Bill Taylor laid out the most compelling evidence to date of a quid pro quo involving President Trump and Ukraine. In doing so, he became the first U.S. official to describe an explicit request involving official U.S. government concessions potentially being exchanged for politically advantageous investigations for Trump.
The acting top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine said not just that this setup involved both military aid and Ukraine’s desired meeting between its president and Trump, but also that it involved requested investigations focused on the Bidens and a conspiracy theory about Ukraine’s role in interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
But Taylor’s version won’t be the final word. His testimony both provides important clues about what future witnesses could say and indicates that Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, who testified last week, has a lot of explaining to do.
View the complete October 23 article by Aaron Blake on The Washington Post website here.