Day 4 of the House impeachment hearings on Wednesday began with explosive testimony from Gordon Sondland, one witness in the House impeachment inquiry who spoke to exactly what President Donald Trump wanted in Ukraine. In the evening, two witnesses -- Laura Cooper, a Pentagon official and David Hale, a top State Department official -- testified.Schiff concluded Wednesday's proceedings, nearly 12 hours after opening the day's session.
"During my visits to Kyiv, I was very impressed by what she was doing there to the extent that I asked her if she'd be willing to stay if that was a possibility, because we had a gap coming up," Hale said."I believe that she should have been able to stay at post and continued to do the outstanding work.""That's right," Hale replied.
"If the U.S. were to withdraw its military support of Ukraine, what would effectively happen?" Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind., asked. In response to a follow-up question from Schiff, Cooper confirmed that the Ukrainian Embassy appeared aware of and concerned about the hold on assistance. Trump reiterated that he did not know Sondland well, and addressed Sondland's $1 million donation to the Trump inaugural committee.
Ranking member Devin Nunes, in his opening statement, said in part,"So what exactly are the Democrats impeaching the President for? None of us here really knows, because the accusations change by the hour. Once again, this is an impeachment in search of a crime."Just before, Schiff and Nunes closed the session with sharply contrasting views of the impact of Sondland's testimony.
"Who was the one refusing to take that meeting? There's only one answer to that question and it’s Donald J. Trump, 45th president of the United States. So, who was holding up the military assistance? Was it you Ambassador Sondland? No, it wasn’t. Was it Ambassador Volker? No. Was it Ambassador Taylor? No. Was it Deputy Secretary Kent? No. Was it Secretary of State Pompeo? No."
“Gordon Sondland never told Secretary Pompeo that he believed the President was linking aid to investigations of political opponents. Any suggestions to the contrary is flat out false,” Morgan Ortagus, the State Department spokesperson, said. To which Maloney replied:"Fair enough. If you’ve been very forthright, this is your third try to do so sir. Didn't work so well the first time, did it.""Who would benefit from an investigation of the Bidens?" Dem. Rep. Maloney asks repeatedly."There we have it!" Maloney says sarcastically."Did hurt a bit, did it?" https://t.co/Y33XM75QnT #ImpeachmentHearings pic.twitter.
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