11-07-2019, 12:14 PM
(11-07-2019, 10:50 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: 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. not according to the transcripts.
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. that never actually happened
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. and investigate the Russian collusion investigation
Ref/Transcripts: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli...163983002/
Anyone can see this is another attempt at taking Trump down for something that has been done by all presidents since the beginning of the United States.
He ain't heavy, he's my brother.