7/9/2023 0 Comments Adam schiff in panic modeIt’s also perceived as far less costly with Trump’s base to criticize Syria policy than to condemn Trump for trying to get Ukraine to interfere in American democracy. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) may feel free to take umbrage at Trump’s manhandling of the delicate situation at the Turkey-Syria border because, while it may be unconscionable, it’s within a commander in chief’s powers and not impeachable. Kate Brannen, the editorial director of Just Security, has suggested that Republicans such as Sen. By contrast, their general silence on Ukraine has been deafening. Many Republicans have been pointedly critical of Trump’s actions in Syria. At that moment, Taylor recognized that “one of the key pillars of our strong support for Ukraine was threatened.” The Giuliani-led back channel was working against American foreign policy. If Zelensky failed at these tasks, the group implied, his invitation to the White House would be rescinded, according to Taylor’s statement.Īnd then, military support to Ukraine was on hold. The men also leaned on Zelensky to investigate - or more precisely to wage a campaign of harassment against - former Vice President Joe Biden and his family. election (urging Ukrainian officials to make a statement about 2016 “potentially in coordination” with Atty. The back-channelers had the gall to pressure Ukraine to take the heat for Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. interactions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky came to express a tacit threat. This “irregular” crew, Taylor testified, included Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, special envoy Kurt Volker and - going nuts on the hurdy-gurdy - the president’s volunteer lawyer Rudolph W. And they had created a back channel to gamble with America’s foreign policy. But then he described a discovery he’d made once he got to Kyiv: A quartet of Trump cronies didn’t seem to share that commitment. policy of support for Ukraine against Russian aggression. In his statement, Taylor expressed a firm commitment to the long-standing U.S. election, his strategy of persuasion looked an awful lot like extortion. Not only did Trump allegedly ask Ukraine to play an illegal role in a U.S. It described in vivid detail the attempt of Trump and company to get Ukraine’s president to help manipulate the 2020 election. There it was, a tick-tock complete with names, dates and references to Taylor’s own contemporaneous memos. Taylor spoke behind closed doors, but news media obtained his devastating 15-page opening statement and quickly made it public. diplomat in Ukraine, conjured an especially haunting picture of the president in the act of ravaging American interests, security and coffers in favor of his own. Finally, late Tuesday, the House Ways and Means Committee approved Pelosi’s drug pricing bill, which Democrats now plan to name in honor of Cummings.Īll of this was accomplished, of course, while the House pursued an impeachment witch hunt that, just like the Mueller investigation, keeps turning up cauldrons upon cauldrons of presidential witchcraft. Then on Tuesday, she shrugged off jet lag to welcome Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders to the Capitol, voicing support for protests against China’s manifold threats to civil liberties in the region. Mac Thornberry to Afghanistan and Jordan to reassure our allies that not all American political leaders have gone mad. Schiff, Eliot Engel and Bennie Thompson, among others - traveled with Texas Republican Rep. Next, over the weekend, Pelosi and House Democrats - Adam B.
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