they want evidence other than the July 25 call plus evidence that the quid pro quo was communicated to Ukraine — Taylor seems to have satisfied these conditions. The NSC aide told Taylor that Sondland had communicated the quid pro quo to Andriy Yermak, a Ukrainian official. And as if that were not enough, Sondland told Taylor directly “President Trump wanted President Zelenskyy ‘in a public box’ by making a public statement” and that “everything” (i.e. ADADTaylor’s testimony also means trouble for outgoing Energy Secretary Rick Perry, whom Taylor tags as a witness to this quid pro quo that Sondland intended to lay down. (Graham just this past weekend insisted, “If you could show me that, you know, Trump actually was engaging in a quid pro quo, outside the phone call, that would be very disturbing.” Is this enough, senator?)

Source: Washington Post October 23, 2019 12:56 UTC