1/ So there doesn’t need to be an explicit quid pro quo (aid for interference) for this all to be fundamentally corrupt, but let me make the case to you, in just a few tweets, that there is plenty of evidence that a quid pro quo was on the table.
2/ in the July 25th call, Zelensky asks for more security aid. Trump doesn’t say yes. Instead he asks for two things, immediately. First help to destroy Clinton. Second, help to destroy Biden.
Zelensky asks for help. Then Trump says what he wants. Pretty simple, right?
Zelensky asks for help. Then Trump says what he wants. Pretty simple, right?
2/ In the July 25th call, Zelensky asks for more security aid. Trump doesn’t say yes. Instead he asks for two things, immediately. First help to destroy Clinton. Second, help to destroy Biden.
Zelensky asks for help. Then Trump says what he wants. Pretty simple, right?
Zelensky asks for help. Then Trump says what he wants. Pretty simple, right?
3/ On the same call, Trump makes sure to tell Zelensky that the U.S. does a lot for Ukraine but the relationship is not “reciprocal”. Right before asking for Zelensky to investigate Clinton and Biden.
Again, pretty simple, right?
Again, pretty simple, right?
4/ But it gets worse. Giuliani tells Ukraine over and over and over that they need to pursue his bogus charges of “corruption” re Biden. He says he is speaking on Trump’s behalf. Trump reiterates this ask personally.
5/ The only “corruption” that Trump and Giuliani press Ukraine on are apparently related to Clinton and Biden. Then, in early September, Pence meets with Zelensky and tells him the aid will not be released until Zelensky takes on “corruption” as requested by the Administration.
6/ So Pence says “no aid unless you do what we ask on corruption” and the only “corruption” issues Trump has raised with Zelensky are helping him destroy Biden and Clinton.
Once again, pretty simple, right?
Once again, pretty simple, right?
