NEW: At least part of the allegation in the whistleblower complaint involving TRUMP deals with UKRAINE, according to 2 people familiar with it. nytimes.com/2019/09/19/us/…
CONTEXT: For months, TRUMP's allies, most notably RUDY GIULIANI, have pushed UKRAINE to investigate TRUMP's rivals, including JOE BIDEN, creating the perception that US support was contingent on Ukraine's willingness to play along. nytimes.com/2019/08/21/us/…
When TRUMP’s own appointees returned from Ukraine in May singing the praises of its new president @ZelenskyyUA & urging U.S. support, TRUMP declared all Ukrainian politicians “corrupt,” & asserted the former Ukrainian gov't “tried to take me down” in 2016. nytimes.com/2019/09/09/us/…
@ZelenskyyUa During a July phone call, TRUMP encouraged @ZelenskyyUa to pursue investigations of unspecified "corruption cases, which inhibited the interaction between Ukraine & the USA,” per a Ukrainian readout.
The WH did not respond to my questions about the call.
president.gov.ua/en/news/volodi…
The WH did not respond to my questions about the call.
president.gov.ua/en/news/volodi…
@ZelenskyyUa PROBE OF JULY 25 CALL: Democrats last week asked the @WhiteHouse & @StateDept for the transcript of TRUMP's call with Ukrainian president @ZelenskyyUa, records related to the call, as well as a list of people who prepared Trump for it & participated in it. documentcloud.org/documents/6394…
