William Taylor has emerged as an unlikely central player in the events that are at the heart of the impeachment inquiry of President Trump.
House Democrats have issued subpoenas, scheduled depositions and made other requests to the Trump administration in the impeachment inquiry.
Before retiring from government service, Taylor was involved in diplomatic efforts surrounding several major international conflicts. He served in Jerusalem as U.S. envoy to the Quartet of Mideast peacemakers. He oversaw reconstruction in Iraq from 2004 to 2005, and from Kabul coordinated U.S. and international assistance to Afghanistan from 2002 to 2003.
In the follow-up to the call, Taylor exchanged texts with two of Trump’s point men on Ukraine as they were trying to get Zelensky to commit to the investigations before setting a date for a coveted White House visit.on Sept. 1, Taylor bluntly questioned Trump’s motives: “Are we now saying that security assistance and WH meeting are conditioned on investigations?” Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union, told him to call him.
In a stilted reply, Sondland defended Trump’s intentions and suggested they stop the back and forth by text. “We know you have challenges. We know your large neighbor has started a war against your country. We stand with you in resisting that aggression,” Taylor said, according to remarks published on the embassy website.
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