- Tue Nov 05, 2019 1:09 pm
#120613
"...and because Ukraine didn't even know of the billion in aid until a month AFTER Trump's call."-johnfibs
"Again, then why was Trump asking for the "favor" in exchange for "support" Zelensky was expressing gratitude for? If Ukraine didn't know the aid had been authorized by Congress, then it only makes it more clearly an extortion since you claim Ukraine didn't know help was already on the way. If you are to be believed, then Trump was making it clear there would be no help forthcoming without the "favor" being granted."-me
"Oh, please, not one single person believes this nonsense."-johnfibs
Apparently at least ONE person believes it, johnny. As the New York Times reported about Sondland's recently updated testimony to Congress:
"Mr. Sondland had said in a text message exchange in early September with William B. Taylor Jr., the top American diplomat in Ukraine, that the president had been clear there was no quid pro quo between the aid and investigations of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., his son and other Democrats. But Mr. Sondland testified last month that he was only repeating what Mr. Trump had told him, leaving open the question of whether he believed the president. The new account suggested that Mr. Sondland may have not been completely forthcoming with Mr. Taylor, and that he was, in fact, aware that the aid was contingent upon the investigations.
In his updated testimony, Mr. Sondland recounted how he had discussed the linkage with Andriy Yermak, a top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, on the sidelines of a Sept. 1 meeting between Vice President Mike Pence and Mr. Zelensky in Warsaw. Mr. Zelensky had discussed the suspension of aid with Mr. Pence, Mr. Sondland said.<----wake up, johnny
So we see Ukraine DID know about the suspension of aid, contradicting the lie johnforbes keeps repeating about them not knowing about it, and that Sondland himself believed this was a quid pro quo.
Let's watch johnny's delusional world collapsing around him as the truth comes out, just as Trump is experiencing it.