Text messages released late Thursday reveal that State Department officials discussed whether President Trump’s actions were a quid pro quo.
Text messages released late Thursday reveal that State Department officials discussed whether President Trump’s actions — pressingeven as the administration withheld military aid from the country — were a quid pro quo, blowing a potential hole in Republicans’ claims that there was no improper exchange.
Key committees deposed former special envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker on Thursday. Michael Atkinson, inspector general of the intelligence community, met behind closed doors Friday with staff and members of the House Intelligence Committee to discuss a whistleblower complaint about Trump.Democratic leaders have threatened to subpoena the White House by Friday unless officials turn over documents related to the investigation.or blasted Democrats for pursuing a partisan investigation.
“When the only American citizen President Trump singles out for China’s investigation is his political opponent in the midst of the Democratic nomination process, it strains credulity to suggest that it is anything other than politically motivated,” he said in a statement. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s new prosecutor general said Friday that his office would revisit a raft of earlier legal cases that were closed or had gone dormant, including several involving an energy company whose board included Biden’s son.
Ryaboshapka replaced controversial prosecutor Yuri Lutsenko, one of the prime movers behind allegations provided to Rudy Giuliani about Biden and son Hunter. Giuliani fed those rumors to Trump. Ryaboshapka suggested prosecutors will likely focus more on Zlochevsky and other Ukrainian figures than on Hunter Biden.
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