... The Durham investigation also has become politically important to the White House’s defense of its actions in the Ukraine affair.
Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and other allies of Trump have said it was wholly appropriate for Trump to ask Ukraine’s president and other heads of state for help with U.S. investigations that could uncover wrongdoing.
Mulvaney cited Durham’s ongoing work and the need to answer what Mulvaney called lingering questions as one explanation for why Trump had asked the Ukrainians for investigations.
Trump or Barr also have asked the Italian, British and Australian governments to cooperate.
So trump isn’t allowed to protect our giving money to a country until he knew he could trust the new leader who ran on that.
Sondland just admitted he talked to Trump and trump told him no quid pro quo.