#tim morrison

Gordon Sondland: “We Followed the President’s Orders”

😂 So sad for Trump, not a single Republican witness or any witness for that matter has cleared Trump 😂  #ArticlesOfImpeachment

After weeks of decrying the impeachment process as a sham, Republicans finally got two of the witnesses they requested for testimony.

Kurt Volker, former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine 

Volker dismissed those items as “conspiracy theories circulated by the Ukrainians.”

“They’re not things we should be pursuing as part of our national security policy with Ukraine,” said Volker. 

He also said in his opening remarks that he told fellow officials at the time he did not find it “credible” that Biden “would have been influenced in any way by financial or personal motives in carrying out his duties as Vice President.”

Tim Morrison, former director for Russia on the National Security Council

Morrison told House investigators during his testimony that Fiona Hill and he spoke several times throughout the summer about Sondland. Morrison said Hill warned him of what she called the “Gordon Problem.”

Morrison, too, pointed to Sondland as having direct involvement on the quid pro quo issue, telling House investigators that he remembers the EU ambassador telling him he briefed President Trump before the July 25 call with President Zelensky and that he could call the president anytime he wanted.

“Three hours into the hearing, Nunes had already distanced himself from the officials his side had requested,”

"I don't want him to leave the White House feet-first. I want him to leave handcuffs-first."