.MTPFirstRead: The impeachment fight is forcing the White House into damage-control mode.
he never said politics were part of the administration’s decision to hold up aid to Ukraine — even though he did .
In an interview with Fox News Sunday, Mulvaney said that the president"had mentioned the DNC server to other people publicly. He even mentioned it to President Zelenskiy in the phone call, but it wasn't connected to the aid. And that's where I think people got sidetracked this weekend at that press conference."
FOX News Sunday host Chris Wallace pressed:"But let me pursue that, though, because I believe that anyone listening to what you said in that briefing could come to only one conclusion. Let's play what you said." Wallace then played the clip of Mulvaney from Thursday's press conference where he said:"Did he also mention to me in past the corruption related to the DNC server? Absolutely. No question about that. But that's it. And that's why we held up the money."
In a follow up to that comment, it was pointed out by a reporter to Mulvaney that"what you just described is a quid pro quo. It is: Funding will not flow unless the investigation into the Democratic server happens as well."And now the Trump administration is considering leaving some U.S. troops in Syria — after saying“Should Trump decide to keep some forces within Syria, it would be the second time he has reversed course on pulling all U.S.
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