Posted on 10/04/2019 10:17:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Washington (CNN)Text messages released on Thursday between US diplomats and a senior Ukrainian aide show how a potential Ukrainian investigation into the 2016 election was linked to a desired meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump.
The text messages, which were released by the House Intelligence Committee, underscore how Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, was closely connected to US policy on Ukraine and was involved in setting up the July 25 phone call between Trump and Zelensky, in which Trump also urged an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.
They show how cognizant the Ukrainians were about the importance of the election investigation to Trump and Giuliani's role.
On the morning of the call, in an exchange with a key adviser to the Ukrainian President, then-US Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker made clear that it was important to the White House that Zelensky convince Trump that an investigation into the 2016 election would happen.
"Heard from the White House -- assuming President Z convinces trump he will investigate/'get to the bottom of what happened' in 2016, we will nail down date for visit to Washington," Volker said via text to the Ukrainian adviser on the morning of July 25.
Volker provided Congress with the text messages ahead of his closed-door congressional testimony on Thursday before three committees leading the House's impeachment inquiry into Trump and Ukraine.
The messages released by Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee add a new layer of detail to the whistleblower complaint that prompted the impeachment inquiry, which alleged that Trump had urged the Ukrainian government to dig up dirt on his political rival, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
That Trump wanted an investigation was a message that seemed to register with the Ukrainian administration.
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Pretty sure CNN thinks “damning” means “exculpatory”.
I sure am hoping the Attorney General, can get to the core bottom, the rock bottom, and give us FACTUAL news reports, and not just trust CNN...they lie.
Hey CNN?
No one cares.
Friday’s news for Sunday’s talking heads.
So what.
If any dog lover needs a 10 second break from All Ukraine All Day long ..this is a cute puppy clip
https://twitter.com/leadlagreport/status/1179950631857070080
Sigh...
Now back to relentless madness from the Dems
Last two paragraphs
“”” Sondland responded, “Bill, I believe you are incorrect about President Trump’s intentions. The President has been crystal clear no quid pro quo’s of any kind. The President is trying to evaluate whether Ukraine is truly going to adopt the transparency and reforms that President Zelensky promised during his campaign.”
Sondland then suggested that if Taylor had additional concerns, he should reach out to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s assistant. “””
If Trump were corrupt, as the leftists accuse, HE WOULDN’T BE INVESTIGATING AN ELECTION THAT HE WON.
blah, blah, blah.
Also, there is nothing wrong with the President seeking help to investigate Spygate.
You might like this one, too: https://twitter.com/thepuppiesclub/status/1180164553067388929
The Democrats big problem is that it is understood that Rudy Giuliani is the defacto Attorney General and with that responsibly, Mr. Giuliani is representing the the American people and the United States government.
Maybe I dreamed it but didn’t we just spend 3 years with the democrats doing nothing but investigating the 2016 election? I thought it was the most important thing in the world.
The Democrats and their RINO enablers have spent 3+ years running around telling us how critical it is to "investigate foreign interference in the 2016 election," but then it's suddenly a problem when President Trump reaches out to Ukraine's government to do EXACTLY what they demanded?
LOL.
The text message is linked to CrowdStrike - a DNC IT service provider. And near the heart of Crossfire Hurricane.
FROM THE ARTICLE:
RE: which alleged that Trump had urged the Ukrainian government to dig up dirt on his political rival, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
My take:
CNN keeps calling it “dig up dirt”.
We should really call it for what it is — Discovering whether then VP Joe Biden was involved in a corrupt quid-pro-quo deal for his son when he demanded the firing of the Urkrainian prosecutor investing the Burisma deal for which Hunter Biden got $50,000 a month. This was SUBJECT TO the release of $1 Billion from the USA in aid.
The constitution tells us that The president must “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” This clause in the Constitution imposes a duty on the president to enforce the laws of the United States and is called the Take Care Clause, also known as the Faithful Execution Clause or Faithfully Executed Clause.
So, the President, knowing that there was a quid-pro-quo deal involving a previous VP, wanting to get to the bottom of it, IS enforcing the law.
That it will be to the detriment on Biden’s campaign is beside the point.
If Trump could be investigated while he was campaigning, why shouldn’t Biden?
There’s nothing “damning” (CNN’s words ) about this.
What CNN is showing is they are not interested in investigating any corrupt dealings when it involves a Democrat who is running against Trump.
As President I have an obligation to end CORRUPTION, even if that means requesting the help of a foreign country or countries. It is done all the time. This has NOTHING to do with politics or a political campaign against the Bidens. This does have to do with their corruption!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2019
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