti-corruption platform. Ukraine needs our help. Trump apparently tried to get Zelensky to bribe him with election help in exchange for help defending his country from invasion.
So, that's bad.
So, that's bad.
SCHIFF: Basically, all these jackwagons have admitted this crap in public.
Giuliani is running around with conspiracy theories about how Ukraine attacked U.S. democracy, not Russia, which Putin started pushing years ago.
This really isn't up for debate.
Giuliani is running around with conspiracy theories about how Ukraine attacked U.S. democracy, not Russia, which Putin started pushing years ago.
This really isn't up for debate.
SCHIFF: A bunch of treasonweasels conspired to hold up Congressional appropriations to help Ukraine defend itself in exchange for public announcements that its president announce a fake investigation into Joe Biden.
Trump shook down Ukraine's president in July 2019.
Trump shook down Ukraine's president in July 2019.
SCHIFF: The July call was so bad, even John Bolton freaked out. Trump's people tried to hide the evidence of the call in a top secret computer server managed by the CIA, because they are morons.
Non-treasonweasels, plural, reported this to their superiors.
Non-treasonweasels, plural, reported this to their superiors.
SCHIFF: Mick Mulvaney, a moron, just out and confessed the freaking conspiracy on live TV. You really can't make it up.
Anyhow, Congress is all over it and we've got depositions up the wazoo. Meanwhile, the White House is attempting to cover this up the dumbest way possible.
Anyhow, Congress is all over it and we've got depositions up the wazoo. Meanwhile, the White House is attempting to cover this up the dumbest way possible.
SCHIFF: Congress may have to decide, AS IT DID WITH NIXON, whether this is ADDITIONAL GROUNDS (!) for impeachment.
SCHIFF: I guess we need to deal with Mulvaney's challenge to "just get over it."
Um. Yeah. About that. Get over bribery and foreign interference in our elections? Um. Well, let's discuss that. Today. Every day.
Um. Yeah. About that. Get over bribery and foreign interference in our elections? Um. Well, let's discuss that. Today. Every day.
SCHIFF: Ben Franklin told us what to do. It's a Republic, if you can keep it. So...
SECRET AGENT DIPSHIT COWPOKE (R-Azores):
DEMOCRATS WANTED NUDE PICTURES OF DONALD TRUMP!
(that just happened. am not making this up)
DEMOCRATS WANTED NUDE PICTURES OF DONALD TRUMP!
(that just happened. am not making this up)
COWPOKE (R-California Armenian Mob Neighbor): DEMOCRATS ARE A CULT. THEY HAVE WITCH MEETINGS IN SCIFs.
i am truly out of ideas
god help me
i am truly out of ideas
god help me
NUNES (R-Who Wants NATO Intel Centers on Huawei Undersea Internet Cables Surely For a Good Reason):
THE WHISTLEBLOWER dear god I just can't, please stop this
god even portuguese intelligence has me nailed
they're not even FVEY. i used to have clearance. i know. it's bad
THE WHISTLEBLOWER dear god I just can't, please stop this
god even portuguese intelligence has me nailed
they're not even FVEY. i used to have clearance. i know. it's bad
REP. 4CHAN (R-Misses His Clearance): THIS IS ALL THEATRE
NONE OF THIS IS HAPPENING
IT'S LIKE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW BUT FOR CONGRESS god i am weary
RUSSIA IS NOT UKRAINE HAHA GOTCHA! that wasn't even that good
please let me just finally rest
NONE OF THIS IS HAPPENING
IT'S LIKE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW BUT FOR CONGRESS god i am weary
RUSSIA IS NOT UKRAINE HAHA GOTCHA! that wasn't even that good
please let me just finally rest
MIDNIGHT UBER JUMPER (R-Missing Agriculture Committee Chairman): DEMOCRATS WANTED RUSSIA TO INVADE US
help me
help me
SCHIFF (D-Incredible Patience): Thank you, human treasony colostomy bag. That was your worst yet.
NOW LET'S TALK TO PATRIOTS. Amb. Taylor is a Vietnam veteran, Airborne Ranger, longtime US Gov't Jedi
George Kent has done everything in the State Department except be Secretary.
NOW LET'S TALK TO PATRIOTS. Amb. Taylor is a Vietnam veteran, Airborne Ranger, longtime US Gov't Jedi
George Kent has done everything in the State Department except be Secretary.
STEFANIK: WE WANT TO CALL DEVIN NUNES' COW! POINT OF ORDER!
SCHIFF: sure.
STEFANIK: I WILL INTERRUPT YOU AT WILL
SCHIFF: please get f**ked on all this whistleblower nonsense. now sit down.
SCHIFF: sure.
STEFANIK: I WILL INTERRUPT YOU AT WILL
SCHIFF: please get f**ked on all this whistleblower nonsense. now sit down.
CONAWAY: WE ARE ALL LIKE KINDERGARTENERS I HAVE A THING TO SAY WE ARE NOT ADULTS
SCHIFF: Yes.
JORDAN: WHEN CAN I WATCH THE WHISTLEBLOWER SHOWER? ANSWER ME!
SCHIFF: Oh, Jim. *shakes head* Onto the grownups.
SCHIFF: Yes.
JORDAN: WHEN CAN I WATCH THE WHISTLEBLOWER SHOWER? ANSWER ME!
SCHIFF: Oh, Jim. *shakes head* Onto the grownups.
KENT: I'm a pro. Ukraine is critical for U.S. NatSec. This is a mess. Russia is at war with the West. They're starting in Ukraine. It'll get worse.
KENT: Ukrainian patriots have been crowdsourcing their own weapons to fight Russia, much like America's Minutemen in the Revolutionary War. They were waiting for regular soldiers to show up to help. Like we needed the French, they need us.
And they'll be NATO partners.
And they'll be NATO partners.
KENT: This last election was a big one for Ukraine. They no longer are ruled by ex-Soviet apparatchiks, but young Ukrainian patriots who want the rule of law.
THAT is why this is such a big deal.
(EG Note: And exactly what America stands for.)
THAT is why this is such a big deal.
(EG Note: And exactly what America stands for.)
KENT: US assistance is helping Ukraine build institutions that enforce the rule of law to combat corruption.
Asking any country to engage in politically-motivated investigations, like Burisma, is the opposite of that assistance.
Asking any country to engage in politically-motivated investigations, like Burisma, is the opposite of that assistance.
KENT: In 2015, I called the Obama-era NSC to tell them about Hunter Biden joining Burisma, because it could look weird - because the corrupt Ukrainian prosecutors took bribes to not investigate the owner of Burisma.
But that was not because of U.S. pressure.
But that was not because of U.S. pressure.
KENT: Then we get Rudy Giuliani and those Ukrainian Mobsters rolling around, and they...um...they were not helping matters.
TAYLOR: I'm not here to take sides on an impeachment. I'm just here to report facts and describe the security situation in Ukraine.
Also, I've done damn near every critical job in Washington, and served every administration, no matter which party, for decades.
Also, I've done damn near every critical job in Washington, and served every administration, no matter which party, for decades.
TAYLOR: Ukraine is critical to U.S. security.
Russia is at war with Ukraine.
Ukrainians were dying in this war LAST WEEK.
Ukraine needs the United States.
Russia is at war with Ukraine.
Ukrainians were dying in this war LAST WEEK.
Ukraine needs the United States.
TAYLOR: Ukraine is the highlight of my public service.
Since I left Ukraine in 2009, it was turning toward the West. Then Putin was so afraid of Ukraine joining the EU, he bribed the government and murdered protestors.
Since I left Ukraine in 2009, it was turning toward the West. Then Putin was so afraid of Ukraine joining the EU, he bribed the government and murdered protestors.
(EG: THE GOVERNMENT TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER WORKED FOR!)
TAYLOR: Then Russia invaded and started blowing airplanes out of the sky.
Ukraine's people fought back against Russian aggression.
And the U.S. Congress has armed them to defend themselves.
Ukraine's people fought back against Russian aggression.
And the U.S. Congress has armed them to defend themselves.
(EG Note: THIS IS WHAT RUSSIA WAS PAYING GOP POLITICIANS FOR - TO GET THE GOP TO STOP SUPPORTING UKRAINE SO RUSSIA COULD INVADE MORE)
TAYLOR: My wife hated the idea of me going back to work in Ukraine under Trump, but when the country needs help, you do it. 
Pompeo told me our policy to support for Ukraine hadn't changed.
Pompeo told me our policy to support for Ukraine hadn't changed.
TAYLOR: I got to Ukraine and saw good news and bad news.
Good news: Zelenskyy was fighting corruption, hard and fast.
Bad news: There was a "highly irregular" channel for U.S. policy toward Ukraine.
Good news: Zelenskyy was fighting corruption, hard and fast.
Bad news: There was a "highly irregular" channel for U.S. policy toward Ukraine.
TAYLOR: This irregular channel had no responsibility to anyone: Sondland, Volker, Perry, Mulvaney, and...Giuliani.
They operated outside of the State Department's purview.
They operated outside of the State Department's purview.
TAYLOR: I realized by August that the "irregular" channel had...diverged.
Trump wanted a call with Zelenskyy before they had an Oval Office meeting. Something about "investigations."
Trump wanted a call with Zelenskyy before they had an Oval Office meeting. Something about "investigations."
TAYLOR: Volker said he would be explicit with Zelenskyy about what he needed to do to get a meeting with Trump.
I realized that this was on the condition of investigating Burisma.
I realized that this was on the condition of investigating Burisma.
TAYLOR: Then Office of Management and Budget said they were blocking the money to Ukraine.
All the OMB staffer said that the decision was from the President.
The official channel no longer represented the President of the United States.
All the OMB staffer said that the decision was from the President.
The official channel no longer represented the President of the United States.
TAYLOR: In a call with Dr. Hill and Lt. Col. Vindman, they revealed that the block on Ukrainian support came straight from Mick Mulvaney.
Bolton called this "a drug deal."
Bolton called this "a drug deal."
TAYLOR: Pres. Zelenskyy was not excited about being Trump's prop in a U.S. domestic political Op.
Then they had "the call."
I didn't get a readout of that call.
Then they had "the call."
I didn't get a readout of that call.
TAYLOR: Volker and I met at the front lines in Donbass where Russia was killing one or two soldiers a week.
And I knew support was on hold, which made me uncomfortable.
And I knew support was on hold, which made me uncomfortable.
TAYLOR: That's when I heard that Trump was telling Ukrainians to meet with GIULIANI and BARR.
TAYLOR: Then Trump's people got dodgy about supporting Ukraine.
Then I heard Trump didn't want to support Ukraine AT ALL.
Then I heard Trump didn't want to support Ukraine AT ALL.
TAYLOR: I told the Secretary of State that RUSSIA WOULD LOVE THIS BETRAYAL OF UKRAINE.
TAYLOR: I got a readout of the Pence-Zelenskyy where Ukraine's president asked about U.S. support.
That's when I heard Sondland said that all Ukraine support depended on Zelenskyy investigating Burisma AND Ukraine's attack on U.S. democracy.
That's when I heard Sondland said that all Ukraine support depended on Zelenskyy investigating Burisma AND Ukraine's attack on U.S. democracy.
TAYLOR: Trump said it wasn't "quid pro quo" but...if they don't make up this propaganda, they'll get no help.
I was afraid they'd give the interview and STILL get no support and threatened to quit.
I was afraid they'd give the interview and STILL get no support and threatened to quit.
TAYLOR: Volker said Trump was acting like a businessman asking somebody who "owed" something to pay up first.
Which is of course nuts. That isn't how this works.
Which is of course nuts. That isn't how this works.
TAYLOR: Last Friday, a member of my staff told me about events of July 26, about Mr. Sondland.
Trump asked Sondland about investigations.
Sondland said they were "ready to move forward."
Sondland said Trump was more interested in the investigations of Biden. THIS IS NEW STUFF.
Trump asked Sondland about investigations.
Sondland said they were "ready to move forward."
Sondland said Trump was more interested in the investigations of Biden. THIS IS NEW STUFF.
(EG Note: Trump therefore wasn't making policy about Ukraine based on American national security but ENTIRELY on his needs to serve his Russia Mafiya masters and his 2020 political requirements.
Straight up treason.)
Straight up treason.)
TAYLOR: There are two Ukraine stories. There's the rotten one with Giuliani and all the rest.
But the real Ukraine story is about young people, patriots, and a young democracy.
But the real Ukraine story is about young people, patriots, and a young democracy.
SCHIFF: So your staffer could hear Trump? (about the new story from July 26)
TAYLOR: Yup.
SCHIFF: And "investigations" meanest not just Joe Biden but ALSO the "attack on the 2016 election by his country?"
TAYLOR: Yup.
TAYLOR: Yup.
SCHIFF: And "investigations" meanest not just Joe Biden but ALSO the "attack on the 2016 election by his country?"
TAYLOR: Yup.
SCHIFF: So Trump really doesn't give a shit about Ukraine, he just wants foreign help for his campaign?
TAYLOR: Yup.
SCHIFF: So more Ukrainians will die if we don't help?
TAYLOR: Yup.
SCHIFF: So more Ukrainians will die if we don't help?
TAYLOR: Our military equipment keeps the Russians from moving further West. If they don't have it and Russians move West, more Ukrainians die, yes.
SCHIFF: So delays to that support would then cost Ukrainian lives?
TAYLOR: Hard to make a direct connection, but yeah.
SCHIFF: People died they day you were there?
TAYLOR: Yes. We keep close track of casualties there.
TAYLOR: Hard to make a direct connection, but yeah.
SCHIFF: People died they day you were there?
TAYLOR: Yes. We keep close track of casualties there.
SCHIFF: And Russia is watching this closely?
TAYLOR: Yes, they're watching to see how much support they have from the United States and others. That changes how they negotiate.
TAYLOR: Yes, they're watching to see how much support they have from the United States and others. That changes how they negotiate.
SCHIFF: So the Russians would have been watching this whole mess and this would *already* have weakened Ukraine, right?
TAYLOR: Yup.
TAYLOR: Yup.
TAYLOR: The Russians had been abiding by NATO's rules for 70 years - until invading Ukraine. If we don't push back, they will keep going West.
That will change the world. For our CHILDREN.
So it's U.S. national security.
That will change the world. For our CHILDREN.
So it's U.S. national security.
GOLDMAN: So Ukraine assistance was tied to politics. What did you mean by crazy?
TAYLOR: Harming US national security to help Trump with something is, well, nuts. THEY'RE AT WAR WITH RUSSIA. So maybe screwing them just to help Rudy Giuliani is maybe a TERRIBLE IDEA.
GOLDMAN: Ever seen any bullshit like this in decades?
TAYLOR: Uh. No.
TAYLOR: Uh. No.
GOLDMAN: What else was Trump shaking down Zelenskyy for?
KENT: The Oval Office meeting.
GOLDMAN: Is that important for new presidents?
KENT: Yup. Says the U.S. thinks you're legit.
KENT: The Oval Office meeting.
GOLDMAN: Is that important for new presidents?
KENT: Yup. Says the U.S. thinks you're legit.
KENT: And Zelenskyy would have more leverage to fight Vladimir Putin.
GOLDMAN: Are political prosecutions bad?
KENT: Yeah, it's banana republic shit.
GOLDMAN: Are political prosecutions bad?
KENT: Yeah, it's banana republic shit.
GOLDMAN: This looks bad. Why did you text the guy?
TAYLOR: I heard Sondland told Zelenskyy's assistant that they had to *go public* with the investigations to get SECURITY SUPPORT, not just the WH meeting with Trump.
TAYLOR: I heard Sondland told Zelenskyy's assistant that they had to *go public* with the investigations to get SECURITY SUPPORT, not just the WH meeting with Trump.
GOLDMAN: And that's bad?
TAYLOR: Playing around with some meeting is one thing. Screwing around when a country is at war means people will die.
TAYLOR: Playing around with some meeting is one thing. Screwing around when a country is at war means people will die.
GOLDMAN: You memo'd your butt off, right?
TAYLOR: Sir. I am a DC Jedi. I memo my butt off before you've had coffee in the morning.
GOLDMAN: So your recollections are really accurate.
TAYLOR: Yup!
TAYLOR: Sir. I am a DC Jedi. I memo my butt off before you've had coffee in the morning.
GOLDMAN: So your recollections are really accurate.
TAYLOR: Yup!
GOLDMAN: And you realize that the State Dept won't send us your notes?
TAYLOR: Yes, sir. They are buttholes.
TAYLOR: Yes, sir. They are buttholes.
(EG Note: Yup. That statement is no longer operative.) https://twitter.com/File411/status/1194651520744280064
<INTERMISSION>
Mark Meadows (R-Temporary): "Why worry about election interference and allow Congress to do its job? Let the AMERICAN PEOPLE decide in the election Trump is trying to get foreigners to attack for the second time!"
<WE'RE BACK>
DEVIN NUNES (R-Portugal): NONE OF WHAT YOU HEARD IS TRUE
DOWN IS UP
UKRAINE IS IN AFRICA
DEVIN NUNES (R-Portugal): NONE OF WHAT YOU HEARD IS TRUE
DOWN IS UP
UKRAINE IS IN AFRICA
NUNES: TRUMP CANNOT COMMIT CRIMES
UKRAINE LIKES TRUMP
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS ON CALIFORNIA VINEYARDS
UKRAINE LIKES TRUMP
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS ON CALIFORNIA VINEYARDS
NUNES: UKRAINE SUPPORTED HILLARY
GIULIANI IS PART OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT
THE DEMOCRATS WERE PLANNING TO INVESTIGATE PAUL MANAFORT WORKING FOR PUTIN - THAT'S THE SAME THING!
GIULIANI IS PART OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT
THE DEMOCRATS WERE PLANNING TO INVESTIGATE PAUL MANAFORT WORKING FOR PUTIN - THAT'S THE SAME THING!
NUNES: AMBASSADOR TAYLOR, YOU AGREE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BULLSHIT, RIGHT?
TAYLOR. Um. Yes. I have no f**king idea what you're gibbering about.
TAYLOR. Um. Yes. I have no f**king idea what you're gibbering about.
NUNES: ISN'T IT TRUE THAT THE HILL WAS ACTUALLY AGAINST TRUMP EVEN THOUGH GIULIANI KNEW TO CALL JOHN SOLOMON THERE?
TAYLOR: You are too stupid to breathe.
TAYLOR: You are too stupid to breathe.
NUNES: NELLIE OHR STEELE DOSSIER FUSION GDP AM I STILL AN IDIOT, MR. AMBASSADOR?
TAYLOR: Yes, you are a moron, correct.
TAYLOR: Yes, you are a moron, correct.
NUNES: ISN'T IT TRUE THAT YOU DIDN'T LISTEN TO RUDY GIULIANI'S CONCERNS ABOUT THINGS?
TAYLOR: *stares*
TAYLOR: *stares*
NUNES: ISN'T IT TRUE THAT NOT EVERYBODY LIKES TRUMP, INCLUDING SOME PEOPLE IN UKRAINE?
TAYLOR: Yeah, the Trump liking Russia invading Ukraine thing was bad for them.
NUNES: YOU TAKE MY POINT, THEN!
TAYLOR: Yeah, the Trump liking Russia invading Ukraine thing was bad for them.
NUNES: YOU TAKE MY POINT, THEN!
NUNES: ERGO IT'S OK TO INVESTIGATE JOE BIDEN WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF UKRAINE!
TAYLOR: *stares*
TAYLOR: *stares*
CASTOR: You can surely understand that not everybody in Ukraine liking Trump means that the U.S. Dept. of Ukraine should investigate Biden.
SCHIFF: Umm.
RATCLIFFE: I COULD OBJECT TO EVERY SINGLE SECOND OF THIS HEARING YOUNG MAN AND I AM TOTALLY IN CHARGE IF I WANT
SCHIFF: Umm.
RATCLIFFE: I COULD OBJECT TO EVERY SINGLE SECOND OF THIS HEARING YOUNG MAN AND I AM TOTALLY IN CHARGE IF I WANT
NUNES: I would like to answer the question I wasn't asked.
SCHIFF: Hush.
RATCLIFFE: I WAS A US ATTORNEY FOR NINE DAYS
SCHIFF: I NAILED RUSSIAN SPIES FOR YEARS AS US ATTORNEY. I can barely fit these pants on. They are specially tailored. Get it?
SCHIFF: Hush.
RATCLIFFE: I WAS A US ATTORNEY FOR NINE DAYS
SCHIFF: I NAILED RUSSIAN SPIES FOR YEARS AS US ATTORNEY. I can barely fit these pants on. They are specially tailored. Get it?
CASTOR: Look, there was some Manafort, but he quit, so it's OK to investigate with the U.S. Department of Ukraine.
TAYLOR: What in the fuck are you talking about?
TAYLOR: What in the fuck are you talking about?
CASTOR: There are lots of questions about 2016 still.
TAYLOR: What the fuck are you talking about.
CASTOR: BARR IS INVESTIGATING! SO THEY SHOULD USE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF UKRAINE!
TAYLOR: seriously. wtf.
TAYLOR: What the fuck are you talking about.
CASTOR: BARR IS INVESTIGATING! SO THEY SHOULD USE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF UKRAINE!
TAYLOR: seriously. wtf.
CASTOR: So you can see how the U.S. Department of Ukraine answers to the United States, I'm sure.
TAYLOR: Uhhhhhh, you mean, OK there's a legat at the Embassy and...
CASTOR: SO BILL BARR IS USING HIS DEPARTMENT OF UKRAINE! EXACTLY!
TAYLOR: Uhhhhhh, you mean, OK there's a legat at the Embassy and...
CASTOR: SO BILL BARR IS USING HIS DEPARTMENT OF UKRAINE! EXACTLY!
CASTOR: Now, you weren't preparing the 7/25 call?
KENT: Yeah, it's the NSC's job you fucking idiot. Not State's. Is this your first week in DC? Have you been further than five minutes walk from the Red Line of the Metro, you dolt?
KENT: Yeah, it's the NSC's job you fucking idiot. Not State's. Is this your first week in DC? Have you been further than five minutes walk from the Red Line of the Metro, you dolt?
CASTOR: Everything but Dupont Circle is scary. Now, did you help with the call for the NSC?
KENT: I said it's not our job, you window-licking fool.
KENT: I said it's not our job, you window-licking fool.
CASTOR: So did you get a readout from the call?
TAYLOR: Nope. We got the Ukrainians' version first. Then I got a partial readout from Vindman.
TAYLOR: Nope. We got the Ukrainians' version first. Then I got a partial readout from Vindman.
CASTOR: Why was it "cryptic" as a readout?
TAYLOR: Well, they were a little slow to talk about how UNBELIEVABLY FUCKED UP THE THING WAS, which is normal given the trauma to any right-thinking professional. Even Zelenskyy said it was "fine" which can mean "OK" or "awful."
TAYLOR: Well, they were a little slow to talk about how UNBELIEVABLY FUCKED UP THE THING WAS, which is normal given the trauma to any right-thinking professional. Even Zelenskyy said it was "fine" which can mean "OK" or "awful."
(EG Note: Castor was one of the investigators for BENGHAZI!!!! under Trey Gowdy...
...and it shows.)
...and it shows.)
SCHIFF: So Trump was interested in corruption and Burisma, but just the BIDEN part of Burisma...not the corruption part?
TAYLOR: LOL.
TAYLOR: LOL.
SCHIFF: So when you told Sondland to push back, it was by definition because THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WAS BEHIND THE WHOLE THING, right?
TAYLOR: Um. Yup!
TAYLOR: Um. Yup!
SCHIFF: And you were nervous that Zelenskyy still might go on CNN, right?
TAYLOR: Yes, and I told Zelenskyy's staff as much.
TAYLOR: Yes, and I told Zelenskyy's staff as much.
SCHIFF: So Zelenskyy didn't want to interfere in other people's elections, but felt he had to at least try?
TAYLOR: Yup? His staff was making plans in case they had to.
TAYLOR: Yup? His staff was making plans in case they had to.
NUNES: Here is Jim Jordan. Prepare to be stoopided to death!
JORDAN: ISN'T IT TRUE THAT YOU HAD MEETINGS AND IN MANY DAYS NOTHING HAPPENED BOLTON ZELENSKYY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF UKRAINE STILL HAD A BUDGET OF $0.00
JORDAN: ISN'T IT TRUE THAT YOU HAD MEETINGS AND IN MANY DAYS NOTHING HAPPENED BOLTON ZELENSKYY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF UKRAINE STILL HAD A BUDGET OF $0.00
TAYLOR: Um. Yeah. They didn't know you we blocking military aid.
JORDAN: EXACTLY THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE THING WE DIDN'T TELL THEM EVEN THOUGH YOU MET WITH THEM MULTIPLE TIMES AND THERE WAS NO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF UKRAINE STAFF AT USDU HEADQUARTERS!
ISN'T THAT RIGHT!
JORDAN: EXACTLY THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE THING WE DIDN'T TELL THEM EVEN THOUGH YOU MET WITH THEM MULTIPLE TIMES AND THERE WAS NO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF UKRAINE STAFF AT USDU HEADQUARTERS!
ISN'T THAT RIGHT!
JORDAN: EXACTLY! YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING! Here is a piece of paper from Sondland!
TAYLOR: Oh, sure, bring it by!
(Taylor is starting to grin-fuck this fool hard.)
TAYLOR: Oh, sure, bring it by!
(Taylor is starting to grin-fuck this fool hard.)
(EG Note: "DC Grin-fuck" is the slight upgrade in mood when a person realizes that the person they are facing is so irretrievably stupid that they needn't worry about strategic thought so much. It is audible to native speakers.)
JORDAN: THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS CONVERSATION IT'S CLEAR!
DID YOU KNOW THAT I PUT ON A JACKET EVERY MORNING AND I SAY STUPID THINGS UNTIL IT CATCHES FIRE AND THAT'S WHY I ONLY HAVE THIS MEN'S WAREHOUSE SHIRT!
DID YOU KNOW THAT I PUT ON A JACKET EVERY MORNING AND I SAY STUPID THINGS UNTIL IT CATCHES FIRE AND THAT'S WHY I ONLY HAVE THIS MEN'S WAREHOUSE SHIRT!
JORDAN: I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY AMBASSADOR TAYLOR SOUNDS FRIENDLIER NOW
THIS PROVES MY POINT! EXACTLY!
THIS PROVES MY POINT! EXACTLY!
RATCLIFFE: ARE YOU HERE TO IMPEACH AND CONVICT TRUMP TODAY!
TAYLOR: Well
RATCLIFFE: I BROUGHT ONE OF BOB MULLER'S LAW TEXT BOOKS AND I'LL THROW IT AT YOU
TAYLOR: *grin fuck*
TAYLOR: Well
RATCLIFFE: I BROUGHT ONE OF BOB MULLER'S LAW TEXT BOOKS AND I'LL THROW IT AT YOU
TAYLOR: *grin fuck*
When Schiff is looking bright and perky, things are dangerous for treasonweasels. Just throwing that out there.
SEWELL: Is it normal for randos try to replace the State Department with Ukrainian Mobsters?
KENT: Nope.
TAYLOR: Can confirm. Nope.
KENT: Nope.
TAYLOR: Can confirm. Nope.
TURNER (R-Disingenuous): So, you NEVER WORK DIRECTLY WITH TRUMP, YES?
TAYLOR, KENT: Yeah, we're with State. But not Secretary. Idiot.
TURNER: BUT VOLKER, A FARA-AGENT, HE DOES KNOW TRUMP, A RUSSIAN MOB ASSET, AMIRITE? https://efile.fara.gov/docs/5430-Short-Form-20110804-136.pdf
TAYLOR, KENT: Yeah, we're with State. But not Secretary. Idiot.
TURNER: BUT VOLKER, A FARA-AGENT, HE DOES KNOW TRUMP, A RUSSIAN MOB ASSET, AMIRITE? https://efile.fara.gov/docs/5430-Short-Form-20110804-136.pdf
TURNER: BUT SHOULDN'T WE LISTEN TO A FARA-AGENT WHOSE FIRM WORKED FOR VENEZUELA, AZERBAIJAN, THE BONESAW MAFIA, KAZAKHSTAN, QATAR MORE THAN YOU ON EVERYTHING? https://efile.fara.gov/ords/f?p=1381:200:19817147437600::NO:RP,200:P200_REG_NUMBER:5430
SCHIFF: Wouldn't Zelenskyy understand what a Mob shakedown looks like? So when Trump shook him down, he probably wasn't entirely acting of his own volition, right? And wouldn't his own people recognize that
TAYLOR: Yeah, he'd know and they'd know.
TAYLOR: Yeah, he'd know and they'd know.
GEORGE KENT (USA-LEGEND): "You can't take on a system of corruption without pissing off corrupt people."
In honor of that line by George Kent.
WENSTRUP: Isn't it true Trump defends Ukraine more than Obama?
TAYLOR: *grin fuck*
(EG translation: "They have Javelins now, you fucking disingenuous prick. No thanks to the GOP National Convention in 2016 and your dirty Russian money, you treasonweasel fuck.")
TAYLOR: *grin fuck*
(EG translation: "They have Javelins now, you fucking disingenuous prick. No thanks to the GOP National Convention in 2016 and your dirty Russian money, you treasonweasel fuck.")
SPEIER: Wow, the Ukrainian Mob gets meetings at the White House? Did Pres. Zelenskyy?
TAYLOR: Nope.
SPEIER: WOW I GUESS YOU NEED TO BRIBE MOBSTERS TO GET STUFF FROM THEM!
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TAYLOR: Nope.
SPEIER: WOW I GUESS YOU NEED TO BRIBE MOBSTERS TO GET STUFF FROM THEM!
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SCHIFF: Hey, they keep bringing up the 2012 hot mic with Medveydev and saying it's why he went easy on the invasion that happened two years later. DID OBAMA HAVE A TIME MACHINE?
TAYLOR: No, a, crystal ball. We all got to play with it at the State Dept.
TAYLOR: No, a, crystal ball. We all got to play with it at the State Dept.
Rep. Stewart is talking about politicians' kids using their positions while Trump meets with Turkey's president - both who use their sons-in-law for felony corruption.
Great timing.
Great timing.
This fool Rep. Stefanik (R-Canadian Border Where There Is NOT Trafficking) is arguing that it's bad that Biden wanted to shut down Lutsenko in Ukraine for being corrupt - GIULIANI'S CONTACT OVER THERE FOR TRUMP. 
IN OTHER WORDS, these mouthbreathers are complaining Biden and the World Bank wanted to get rid of the prosecutor for NOT investigating the firm where Biden's son had a board seat.
So, Biden was corrupt by trying to get someone...to investigate Burisma? I got that right?
So, Biden was corrupt by trying to get someone...to investigate Burisma? I got that right?
SWALWELL: Did the DOJ officially investigate corruption in Ukraine?
KENT: Ask them.
SWALWELL: You guys Never Trumpers?
BOTH: WE ARE DC TECHNOCRATS. SCREW YOUR POLITICS. *boom*
KENT: Ask them.
SWALWELL: You guys Never Trumpers?
BOTH: WE ARE DC TECHNOCRATS. SCREW YOUR POLITICS. *boom*
HURD (R-CIA): Did Ukraine get aid in FY 2017?
TAYLOR: Yup.
HURD: $270 million?
TAYLOR: Yup.
HURD: FY 2018?
TAYLOR: Yup.
TAYLOR: Yup.
HURD: $270 million?
TAYLOR: Yup.
HURD: FY 2018?
TAYLOR: Yup.
HURD: So this administration has been helping Ukraine defend itself from Russia?
TAYLOR: Yup.
HURD: So did anybody else in Ukraine know about the support block?
TAYLOR: Yup.
HURD: So did anybody else in Ukraine know about the support block?
CASTRO: By July 25, 2019, Zelenskyy was a desperate man, right?
TAYLOR: He cares about his country. He would be weaker without us.
CASTRO: Russia may have invaded even more, then?
TAYLOR: Sounds like them, yes.
TAYLOR: He cares about his country. He would be weaker without us.
CASTRO: Russia may have invaded even more, then?
TAYLOR: Sounds like them, yes.
CASTRO: So Zelenskyy even agreed to it.
TAYLOR: That was on the call, yes.
CASTRO: But they never announced that investigation on CNN or anything.
TAYLOR: On September 11, the support was released to Ukraine.
TAYLOR: That was on the call, yes.
CASTRO: But they never announced that investigation on CNN or anything.
TAYLOR: On September 11, the support was released to Ukraine.
