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Trump says he held up military aid to Ukraine because of concerns he had over corruption in the country.

Meanwhile, the IMF just approved a $5.5 billion loan to Ukraine, recognizing the progress the country has made fighting corruption nytimes.com/2019/12/08/wor…
Remember, this squares with the assessment of Trump's own Pentagon. As a DoD official testified last month, top-level national security officials "expressed unanimous support for resuming the funding," citing Ukraine's *progress fighting corruption.*
The same official confirmed that two months before Trump's call with Zelensky and before the freeze was put in place, the Pentagon had determined that Ukraine had met the requirements for combatting the very corruption that Trump claimed he was concerned about.
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Trump still claims to want to "DRAIN THE SWAMP." Meanwhile, he has named more lobbyists to cabinet-level positions in three years than his predecessors did in eight years.

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🔅Ukraine and Corruption🔅
Inside the Embassy:
Private emails edition.
Under @BarackObama + @JoeBiden + @HillaryClinton
Unless otherwise stated.
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#Ukraine #Embassy re cieved an email
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@JoyAnnReid #Ukraine is a top military arms EXPORTING nation.
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This week, the House subpoenaed docs on Rudy Giuliani's activity in Ukraine.

Rudy says he was investigating “corruption” there

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