Comments by "Voix de la raison" (@voixdelaraison593) on "Rep. McCaul: Sondland testimony confirms no quid pro quo" video.

  1. Hmmm 🤔. WASHINGTON — Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, said Thursday that the Trump administration withheld nearly $400 million in military aid to pressure Ukraine to investigate what the president has long insisted was Kiev’s assistance to Democrats during the 2016 election. The declaration by Mr. Mulvaney — which he then took back later in the day — undercut Mr. Trump’s repeated denials of a quid pro quo that linked American military aid for Ukraine to investigations that could help him politically. Hmmm 🤔 Perry Tells Trump He Will Resign as Energy Secretary Rick Perry, the former governor of Texas who has become enmeshed in the Ukraine scandal, said he would resign as secretary of energy.
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  2. Julia Rickett Reporter (M): (21:27) So the demand for an investigation into the Democrats was part of the reason that he ordered to withhold funding to Ukraine? Mick Mulvaney: (21:34) The look back to what happened in 2016 certainly was part of the thing that he was worried about in corruption with that nation. And that is absolutely appropriate. Reporter (M): (21:42) Withholding the funding? Mick Mulvaney: (21:43) Yeah. Which ultimately then flowed. By the way, there was a report that we were worried that if we didn’t pay out the money, it would be illegal. Okay. It would be unlawful. That is one of those things that has that little shred of truth in it that makes it look a lot worse than it really is. We were concerned about over at OMB about an impoundment, and I know I’ve just put half of you folks to bed, but Budget Control Impoundment Act of 1974 says if Congress appropriates money, you have to spend it. Okay. At least that’s how it’s interpreted by some folks. And we knew that that money either had to go out the door by the end of September or we had to have a really, really good reason not to do it. And that was the legality of the issue. Reporter (M): (22:25) But to be clear, what you just described is a quid pro quo. It is funding will not flow unless the investigation into into the Democratic server happened as well. Mick Mulvaney: (22:35) We do that all the time with foreign policy. We were holding up money at the same time for what was it? The Northern triangle countries. We were holding up aid at the Northern triangle countries so that they would change their policies on immigration. By the way, and this speaks to an important … I’m sorry? This speaks to important point because I heard this yesterday and I can never remember the gentleman who … Was it McKinney? Is that his name? I don’t know him. He testified yesterday. And if you go and if you believe the news reports, because we’ve not seen any transcripts of this. The only transcript I’ve seen was Sondland’s testimony this morning.
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  3. impala tmech81 You have placed the Village Idiot on a pedestal and called him a prophet.
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  4. Julia Rickett “Did [President Trump] also mention to me in passing the corruption related to the DNC server? Absolutely—no question about that.” “What happened in 2016 certainly was part of the thing that he was worried about in corruption with that nation, and that is absolutely appropriate.” “Anyone with a problem with that, Mulvaney added, is a naif.” “I have news for everybody: get over it,” Mulvaney said, in response to ABC’s Jon Karl, who noted that what Mulvaney had just described was exactly the sort of “quid pro quo” arrangement that Trump has repeatedly denied. “There is going to be political influence in foreign policy.”
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  5. B Jordan I read the transcripts did you? I also read all 448 pages of the Muller Report did you? I also read all the texts going back and forth between the Diplomats and Trump’s “Alt” goverment channels, did you. Have you read about the “Three Amigos” or Two Amigos because Perry is resigning after his part of Ukraine was exposed. Have you read what the Professional Diplomats have been saying, I have.
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