Supposedly the whistleblower who found something nefarious in that phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is supposed to come forward and testify before the House Judiciary Committee once things can be arranged, but until then, Ben Shapiro has written a thread on what we know so far about the supposed quid pro quo arrangement between Trump and Ukraine and how the timing doesn’t make sense.

There are some serious questions about the “quid pro quo” story. And those questions come from both the whistleblower report and the NYT reporting AND the blown ABC story today. Let's begin with the whistleblower report. The report states: pic.twitter.com/0x1i7AD6I8 — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 26, 2019

Notice, the WHISTLEBLOWER is stating that Ukraine may not have been aware that military aid was threatened at the time of the infamous phone call (they learned in early August, apparently). So how can there be a quid pro quo when the target DOESN’T KNOW HE’S BEING THREATENED? — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 26, 2019

Next, the New York Times reported this just three days ago: pic.twitter.com/NnbMR0uSWT — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 26, 2019

This confirms the whistleblower report. Again, if the Ukrainians didn’t know that Trump was threatening aid, with what, precisely was he threatening them? More importantly, why haven’t the media been focusing on this angle? (I think we know the answer.) — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 26, 2019

Finally, the blown ABC report. They claimed that a Ukrainian adviser to Zelenskyy had said that Zelenskyy was aware that Trump wanted Biden or bust. But then the advisor completely walked that back and said he was essentially repeating media rumors. — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 26, 2019

And it turns out the adviser to the president wasn’t even an adviser at the time of the phone call and had been distanced from the administration.

So, here’s what we’re left with: speculation about an aid-based quid pro quo in a transcript — speculation openly rebutted by the whistleblower report, an NYT source, and this Ukrainian advisor to Zelenskyy. That’s pretty weak tea. — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 26, 2019

And it seems to be getting weaker as we learn more.

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