11-07-2019, 10:50 AM
The transcripts of the hearings show that U.S. officials Volker, Sondland, Taylor, Yovanovitch, Mulvaney...... have all corroborated claims that there was a quid-pro-quo involving nearly $400 million in committed military aid to Ukraine and a Trump-Zelensky meeting at the White House.
The financial aid and White House meeting were officially approved by U.S. officials and were viewed as crucial to our ally Ukraine after the inauguration of a new president and amid continued malign influence from Russia in Ukraine.
However, according to the whistle-blower and the corroborating witness testimony, Trump and Giuliani were holding them up in attempt to get the new Ukranian President (Zlensky) to publicly announce and undertake an investigation into Trump's political foe Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.
Ref/Transcripts: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli...163983002/
The financial aid and White House meeting were officially approved by U.S. officials and were viewed as crucial to our ally Ukraine after the inauguration of a new president and amid continued malign influence from Russia in Ukraine.
However, according to the whistle-blower and the corroborating witness testimony, Trump and Giuliani were holding them up in attempt to get the new Ukranian President (Zlensky) to publicly announce and undertake an investigation into Trump's political foe Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.
Ref/Transcripts: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli...163983002/