'I am hopeful that they will put the country before their political interests,' Representative Debbie Mucarsel-Powell said.
on Tuesday evening. The decision came after revelations that an unidentified whistleblower had filed an official complaint due to concerns related to a call between Trump and Ukraine's new president, Volodymyr Zelensky back in July.
Prior to the conversation between Trump and his counterpart in Kiev, the president had decided to temporarily suspend $391 million in military aid to Ukraine. Those allocated funds had been approved with significant bipartisan support to bolster Ukraine in its ongoing fight against Russian-backed separatist rebels.
"If the President asked or pressured Ukraine's president to investigate his political rival, either directly or through his personal attorney, it would be troubling in the extreme. Critical for the facts to come out," the GOP congressman posted on Twitter.of the call was released by the White House on Wednesday morning, with some Republicans defending the president and Democrats condemning him further.
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