Here comes the cavalry
Based on what’s leaked out thus far about their testimony, each House impeachment inquiry witness has been more devastating to than the last, with the State Department’s Bill Taylor representing the closest thing to a smoking gun witness. Of course that makes Taylor a target, and Donald Trump has already begun tweeting deranged false accusations about him. But here comes the cavalry.
When it comes to witness testimony, there’s safety in numbers. If witnesses can independently corroborate each other’s testimony, it gives a significant boost to the credibility of the witnesses involved. So who’s going to back up Bill Taylor? It turns out you can start with a National Security Council adviser named Tim Morrison, who according to CNN is going to testify next week in a way that thoroughly corroborates Taylor’s account. It looks like he’s not the only one.
Tim Morrison works in an entirely different department than Bill Taylor. They’re not known to be personally loyal to each other. They’re simply backing up each other’s version of events because, well, it’s the truth. That’s how a jury would see it, and that’s how viewers sitting at home will see it once these witnesses sit in front of the television cameras in a few weeks.
Moreover, Tim Morrison worked for John Bolton. This comes after Fiona Hill, who also worked for Bolton, also testified. This all seems to be leading up to John Bolton himself inevitably testifying. The fact that Bolton is a far-right extremist should serve to give him more credibility, because Trump can’t argue that Bolton is part of some liberal Democratic conspiracy against him. The cavalry is coming to back up Bill Taylor’s testimony.
