The historic first public impeachment hearing began Wednesday as Democrats hoped to make their case to millions of Americans watching on television that President Donald Trump's conduct has been so serious he deserves to be removed from office.
Taylor said he responded to Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, “President Trump should have more respect for another head of state.” The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, Taylor is telling a House Intelligence Committee that it would be “crazy” for the U.S. to withhold military aid. In his phone call to Ukraine’s president, Trump said Yovanovitch was “bad news” and was “going to go through some things.”
This statement addresses the unsubstantiated claim from Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, that Biden might have been working in his son’s best interests when leading U.S. policy in Ukraine as vice president. “In late September, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he was not given an explanation as to why the aid was held up after Congress approved it, but said he was glad the aid was eventually released to help “our friends” in Ukraine defend themselves against Russia.
“Democrats will be under immense pressure to unearth new information from witnesses whose accounts are already widely known and to generate new headlines so as not to lose the public’s attention. Consider: If impeachment is going to succeed, the moments that get it there almost certainly haven’t happened yet. As a Democratic House member texted me last night: “I think our members need to talk less.
He also dismissed other witnesses"secondhand" and"thirdhand" accounts of the president's phone call, and defended Trump's ability to fire his ambassadors. “Our answer to these questions will affect not only the future of this presidency but the future of the presidency, itself,” he said, asking, whether"such an abuse of his power is incompatible with the office of the presidency."
“Neither of these investigations were in the U.S. national interests,” but were in Trump’s personal interests, including his reelection, Schiff said.Republicans and Democrats set up displays of exhibits they plan to use to support their argument ahead of the hearing - Mulvaney’s presser for Dems, and a number of quotes and comments about the whistleblower from Republicans.
“The Justice Department inquiry into the business dealings of the president’s son has remained active, with a grand jury seeking information about payments from around the world.” appears to have come from a laptop in a repair shop
Is Matthew Dowd sexist? He said-Elise stefanik is a perfect example of why just electing someone because they are a woman or a millennial doesn’t necessarily get you the leaders we need.
So ABC news wants to find out who leaked the Amy R tape..i hope so you can reward that person for being the hero. ABC news cannot crawl any lower in the dirt than apparently it has been..all for the mighty dollar you sold out so many lives. Disgusting.
This it makes it much easier for me, as an Independent, to never vote Republican. I might have to become a Democrat! SituationalEthics
Now I understand. Those previous investigations were farce, so his ridiculous performance today makes more sense now.
Republicans are just wasting time and diverting the whole thing to nowhere, filibustering to fucking nowhere!
Dear ABC News. After all that has been said the thing you choose to tweet out is about their concern on Hunter Biden?How bout you let the GOP tweet out their own talking points.
Hey ABC News, what in the entire FUCK does that have to do with Trump's extortion, collusion, campaign finance law violations and abuse of his power?
Not a perception. An actual conflict of interest. Why won’t he say it? He’d have no problem saying it if was Don Jr rather than Hunter.
Does that say 'Mr. Kent' or does it say 'ABC covered up for Jeffery Epstein and Bill Clinton during the 2016 election'?
IF that (gas and oil talks) were all Sondland was doing.... and not helping Trump fabricate dirt on a political rival.
RobElgasABC7 Yes and he said Burisma should be investigated
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Not much of a resume bullet there
He's really dynamic; yes this is sarcasm
Have they brought up Benghazi yet?
If it is based on all we are hearing from this circus that a president even much more the POTUS will be impeached. I will say it’s a big shame total craziness. Trumps policy is America policy that’s why he was elected. If you are not happy about it resign period.
Lots of opinions and second hand hear say from self import bureaucrats. Day after day, more and more nothing, if you can't beat them with facts, baffle them with b...t! Politically and Ideologically possessed Hate filled commie dems will eat this BS up every time!
He looked like a fool just like repubs. They got no defense.
kateashaw1 Watching a different hearing?
kateashaw1 Meanwhile, while the circus continues, POTUS is working for the American people!!!
kateashaw1 Of course she says this. This network, along with 95% other media outlets are paid advertisers for the DNC so quite frankly what’s said, go with the exact opposite. Like the Russia Collusion that they said was there..wasn’t. All lies and made up for viewers who are anti Pres
LIER
It was an irrelevant question, whether or not he should be investigated is not the point of this hearing. It is a hearing about the president is guilty of misconduct in pressuring a foreign government into investigating on his behalf in exchange for aid.
He had no qualifications- he was only on the board because of his last name...
Fcking democrat journey clowns
The world spinning backwards and crashing into the sun is not as outlandish as it could be, is that correct?
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Funny, he has an opinion about everything else that is outside his lane. DeepState EpicFail BowTie
Mr Kent just made Trump's case for the necessity of investigating Burisma and Ukraine corruption.
All hearsay. Dems have nothing
Because (fun fact) Ukraine is not part of the EU.
kateashaw1 Holy hell thats some FakeNews. Next thing you know abc will show a KY shooting range and call it Syria ImpeachmentHearings
kateashaw1 I think the real question is why does ABC protect child molesters?
'Mr. Taylor, what did Ambassador Sondland tell you when you called him on September 9th?' Taylor: 'He (Sondland) said I was wrong about the President's intent—that there was no quid pro quo.'
kateashaw1 Do you believe there is a QuidProQuo in the UkraineScandal? ImpeachmentHearings ImpeachTrump
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Great job
Why is hear say being allowed, it is not allowed in a court of law. Why has former Vice President Biden not being charged?
Pizzzzzzza ! ♥
Um. Truth
ABC= Epstein
Lots of opinions and second hand hear say from self import bureaucrats. Day after day, more and more nothing, if you can't beat them with facts, baffle them with b...t! Politically and Ideologically possessed Hate filled commie dems will eat this BS up every time!
All the so-called witnesses for Dems are just giving their opinion or hearsay. The old “he said, she said” argument stopped working for me in grade school, but Dems are going to use this in an attempt to impeach a president.
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Kentstein.
For someone who takes such good notes Ambassador Taylor sure can’t remember anything ImpeachmentHearings
Taylor is looking clueless right now. Not in the loop or too slow to know what’s going on.
Nunes is not very bright is he? Sad and inadequate
This is
Someone should let DevinNunes know his ignorance is showing.
true. bottom line he doesnt know when to shut up.
Everyone who wears bow ties with a business suit in 2019 is a pompous overeducated ass
Out to review this info.....
Wow just like media reporting. HEARSAY
Of being told equals hearsay
Speak Mr Kent🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣
What about the Epstein victims interview? Remember “To Catch A Predator “? Here’s your own cover up ...
To catch you up... - Schiff lied - Epsteindidnotkillhimself - ABC covered up the most prolific pedophile in American history - ABC and CBS are colluding to hunt down their own whistleblowers in order to fire them
It all makes sense. Giuliani was working for his client Donald, and Donald was working for his client Putin.
'Heard it from a friend, who heard it from a friend who, heard it from another you been messing around…' Bill Taylor is basically quoting the REO Speedwagon song in this ridiculous hearing. It's a nothing burger.
Lots of opinions and second hand hear say from self import bureaucrat. Day after day, more and more nothing, if you can't beat them with facts, baffle them with b...t! Politically and Ideologically possessed Hate filled commie dems will eat the BS up every time!
JohnJHarwood Dear Lord, What a snooze fest. These losers have zero evidence. They are just showing their partisanship and how they are angry That Trump leaves them out of the loop. Bitter 0Evidence Boring NoWonderPelosiDidn’tWantThisHearing
Why are Democrats to stupid to ask the questions. Why are our TAX dollars going to the lawyer. Total BS. But thanks for the boring BS. Trump 2020 - 75% of USA
The world just witnessed two true LOYAL RED-BLOODED AMERICAN PATRIOTS against Trump's ExtortionBriberyBlackmail Obstructionofjustice briberyisimpeachable
Daniel Goldman is awesome! I wish he was President!
Why are they impeaching Joe Biden? Leave Joe and his son alone! Thi is a GOP which hunt! Hunter was a private citizen, he can use his swamp influence any which way he’s wants!
How’s the Epstein cover up going ?
The whole government are taking days off. They can do this and ignore their districts. All the while making the people fight amongst themselves. Think of how recent stories are now out of the spotlight with this circus in front of our eyes. MSM can control us with this now
Nobody care what ABCnews says, they are the swamp.
And this was not NEITHER.
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Farce
Damning testimony by Taylor that describes Giuliani - trumps personal attorney - operating a shadow foreign policy designed to extort Ukraine to manufacture dirt on trumps political rival (Biden). Also ties trump directly to the decision: trump conditioned aid & mtg on coop’n
🐂💩
One of the best things about this hearing is Taylor’s radio voice. A bit of Watergate-ish gravitas.
Sure ok.
Pathetic at best!
But RTing GOPers. Yeah right
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂BOLDFACE LIARS.
ri-i-i-i-i-ght
Ha, good one, Grish! Now I'm waiting for the posed photo of Trump at a desk 'working.'
Imagine if Congress actually worked. Btw
Neither is most of America. Because most of America is working. And witnessed the Mueller hearing. This is going to go the same way that did... down in flames.
These people are all mind readers, I guess. Every answer starts with 'My understanding,' or the 'implication was' Sondland knows what Pres Trump is thinking... Mind readers....
Nothing but a discussion of feelings and mind reading by the deep state. This is absolutely hilarious!
Now do JoeBiden
That’s a first
Working or plotting?
If you consider working up a toddler tantrum then she is correct since he's tweeting
Sure he isn’t
{Coughs, coughs, bullshit, coughs, coughs} realDonaldTrump is watching with multiple tv's ImpeachmentDay
Lies he's on Twitter right now 😂😂😂
You know he's sitting there with his big orange face pointed right at that TV. Yelling about how much of a witch hunt it is. Lady please. Who are you trying to fool?
Why didn’t you run the Epstein story?
Bet he will.
Lie
realDonaldTrump tweeted 11 times about the hearings in the first hour.
Actually he is tweeting. 😂
Don’t you have pedophiles to protect?
American taxes go to Ukraine to be laundered and returns for CIA, off the books, covert expenses. Hunter gets kickback for Joe and Barry. Trump found the keys to the back room ?
This is so orchestrated and the republicans have no representation! No witnesses and they can’t even ask questions!
katiecouric realDonaldTrump
I have.
Imagine if Trump had actually said on camera he successfully got the Ukrainian investigator fired like Biden admitted to. Now that would be something wild.
Really? What about Joe Biden withholding $1b unless a prosecutor got fired?
Since when is foreign aid not conditioned?
Ambassador Taylor has that Socialist Democrat Bernie Sanders finger pointing hand waving habit when he talks.
So far it’s all rumor being repeated. Why is it that nearly everyone in the WH was talking about this and only the whistleblower, who got aide from RepAdamSchiff, thought it legitimate enough to report?
this is a joke
Leading the witness?
I hope the Dems have more than this.
Oh this isn't fixed SCHIFF hires Daniel Goldman prosecutor from New York remember New York to do all the questioning please these people underestimate America badly! Just watch all these people they have in place their questioning! Jim_Jordan HouseJudiciary CNN msnbc OANN
William Taylor just admitted that Giuliani was pushing from the back channels and advising President Trump and think its possible to pretend that away; leaky boat is sinking
Seriously, did he witness anything first Hand? Everything so far is what something someone else said. His qoutes are from what was relayed to him.
Uhhhh.... JoeBiden there’s literally a video
Joe Biden and Hunter Biden.
Heard by WHO ? HearSay LeftistActivists
Tell it Ambassador Taylor!!! Love it when there are direct answers to questions as opposed to misdirection and double talk. AmbassadorTaylor TruthToPower Love it!!!
I dont see any stories about you covering up for Bill Clinton and Jeffery Epstein and the abuse of so many children at their hands? I mean, your anchor said you 'had' them 100 percent, what happened to the story?
Then he’s a dummy. That’s the exact reason we offer foreign aid.
all lies - we have the transcripts - I feel sorry for you fools who still listen to these blowhards- y'all are all being lied to, gas-lighted and propagandized. This is embarrassing whether you support or do not support the President realDonaldTrump .
'I alone can FIX it.' --Donald J. Trump Trump 'fixers':
Yes ..Joe Biden
Interesting Read -- Can a president that has been impeached run for office again? ImpeachmentDay ImpeachmentHearings
More 2nd and 3rd hand stories.... neat!
Who cares what you have to say? Have you figured out who it was that exposed you for covering up the Epstein story.
Heard from a friend who, heard from friend who ,heard it from another you been messing around
He told two friends..they told two friends...blah blah blah..
Third or fourth hand hearsay doesn’t count for much. It’s like a game of telephone where the message is garbled with each retelling.
I think this is the very definition of hearsay. 'I heard from my assistant that he overheard a phone call in a restaurant between Sondland and Trump' that Trump said something about investigations. So what?
Very well said Ambassador Taylor. We appreciate your professionalism and detailed recollection.
He certainly sounds fond of Ukrain.
🎼🎶 Sad But True.....🎶🎼
🤣🤣🤣 and next came incredibly damning testimony!!!!
What a clown. He had everything but a defense.
Isn't... that the entire point of an impeachment?
As opposed to this administration crapping on the constitution
Making another Democratic campaign ad.
They ALL lie ALL the time Marshall 2020 BELIEVE ❤️🐴😇🔥🇺🇸
A $35 million investigation that turned up nothing and an impeachment witch hunt... and we still have the lowest unemployment recorded, job surplus, and a strong economy. Just imagine what the president could do without all the DNC's crap going on.
They got the money. That President Z admitted he did not even know anything about any aid being withheld during any phone calls.🙄
Why has LindseyGrahamSC never subpoenaed any member of the past administration to find out the origins of the russia witchunt? That was foreign interference orchestrated by UK, Italy and Australia..why didn't GOP convene hearings?
SO Why do I care? and why should we be financing the Ukraine?
You are not paid to 'believe'. You are paid to DO... DO AS YOU ARE TOLD! If you have a problem with that, then GTFO.
So we’re impeaching because this guy “believes” trump did something illegal
If by spectacle, he means Trump, then he is completely accurate.
Is Nunes trump’s personal lawyer or an elected member of Congress?
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 NUNES!! The rest of the lunatics are going to jail for sure
That's par for commies such as the democratic party.
DevinNunes is as credible as my shoe.
IKR 👍🏻 NeverForget
Do you think Rep. Nunes knows that you covered up for Jeffery Epstein and Bill Clinton?
Yeah, but when he says 'our country', I think he means Russia.
MORE: After the call, a member of Taylor's staff asked Sondland what Pres. Trump thought about Ukraine. 'Ambassador Sondland responded that President Trump cares more about the investigations of Biden,which Giuliani was pressing for,' Taylor testifies.
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