George Kent’s deposition transcript will be released shortly, per an official.
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Kent says an OMB official relayed that “Mick Mulvaney, at the direction of the President had put a hold on all security assistance to the Ukraine.” Kent adds: “There was great confusion among the rest of us because we didn’t understand why that had happened.”pic.twitter.com/BDFzC91bEt
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>> KENT says Sondland relayed to other senior diplomats that “POTUS wanted nothing less than President Zelensky to go to microphone and say investigations, Biden, and Clinton.”pic.twitter.com/kRjx7A57fH
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KENT: “in shorthand, it was suggested that the Ukrainians needed—Zelensky needed to go to a microphone and basically there needed to be three words in the message, and that was the shorthand.” Q: “Clinton was shorthand for 2016?” KENT: “2016, yes.”pic.twitter.com/3eYHN8IvvR
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Kent also told investigators that he raised concerns in Feb. 2015 about Hunter Biden serving on the board of Burisma, saying it “could create the perception of a conflict of interest.”pic.twitter.com/H05WVNsUTD
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There's half the quid pro quo.
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I’m exchange for $391M. Extortion.
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Is he saying Sunland lied?
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Crime? FEC already said no.
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He’s not right in the head.
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