WOW-Volker TEXTED to top Ukraine OFFICIAL SCRIPT for Zelensky announcement re: Biden investigation

[kpete]

WOW: Kurt Volker TEXTED to a top Ukrainian official the script they wanted Zelensky to read to announce the Burisma (i.e. Biden)/2016 election investigations.

Link to tweet

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[OliverQ]

1. I met Volker a couple weeks ago.

Weird to see how deeply involved in this he is.

[deurbano]

17. How did you meet him?

[OliverQ]

19. He was at my work for an event.

[deurbano]

20. That was timely!

[uponit7771]

18. Trump's a hard sociopath and professionals don't stand a chance with them unless they're warned

[unitedwethrive]

2. As an aside - I love how other witnesses "refreshed his recollection" of events.

These people just ooze slime.

[ScratchCat]

3. You just have to laugh at this point

"Oh, my bad, yes, I forgot all about the prepared text we gave them for the announcement of an investigation. Silly me!"

[crimycarny]

4. I'm confused--CNN just reported that Volker said Ukraine government not aware of hold up of aid

What am I missing? Basically CNN is reporting this backs up the "no quid pro quo" argument by Trump:

[link:https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/impeachment-inquiry-11-05-2019/index.html|

"Former special envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker told lawmakers that the Ukrainians didn’t know about the holdup of military assistance until after the Trump administration stopped pressing them to announce an investigation into the Bidens.

His testimony, released today, bolsters a key tenet of Trump’s defense – that there was no “quid pro quo” with Ukraine because the new government in Kiev was not aware that military aid was being withheld.

Their position cuts against Democratic allegations that Trump used the $400 million aid package as leverage.

“To my knowledge, the news about a hold on security assistance did not get into Ukrainian Government circles, as indicated to me by the current foreign minister, then diplomatic adviser, until the end of August,” Volker said. “And by the time that we had that, we had dropped the idea of even looking at a statement.”

[W_HAMILTON]

8. The key phrase there is "to my knowledge."

Others that have testified have contradicted this based on their specific knowledge.

[lagomorph777]

14. Looks like CNN is trying to help the cover-up.

[Maraya1969]

21. Wouldn't Ukrainian officials have known when congress allocated the 400 million? It's not like

that would be a big secret and I'm sure that they were probably following what our government was up to regarding military, especially since Russia has been pounding on their doors of late.

This CNN report sounds fishy to me.

[mr_lebowski]

5. To be fair, that's not a 'script' ... more like specific talking points ...

Still pretty damning stuff nonetheless ...

[gibraltar72]

6. Volker was just another turd in the process.

[EveHammond13]

7. wow this has really become a backed-up overflowing gas station toilet of corruption

[zaj]

9. "investigation" to "prevent recurrence of this problem"

That's a demand for a guilty verdict right in the text.

[ffr]

10. The the concensus is unanimous. tRump, Pence, et al, of course, were in the loop of the extortion

plot.

Impeach.
Convict.
Imprison.

[infullview]

11. How very sad. It's difficult for me to see these new lows the great pumpkin has brought us to.

[infullview]

12. One thing I don't understand...

can Nancy name both tRump and Pence in articles of impeachment?

[lagomorph777]

15. Of course, but don't forget Poopeio, Barr, and Sondland.

[dweller]

13. "Special attention should be paid ... "

dayum ... project much?

✌🏼

[AtheistCrusader]

16. John Stewart did not burn down Tucker Carlson's entire life hard enough, apparently.

Seems to have bounced back somehow.