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William Brockenbrough Taylor Jr., West Point class of ’69, Vietnam War veteran, Bronze Star recipient, career public servant, possesses a basso profundo voice and a patrician bearing that lent gravitas to his star turn Wednesday in the impeachment inquiry into whether President Trump abused his office.
Taylor’s lawyerly and television-ready delivery as a leadoff witness in the public phase of the inquiry put a face to the alarm of top State Department officials over the apparent conditioning of U.S. military aid on investigations of Trump’s political rivals.
“I don’t consider myself a star witness for anything,” Taylor said under questioning by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) that implied Taylor was doing Democrats’ bidding. See the rest of the story here in the Post:
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