In an effort to legitimize their impeachment case against President Trump House Democrats on Friday released a cache of text messages from former US envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker, following his closed-door testimony on Thursday.
House Republicans who were in the meeting say Volker's testimony undercuts House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff's impeachment efforts.
Ohio Republican Michael Turner, an Intelligence Committee member, said he does "Not believe that Volker's testimony advanced Schiff's impeachment agenda."
Faced with testimony that apparently damages the impeachment narrative - the left has instead pounced on text messages that the MSM breathlessly reports are 'damning,' and which they say shows Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani running a 'shadow shakedown' in Ukraine.
The 'gotcha' is a text from US diplomat to Ukraine William Taylor, who said in a Sept. 9 text message to US ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland: "I think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign."
Two more texts from the batch released by House Democrats would indicate that there are things that weren't put in writing.
The second argument, proffered by NBC News, is that Giuliani ran a 'shadow shakedown' of Ukraine.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/house-democrats-dump-volker-texts-search-trump-ukraine-gotcha
House Republicans who were in the meeting say Volker's testimony undercuts House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff's impeachment efforts.
Ohio Republican Michael Turner, an Intelligence Committee member, said he does "Not believe that Volker's testimony advanced Schiff's impeachment agenda."
Faced with testimony that apparently damages the impeachment narrative - the left has instead pounced on text messages that the MSM breathlessly reports are 'damning,' and which they say shows Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani running a 'shadow shakedown' in Ukraine.
The 'gotcha' is a text from US diplomat to Ukraine William Taylor, who said in a Sept. 9 text message to US ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland: "I think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign."
Two more texts from the batch released by House Democrats would indicate that there are things that weren't put in writing.
The second argument, proffered by NBC News, is that Giuliani ran a 'shadow shakedown' of Ukraine.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/house-democrats-dump-volker-texts-search-trump-ukraine-gotcha
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