Analysis: What we know and don’t know about Trump’s intentions on Ukraine aid
As House Democrats investigated and then impeached President Trump, one thing they were unable to pin down beyond a shadow of a doubt is that he directly ordered Ukraine’s military aid held upWe know Trump ordered the aid paused this summer, and we know that in a July 25 phone call, he asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the Biden family and a conspiracy theory about Ukraine interfering in the 2016 election to help Democrats.
The latest and perhaps most damaging evidence that the aid hold and investigations might be linked: A new email thata White House aide told the Defense Department that Trump wanted them to stop the process of giving the money to Ukraine less than two hours after Trump’s call with Zelensky. The Trump administration was forced to release the email this weekend by a documents’ request by the nonprofit news organization Center for Public Integrity.
in October. “Absolutely, no question about that. But that’s it. And that’s why we held up the money.” Mulvaney later tried to walk back his comments by saying it wasn’t a quid pro quo.Congress approved nearly $400 million to help Ukraine fight Russian-backed separatists in a war in their own country. The Defense Department had certified that the money would be put to good use. But then Trump ordered it held up without explanation.
Republicans and Democrats in Congress were perplexed. Sen. Ron Johnson even called Trump and asked why it was held and whether it was tied to political investigations.
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