Taylor grilled about Trump’s hold on Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON - Republican Rep. Jim Jordan has told the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine that he is “wrong” to have said there was a clear understanding that President Donald Trump was withholding military aid to Ukraine in exchange for investigations of Democrats.
Jordan was questioning William Taylor during the first public hearing in the House impeachment inquiry.
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Taylor has said his understanding was based on conversations with other diplomats. But Jordan said the president of Ukraine never announced an investigation and the aid was eventually released.
The aid was released in September following an outcry in the U.S. Congress.
Jordan mockingly called Taylor the Democrats’ “star witness” and said he’s “seen church prayer chains that are easier to understand than this.”
Taylor responded that he didn’t consider himself a star witness.