WASHINGTON -- It was not the message that the White House and its supporters have been trying to hammer home in recent weeks as the impeachment investigation has intensified on Capitol Hill: Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, said Thursday that President Donald Trump withheld military
WASHINGTON — It was not the message that the White House and its supporters have been trying to hammer home in recent weeks as the impeachment investigation has intensified on Capitol Hill: Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, said Thursday that President Donald Trump withheld military aid to Ukraine in part to pressure Kyiv to pursue a politically motivated investigation into the 2016 election.
His comments — even after he issued a statement walking back his remarks — undercut weeks of denials from Trump, his aides, Republican lawmakers and the conservative news media that the president was seeking a quid pro quo in his dealings with the new Ukrainian president. Some of their statements were focused on a July 25 phone call between Trump and the president of Ukraine in which Trump repeatedly brought up his desire for investigations into political rivals.
— In remarks at the White HouseThe New York Times also found several other instances of Trump’s proclaiming “no quid pro quo” on Twitter, in remarks to reporters, in news conferences and at political rallies.“Contrast that with the president’s — the transcript of the president’s phone call with President Zelenskiy where there was no quid pro quo. There was no pressure.”“What we do know is there was definitely no quid pro quo. I mean, it came out over and over.
“But more so, what is so disgusting is the fact that the Democrats continue to try to build up this narrative on, well, there was a quid pro quo when the call — when the call happened. They just jumped the gun without facts, without being credible.”“Well, right. But this doesn’t have anything to do with the 2020 election, and the president was very clear about that and that wasn’t in the call. What else wasn’t in the call was the quid pro quo.
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