Asked to explain what he meant in a September 9 text to EU ambassador Gordon Sondland and former US Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker when he said that withholding Ukraine aid was "crazy" Taylor said:
"I meant that...because of the importance of security assistance, that we had just described and had a conversation with the Chairman, because that was so important that security was so important for Ukraine as well as our own national interests."
Taylor continued:
"To withhold that assistance for no good reason other than help with a political campaign made no sense. It was counterproductive to all of what we had been trying to do. It was ill logical. It could not be explained. It was crazy."
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