SCOOP: In a WH mtg, top administration officials praised new Ukrainian president @ZelenskyyUa & urged Trump to help Ukraine.
TRUMP responded by declaring all Ukrainian politicians “corrupt,” & complaining the Ukrainians “tried to take me down” in 2016. nytimes.com/2019/09/09/us/…
TRUMP responded by declaring all Ukrainian politicians “corrupt,” & complaining the Ukrainians “tried to take me down” in 2016. nytimes.com/2019/09/09/us/…
@ZelenskyyUa HOUSE INVESTIGATING TRUMP, RUDY & UKRAINE: Chairman write to WH that, if TRUMP is dangling military aid to get Ukraine to investigate BIDEN & other rivals, it "would represent a staggering abuse of power, a boon to Moscow, & a betrayal of the public trust” documentcloud.org/documents/6394…
@ZelenskyyUa RUDY RESPONDS: “If I didn’t do it, I wouldn’t be a good lawyer,” @RudyGiuliani said of his efforts to push Ukraine to investigate MANAFORT & BIDEN matters. “The Ukrainian government is uniquely situated to dig up facts that would vindicate my client." nytimes.com/2019/09/09/us/…
WARNING TO UKRAINE FROM *DEMS*: If Ukraine heeds RUDY GIULIANI’s requests to investigate BIDEN, etc, it would jeopardize Democratic support & be “disastrous for US-Ukraine relations,” @ChrisMurphyCT warned Ukrainian Prez @ZelenskyyUa during a mtg last week nytimes.com/2019/09/09/us/…
.@ChrisMurphyCT rejected suggestions that his advice for @ZelenskyyUa represented meddling like what @RudyGiuliani has done, explaining he supports potential Ukrainian investigations — including into BIDEN — as long as they’re based on facts, not politics. nytimes.com/2019/09/09/us/…
