Ukraine bowed to Trump's extortion, until Whistleblower appeared.

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  • November 8, 2019 at 8:09 am #107905
    Billy_T
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    (the picture is the link)

    Excerpt:

    As President Trump’s principal envoy to Ukraine, Gordon Sondland, admitted Tuesday in congressional testimony, the Trump administration had withheld the military aid to pressure Mr. Zelensky to make a public statement on the two investigations: one into whether former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had pressed for the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating Burisma, a natural gas company where his son served on the board; the other into unproven accusations that it was Ukraine, not Russia, that meddled in the 2016 election to promote the candidacy of Hillary Clinton.

    In the July 25 phone call that provoked a whistle-blower complaint and touched off the impeachment inquiry, Mr. Zelensky offered private assurances that his government would look into those matters.

    But a public statement that raised doubts about Russian meddling and Mr. Biden, whom the president regarded as the greatest threat to his re-election, would be far more useful politically to Mr. Trump. Not only would it smear Mr. Biden, it could also appear to undermine the Mueller investigation into Russian electoral interference by pinning some blame on Ukraine.

    November 8, 2019 at 8:13 am #107906
    Billy_T
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    In a nutshell, we’ve just learned that Zelensky was booked on CNN to bow to Trump’s wishes and tell the world he was investigating the Bidens and Ukraine’s supposed role in meddling in the 2016 election . . . but the whistleblower complaint became public, and the defense money was finally released in response.

    The CNN interview was cancelled.

    In short, Trump almost got away with this. We can thank the whistleblower for exposing this corruption, formerly behind closed doors.

    Trump, for most of his life, has successfully forced others to cover for his illegal and immoral doings. This is one of those rare times when it didn’t work as planned.

    November 8, 2019 at 8:18 am #107907
    Billy_T
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    This is probably the more relevant section of the article:

    Finally bending to the White House request, Mr. Zelensky’s staff planned for him to make an announcement in an interview on Sept. 13 with Fareed Zakaria, the host of a weekly news show on CNN.

    Though plans were in motion to give the White House the public statement it had sought, events in Washington saved the Ukrainian government from any final decision and eliminated the need to make the statement.

    Word of the freeze in military aid had leaked out, and Congress was in an uproar. Two days before the scheduled interview, the Trump administration released the assistance and Mr. Zelensky’s office quickly canceled the interview.

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