Ambassador William Taylor, the top diplomat in Ukraine, told Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan that he doesn’t consider himself to be a “star witness” in the impeachment investigation into President Trump.
Taylor, 72, along with George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, testified on Wednesday in front of the House Intelligence Committee in what was the first public testimony in the investigation.
Jordan, who was placed on the committee last week so he could participate in the hearings, called Taylor the Democrat’s “star witness” at the end of his questioning of the ambassador.
“This is what I can’t believe, and you’re their star witness. You’re their first witness. You’re the guy. You’re the guy, based on, this based on, I mean, I have seen church prayer chains that are easier to understand than,” Jordan stated before reading a part of the testimony from Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union.
“I have two responses, Mr. Chairman, thank you, Mr. Jordan. Glad to take those questions. Let me just say that I don’t consider myself a star witness for anything,” Taylor countered, to which Jordan said, “They do.”
They then both reiterated their respective points before Taylor added, “I think I was clear about — I’m not here to take one side or the other or to advocate any particular outcomes. Let me just restate that. Second thing is that my understanding is only coming from people that I talk to.”
