The House committees leading the impeachment probe into President Trump’s Ukraine pressure campaign released transcripts from their closed door interviews of former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and Michael McKinley, another former top State Department official.
I think Mark Meadows is right inasmuch as the Ds will control the news cycles for a long while. He can complain that that is ¨unfair¨ until the cows come home, but elections have consequences.
I enjoyed this bit of Yovanovitch’s testimony (emphasis added):
Well, I mean, he basically said, and went into some detail, that there were two individuals from Florida, Mr. Parnas and Mr. Fruman, who were working with Mayor Giuliani, and that they had set up the meetings for Mr. Giuliani with Mr. Lutsenko. And that they were interested in having a different ambassador at post, I guess for—because they wanted to have business dealings in Ukraine, or additional business dealings. I didn’t understand that because nobody at the embassy had ever met those two individuals. And, you know, one of the biggest jobs of an American ambassador of the U.S. Embassy is to promote U.S. business. So, of course, if legitimate business comes to us, you know, that’s what we do, we promote U.S. business.
Dear Donald:
You’re fucked.
Love, The Deep State (e.g., “The Rule of Law”)
Taxes to the right of Trump, Transcripts to the left - Republicans stuck in the Deep Shit with Trump.
It’s that ‘legitimate’ thing!
The links to the full transcripts don’t seem to work right now but these to the highlights do…
Yovanovitch:
McKinley:
Let the Twitter rampage begin!
“I have here in my hand a list of 205—a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department.”
To be clear - these are unexpurgated transcripts? I’m assuming as much, but wanted to be absolutely clear - no editing, no redactions?
So much winning!!! (if you equate winning with law breaking).
“House Dems Release Impeachment Probe Transcripts Of 2 Key Witnesses.”
GOP: “You know, on second thought, maybe this whole ‘transparency’ thing isn’t such a great idea…”
Yes and no… These are the transcripts from their unclassified testimony. They also were separately deposed in classified testimony.
Devin Nunes’ Cow?
I added nice dollop of schadenfreude to my morning coffee today…
Sondland… basically saying to suck up to Trump or else. Not a good look.
This is moving very quickly. I only hope Trump’s taxes are released before the impeachment vote. Adding all of his financial misdeeds to his foreign policy misdeeds will put a very thick icing on his impeachment cake. I can just see all of the Republican Senators trying to defend money laundering along with everything else Trump is accused of.
Liz Cheney demands the House stop releasing transcripts immediately.
Dear Mr. Former Reality TV Show Host,
May I suggest a book for you to read. I know you don’t read much, but this is at your reading and comprehension level and it might make you feel better about things (not that I really want you to feel better; I’m actually enjoying the thought of you suffering in your own demented mind).
Here you go.
Sincerely [hope you resign soon],
Wow, Yovanovitch’s testimony is horrifying. She was told she was going to get “hurt.” Fucking thugs and mobsters, all of them.