Political Quotes

“I have a question I send to the desk for the House managers. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senator Rosen is for the House managers: During the President's phone call with Ambassador Sondland he insisted there was no ``quid pro quo'' involving the exchange of aid and a White House meeting for an investigation, but he also said, according to Sondland, that the stalemate over aid will continue until President Zelensky announces the investigations. Isn't that the definition of the exact quid pro quo that the President claimed didn't exist? Mr. Manager SCHIFF. The short answer is yes; that is exactly what a quid pro quo is. When someone says: ``I am not going to ask you to do this,'' but then says: ``I am going to ask you to do this,'' that is exactly what happened here. Sondland calls the President, and the first words out of his mouth are ``no quid pro quo.'' Now, that is suspicious enough when someone blurts out there--what we would find out is a false exculpatory, but then the President goes on, nonetheless, to say: ``No quid pro quo.'' At the same time, Zelensky has got to go to the mic to announce these investigations--that is the implication--and he should want to do it. So no quid pro quo over the money, but Zelensky has got to go to the mic. And if you have any question about the accuracy of that, you should demand to see Ambassador Taylor's notes, Tim Morrison's notes.…”