'Never Trump' Republican to represent top diplomat in Ukraine inquiry

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Diplomat Bill Taylor, who raised alarms over President Trump's Ukraine approach, has hired GOP lawyer John Bellinger as he faces a request from Democrats to testify.

WASHINGTON — The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine who questioned why military aid for Kyiv had been held up by the White House has hired a veteran Republican attorney to help him navigate a request from House Democrats to testify in their impeachment inquiry, according to a letter obtained by NBC News and what sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

signed by 50 senior officials, many of them Republicans, warning of the dangers of electing Trump as president, and predicting he would be the"most reckless President in American history."Ambassador William Taylor in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 19, 2019.Colleagues of both Taylor and McKinley described Bellinger, with his experience in the White House, the State Department and national security law, as uniquely qualified to represent diplomats in the Ukraine inquiry.

"As I said on the phone, I think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign," Taylor wrote to Sondland on Sept. 9, according to text messages released by the congressional committees conducting the impeachment inquiry. But after House Democrats issued subpoenas, four diplomats chose to cooperate. Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, whose tenure was cut short by President Trump, appeared on Friday, George Kent, deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of European and Euroasian affairs, appeared on Tuesday and McKinley, who resigned last week as Pompeo’s senior adviser, appeared on Wednesday. The U.S.

 

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I wonder how much people in this administration have spent in total for legal counsel - so far.

Sounds like Billy Bob Taylor's ass is in a crack.

The appearance of impropriety... that's what they claim. These people have worked their entire careers selling us out and they can't have Bad Orange Man undue their globalist endeavors. Well... too bad, we'll reelect him. The swamp must be drained.

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