Jim Jordan Explains Why Trump Held Up the Money to Ukraine Without a Quid Pro Quo pjmedia.com/trending/jim-j… #NewsandPolitics via @pjmedia_com
@PJMedia_com "There was a delay on sending hard-earned tax dollars of the American people to Ukraine," Jordan admitted. "We’re not talking any country, we’re talking Ukraine. Ernst & Young said one of the three most corrupt countries on the planet. …
@PJMedia_com So our president said, 'Time out. Time out, let’s check out this new guy. Let’s see if Zelensky’s the real deal. This new guy who got elected in April, whose party took power in July. Let’s see if he’s legitimate.'"
@PJMedia_com Jordan continued, "Now, keep in mind, in 2018 President Trump had already done more for Ukraine than Obama did. That’s right, President Trump — who doesn’t like foreign aid, who wanted European countries to do more, who knew how corrupt Ukraine was —
@PJMedia_com ...did more than Obama because he gave them Javelins, tank-busting Javelins to fight the Russians. Our witnesses have said this, others have said this: 'Obama gave them blankets, Trump gave them missiles.'
@PJMedia_com But when it came time to check out this new guy, President Trump said, 'Let’s just see, let’s just see if he’s legit.'"
@PJMedia_com "So for 55 days, we checked him out. President Zelensky had five interactions with senior U.S. officials in that timeframe. One was, of course, the phone call, the July 25 phone call," the congressman explained.
@PJMedia_com "And there were four other face-to-face meetings with other senior U.S. officials. And guess what, in not one of those interactions — not one — were security assistance dollars linked to investigating Burisma or Biden."
@PJMedia_com So what happened during those 55 days? "U.S. senators, Ambassador [John] Bolton, Vice President Pence, all became convinced that Zelensky was, in fact, worth the risk.
@PJMedia_com He was, in fact, legit and the real deal and a real change. And guess what? They told the president, 'He’s a reformer, release the money.' And that’s exactly what President Trump did."
@PJMedia_com "Now over the next few weeks, we’re going to have more witnesses like we've had today that the Democrats will parade in here and they’re all going to say this: 'So and so said such and such to so and so and therefore we’ve got to impeach the president,'" Jordan continued.
@PJMedia_com He summarized testimony from Gordon Sondland to make his point: "Ambassador Taylor recalls that I told Mr. Taylor that Mr. Morrison, who conveyed this message to Mr. Yermak, in conjunction with Mr. Pence’s visit to Warsaw, for his meeting with President Zelensky."
@PJMedia_com Whatever the Democrats say, the congressman insisted on four key facts that they cannot deny: "The call shows no linkage between dollars and the investigation into Burisma or the Bidens;
@PJMedia_com President Trump and President Zelensky have both said on the call there was no linkage, there was no pressure, there was no pushing;
@PJMedia_com Ukrainians didn’t even know the aid was withheld at the time of the phone call; and most importantly as has been pointed out, Ukrainians didn’t take any specific action relative to investigations to get the money released."
@PJMedia_com "We will never get the chance to see the whistleblower raise his right hand," he said. "This anonymous so-called whistleblower with no firsthand knowledge, ....
@PJMedia_com ....who is biased against the president, who worked with Joe Biden, who is the reason we’re all sitting here today, we’ll never get a chance to question that individual."
@PJMedia_com There are many key reasons why not a single Republican joined Democrats in voting to formally open an impeachment inquiry, and why two Democrats joined Republicans in voting against it. Jordan revealed it for what it was, and explained the real reason why Trump held up the money.
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