Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWednesday's impeachment inquiry looks at the only voice Trump really heard on Ukraine--Rudy Giuliani
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/30/1896056/-Wednesday-s-impeachment-inquiry-looks-at-the-only-voice-Trump-really-heard-on-Ukraine-Rudy-GiulianiWednesday's impeachment inquiry looks at the only voice Trump really heard on UkraineRudy Giuliani
Mark Sumner
Daily Kos Staff
Wednesday October 30, 2019 · 10:17 AM EDT
If the day goes as plannedmeaning Matt Gaetz doesnt stage a Brooks Brothers riot and Jim Jordan doesnt feel this would be an excellent time to reduce the depositions to a shouting matchWednesday will bring testimony in the impeach inquiry from two officials. The first of those is former special adviser for Ukraine Christopher Anderson. And the top of Andersons testimony is expected to be the one point on which everyone who has testified so far really, genuinely agrees: Rudy Giulianis involvement in Ukraine generated endless problems.
Kurt Volker, Gordon Sondland, William Taylor, Fiona Hill, Alexander Vindmanit doesnt matter whether they were in the State Department or on the National Security Council, a Trump appointee or a career official, no one, but no one, has good things to say about Giuliani. In fact, just about the only person who hasnt spent time in testimony complaining about Trumps personal attorney is the one who directly lost her job because of Giulianis actionsformer U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. Yovanovitch doesnt have a complaint because Giuliani never bothered to actually talk to her.
As CNN notes, Giuliani was presenting himself to Ukraine as filling the role once occupied by former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in acting as a bridge between Ukrainian officials and Trump. The price for Giulianis services was either providing Trump with political dirt he could throw at Democrats or providing Giuliani with business he could take to the bank.
In a sense, every day of the impeachment inquiry has been Giuliani Day, because theres yet to be a hearing in which someone didnt have something to say about how his interference was warping foreign policy. But Wednesday seems to be even more Giuliani-focused, as Anderson, who helped prepare three deliverables that the White House wanted to see from Ukraine that were phrased in unassailable, high-level terms like a "commitment to reform and pursuing anti-corruption, talks about how Giuliani continued to undercut diplomatic efforts, pass along negative information about Ukraine to Trump, and generally make progress impossible.
Anderson is expected to testify that Giuliani was a key roadblock to improving the relationship between the U.S. and Ukraine and that Trump listened to Giuliani even when experts were contradicting the information coming from his personal attorney. And that Giuliani was persistent in his calls for Ukraine to open an investigation into the Bidens, despite Ukraines desperate need for strategic assistance.
Following Andersons appearance, Catherine Croft, who replaced him as special adviser in 2019, is expected to pick up the story.
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
0 replies, 619 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (10)
ReplyReply to this post