LIEU described Taylor's testimony as "incredibly damaging to the president"

[kpete]

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New: Per source in the room, Bill Taylor’s opening statement was 15 pages long and prompted “a lot of sighs and gasps.”

LIEU just emerged and described Taylor’s testimony as “incredibly damaging to the president.” Wouldn’t provide specifics. He said questioning of the witness has begun.


“In my 10 short months in Congress—it’s not even noon—and this is my most disturbing day in Congress so far. Very troubling.” -Rep Andy Levin, as he left Bill Taylor’s "alarming" deposition this morning.

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More:
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/22/william-taylor-ukraine-testimony-trump-054259


******And he has notes!******https://games-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/542ee36f-eafc-4f2b-a075-b3b492d981a5/note/75965f57-6561-42f8-af40-a9e984a85660.pdf

UPDATE: Malinowski hints that Taylor took contemporaneous notes of what went down re: Ukraine, indicates that career officials (like Taylor) know better than political appointees (like Sondland) to keep records.

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Full statement :

https://games-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/542ee36f-eafc-4f2b-a075-b3b492d981a5/note/75965f57-6561-42f8-af40-a9e984a85660.pdf

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[Leghorn21]

1. YES

Thank you BILL TAYLOR



He’s just gettin started, the day is young yet

HANG TOUGH GOOD SIR

[WhiskeyWulf]

2. Gasps are a good sign. nt

[Traildogbob]

14. Don't get too excited

Gym Jordon and many repukelicans have been sighing at every committee hearing. That is their go to response for every crime the orange prick has committed. These MFR's sigh at each new shooting and death. Thoughts, prayers, sighs, and I am certain many are "disturbed" at best.....Collins!

[Captain Zero]

20. Or the last breaths of our democracy

If we don't get Trump and his hench persons out.

[NCLefty]

29. n/t

[dewsgirl]

3. Today will be a good day.☺

[dalton99a]

4. Kick

[sheshe2]

5. This is going to be a very long day.

Thank you Bill Taylor.

[blm]

7. Time for patriots to step up.

[sheshe2]

19. One can only hope.

**sigh**

[trueblue2007]

26. PATRIOTS NEED TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD

[Leghorn21]

6. Mr. Taylor had run ins with MANAFORT back in the day

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12609447

[ritapria]

8. Great News

[gibraltar72]

9. Wonders why

Journos want specifics? This isn't the time for public disclosures. That time will come. Don't give them time to try to make this shit normal.

[SCVDem]

10. Equal Justice Under Law

BULLSHIT!

Why are shoplifters in jail?

[spanone]

11. K&R...

[B Stieg]

12. Truth will out

I just wish it didn't take so darned long to do so!

[Texin]

21. Yes, truth "will out", but what happens AFTER it's out is what's important.

If, after everything we've learned are learn about the orange monstrosity isn't enough to get his ass removed from office, all will be for naught.

[grantcart]

13. Will be played by Harrison Ford in the movie

[Peregrine Took]

15. Good one! I can see him now.... (n/t)

[vlyons]

16. I'll bet Taylor had a lot to say about Pompeo also

nt

[maxsolomon]

17. I guess we should Impeach his lying ass?

"I care about Corruption". -DJ Trump

You sure do, Dotard. You sure do.

[PJMcK]

24. Trump does care about corruption

He wants to be in on it.

(I think that Bill Maher deserves credit for that one.)

[CanonRay]

18. Let the tweet rage storm begin in 5..4..3..2..1..

[calguy]

22. They already launched the "lynching" spectacle

What's his next word?

[robbob]

23. I'm hoping there will be other even more damaging revelations

about the dumps abuse of power. While I realize blackmailing Ukraine to manufacture dirt on Biden is an impeachable event, it’s something we already know (yesterday’s news?), and tRump and his minions have already done their best to normalize it.

Again, I realize that just what we KNOW, just what has already been admitted and revealed through the transcripts is criminal and impeachable, but in order to really swing anybody still sitting on the fence (hard to believe there could be at this point), I want to hear and see evidence of even more criminality...

[kpete]

28. How about THIS?

TAYLOR: "[Mr. Morrison] went on to describe a conversation Ambassador Sondland had with Mr. Yermak at Warsaw. Ambassador Sondland told Mr. Yermak that the security assistance money would not come until President Zelenskyy committed to pursue the Burisma investigation."

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[Ligyron]

32. I'll just bet that something will come to light that we never even imagined was occurring.

Possibly something that was not even on anybody's radar.

We have some pretty darn good investigative reporters but the Intel agencies know a lot more than any of them and I have to believe there are patriots in there who will make it known somehow, someway.

It may not be admissible but some things even the middle of the country Repugs will have a hard time swallowing.Given a fair election, we don't need many to defeat him in 2020

[ffr]

25. Like the scene of an accident. The first thing you do when time is available

is write down what happened, in detail.

[TNNurse]

27. Hope he has security.

Trump followers have been known to act violently. He has some very dangerous friends.

[WyattKansas]

30. I hope he also had smoking gun documentation from...

Bill Barr a.k.a. Wild Billy Barr
Mike Pompeo a.k.a. Pravda PompAss
Mike Pence a.k.a. Mother Boy Pence
Mick Mulvaney a.k.a. Mickey Hatchet Mulvaney

And any other toxic poison to the U.S. Government.

[Stuart G]

31. k. and r. for exposure....Thank You for posting