Every single aspect of the Trump administration's handling of the Motor Sich situation is sketchy as hell. Russia wants Ukraine to sell the company to China because it will give Russia new tech and keep Ukraine from the EU and NATO. And Trump mysteriously did little to intervene.
1/ Then suddenly Trump pal Erik Prince begins expressing an interest in the company. Everyone says, "This is great! Prince can keep Motor Sich from being sold to China!" But the problem is...*Erik Prince's company is partially owned by Chinese government interests*. So what's up?
2/ Even if, for some reason I can't see, Prince is a more appropriate buyer for this Ukrainian company then the Chinese government is, why is he stepping in to do this solid at a time the Department of Justice is investigating him for lying to Congress? What deals has Prince cut?
3/ Today we learned $30 million in arms sales to Ukraine is held up because Ukraine might still sell Motor Sich to China. Which seems to suggest Trump didn't step in with Prince as his proxy until after the Ukraine scandal broke because the China deal let him hold up the weapons.
4/ So there is some evidence to suggest that in addition to the money for Ukraine we know Trump held up, he also held up $30 million in sales Ukraine already paid for. And the House still needs to investigate whether similar military aid shakedowns occurred in both 2017 and 2018.
5/ It's staggering how much proof of bribery the House presented with respect to Trump holding up military aid to Ukraine. And it's likewise staggering how much about Trump holding up military aid to Ukraine we still don't know or understand. The scale of this scandal is massive.
