Ambassador William Taylor, who’s emerging as an unlikely central player in the events at the heart of the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, arrived on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to testify. Taylor was tapped to run the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine after the administration abruptly ousted the ambassador. (And I quit).”In a stilted reply, Sondland defended Trump’s intentions and suggested they stop the back and forth by text. U.S. diplomats based at the Kyiv embassy have refused to speak with journalists, reflecting the sensitivity of the impeachment inquiry. ___Berry reported from Kyiv, Ukraine.

Source: thestar October 22, 2019 03:45 UTC