During his testimony before lawmakers on Thursday, outgoing National Security Council aide Tim Morrison confirmed that there was in fact a quid pro quo associated with President Trump’s decision to withhold military aid from Ukraine, the New York Times reported.
Morrison told lawmakers behind closed doors Thursday that a top diplomat working with President Trump, Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, told him that the military aid meant for Ukraine would not be released until Ukraine promised to open investigations into President Trump’s political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden.
Morrison also confirmed a conversation between Sondland and Trump that Sondland described to congressional investigators. In that call, Trump told Sondland there was no quid pro quo, but then went on to “insist” that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announce an investigation into Biden and other Democrats, according to the Times.
While he made these key confirmations, Morrison asserted that he didn’t think there was anything illegal about Trump’s conversation with Zelensky.
Morrison confirmed that there was Quid Pro Quo BUT he does not think that the ‘Perfect’ phone call was illegal.
It seems Morrison is giving the Thugs-R-Us a talking point (Nothing illegal in the perfect phone call) AND he does not want to perjury himself, hence he told the truth about the quid pro quo.
Again, sweetcheeks, we are not asking you to interpret the law. We are asking what you heard or were told. Thanks!
Looks like the GOP is happy for Sondland, and only Sondland, to be impeached/imprisoned/beheaded. Chump of the Month!
Unfortunately there’s a mountain of evidence outside the phone call.
The Pubbies are chasing a squirrel here.
And yet he still didn’t think there was anything illegal about that? I find that a totally disingenuous statement. Dubious at best. He knew what the quid pro quo was and it wasn’t an innocent ask. It was an effort to manipulate and subvert our democratic election in 2020 by a foreign actor, producing and inventing dirt on a political opponent for maximal effect. There are people that want to say it was just a question of weak ethics with this guy. That’s bullshit.