5 key takeaways from the first day of Trump impeachment hearings by realchriswilson
The first day of public impeachment hearings resulted in new evidence supporting the Democrats’ case that President Trump was leveraging U.S. aid to Ukraine to get President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden. State Department officials Bill Taylor and George Kent, career diplomats who have served under multiple presidents, were the witnesses Wednesday before the House Intelligence Committee.
Trump, speaking at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon following a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said it’s the first he’s heard of the July 26 call with Sondland and called Taylor’s testimony “second-hand information.” When pressed, Trump said he didn’t recall the conversation at all, “not even a little bit.”
"Have you ever seen another example of foreign aid conditioned on the personal or political interests of the president of the United States?" asked Daniel Goldman, the staff lawyer asking questions for Democrats on the committee.Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, said the statement that Rudy Giuliani sought from Ukraine on Trump’s behalf was meant to combat corruption in Kyiv. Kent said that wasn’t an accurate assessment.
“Mr. Kent, are you familiar as you indicate in your opening statement that you’re aware of these allegations related to Vice President Biden?” asked Goldman.“To your knowledge, is there any factual basis to support those allegations?” asked Goldman.“When Vice President Biden acted in Ukraine, did he act in accordance with official U.S. policy?” asked Goldman, to which Kent replied, “He did.”
Whatever the GOP counsel is doing, it's not working,” wrote Ari Fleischer, who served as White House press secretary under George W. Bush. “I don't [understand] where he's going.”
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