Page:Impeachment of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States — Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives.pdf/554

 943 Sondland Hearing Tr. at 26 (“Was there a quid pro quo? As I testified previously with regard to the requested White House call and the White House meeting, the answer is yes.”).

944 Id. at 41.

945 Id. at 112

946 Id. at 61-62.

947 Taylor Dep. Tr. at 39.

948 Taylor Dep. Tr. at 39.

949 Maguire Hearing Tr. at 110; Whistleblower Compl. Appendix 2. Public reporting indicates that “[l]awyers from the White House counsel’s office told Mr. Trump in late August about the complaint, explaining that they were trying to determine whether they were legally required to give it to Congress.” Trump Knew of Whistle-Blower Complaint When He Released Aid to Ukraine, New York Times (Nov. 26, 2019) (online at www nytimes.com/2019/11/26/us/politics/trump-whistle-blower-complaint-ukraine.html).

950 Letter from Michael Atkinson, Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, to Chairman Adam B. Schiff and Ranking Member Devin Nunes, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (Sept. 9, 2019) (online at https://intelligence house.gov/uploadedfiles/20190909_-_ic_ig_letter_to_hpsci_on_whistleblower.pdf).

951 Id.

952 Sondland Hearing Tr. at 118. See also Witness Testimony and Records Raise Questions About Account of Trump’s ‘No Quid Pro Quo’ Call, Washington Post (Nov. 27, 2019) (online at www.washingtonpost.com/politics/witness-testimony-and-records-raise-questions-about-account-of-trumps-noquid-pro-quo-call/2019/11/27/425545c2-0d49-11ea-8397-a955cd542d00_story.html).

953 Sondland Hearing Tr. at 118.

954 Id. at 73.

955 Declaration of Ambassador Gordon Sondland, Department of State, at 1 (Nov. 4, 2019). This addendum did not address the July 26 telephone conversation that Sondland had with President Trump, which he only recalled following the testimony of David Holmes on November 15, 2019. Sondland Hearing Tr. at 46.

956 Declaration of Ambassador Gordon Sondland, Department of State, at 3 (Nov. 4, 2019).

957 Kent-Taylor Hearing Tr. at 43-44; Morrison Dep. Tr. at 190-191.

958 Morrison Dep. Tr. at 190-191; Kent-Taylor Hearing Tr. at 43-44.

959 Sondland Hearing Tr. at 109.

960 Id. at 45, 109.

961 Kurt Volker Document Production, Bates KV00000020 (Oct. 2, 2019).

962 Id.

963 Id. at Bates KV00000053.

964 Id.

965 The White House, Press Briefing by Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney (Oct. 17, 2019) (online at www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/press-briefing-acting-chief-staff-mick-mulvaney/).

966 Id.

967 Id. Ambassador Taylor’s testimony contradicted Mr. Mulvaney’s statement about the ubiquity of such quid pro quos in American foreign policy. Ambassador Taylor testified that in his decades of military and diplomatic service, he had never seen another example of foreign aid conditioned on the personal or political interests of the President. Kent-Taylor Hearing Tr. at 55. Rather, “[w]e condition assistance on issues that will improve our foreign policy, serve our foreign policy, ensure that taxpayers’ money is well-spent.” Kent-Taylor Hearing Tr. at 150.