A Really Long List of Evidence McConnell Wants to Cover Up

Americans want and deserve a fair trial. But just look at all the directly relevant evidence that Trump and McConnell are trying to sweep under the rug:

These witnesses…

• Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bolton said he is willing to testify before the Senate, but Republicans refuse to let him.
• At Trump’s direction, his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney directly coordinated the plot to withhold Ukraine’s security assistance and White House meeting until Ukraine announced an investigation into Trump’s political opponent.
• Michael Duffey is a key witness to Trump’s abuse of power, and he must testify before the Senate. Duffey, a political appointee at OMB, has intricate knowledge of the military aid freeze that Trump demanded.
• Robert Blair was a top aide to Trump’s acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, who coordinated Trump’s pressure campaign against Ukraine. Blair followed Trump’s directive not to comply with the impeachment investigation and has refused to testify, but we need to hear from him.

White House documents related to these events and issues…

• The White House’s internal meetings discussing the Ukraine scheme, including the firing of Ambassador Yovanovitch.
• Trump’s request for investigations into interference in the 2016 presidential election and his political rival.
• Trump’s direct communications with President Zelensky.
• Trump’s unlawful hold of the $391 million of military aid.
• Concerns of White House officials reported to NSC legal counsel.
• The Intelligence Community Inspector General Whistleblower complaint.

These State Department documents…

• Emails from Ambassador Gordon Sondland regarding Trump’s demand that Ukraine announce political investigations. Those emails were sent to some of Trump’s top aides and advisors, including Mulvaney, Pompeo, and Rick Perry.
• Notes from Ambassador Bill Taylor, who described a “little notebook” in which he would “take notes on conversations.”
• Contemporaneous memos written by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent about conversations he’d witnessed related to the aid freeze.
• The first-person cable Ambassador Taylor sent to Pompeo expressing concerns about the aid freeze.
• Records related to Pompeo’s communications with Rudy Giuliani.

• 20 emails the White House is refusing to release between Robert Blair and Michael Duffey.
• Documents collected in the White House review, including communications between officials in the White House, National Security Council, OMB, and the State Department that reportedly paint an “unflattering” picture of the administration’s response as the White House tried to find “an after-the-fact justification” for Trump’s hold on military aid.
• Michael Duffey’s June 19, 2019, email to DOD that “the President has questions” about the security assistance.
• Robert Blair’s July 12, 2019, email to Michael Duffey stating that “the President is directing a hold on military support funding for Ukraine.”
• Michael Duffey’s email—less than two hours after Trump’s July 25 call with President Zelensky—instructing DOD to continue to “formalize” the hold on security assistance.
• An August 2019 memo drafted by OMB’s National Security Division, International Affairs Division, and Office of Legal Counsel to Acting OMB Director Russell Vought about Ukraine security assistance.
• Michael Duffey’s August 30, 2019, email to DOD stating that there was “clear direction from POTUS” to continue the hold.

• New York Times’s Ken Vogel: “NEW DOCS: At 11:58pm, the @WhiteHouse released nearly 200 pages of OMB emails related to Ukraine, including a bevy of emails to/from the officials Senate Dems want to subpoena. On quick read, they are so heavily redacted as to be almost indecipherable.”