One source familiar with the contents of the exchange said that Trump did not raise the issue of American military and intelligence aid that had been pledged to Ukraine, indicating there was not an explicit quid pro quo in that call.
The call is part of a broader set of facts included in the whistleblower complaint that is at the center of a showdown between the executive branch and Congress, with officials in the Trump administration refusing to divulge any information about the substance of an Aug. 12 report to the inspector general of the U.S. intelligence community.
The revelation that Trump pushed Zelensky to pursue the Biden probe, which was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, represents the most detailed account so far of the president’s conduct that prompted a U.S. intelligence official to file a whistleblower action against the president.
The disclosure comes amid new details about the White House’s role in preventing acting director of national intelligence Joseph Maguire from complying with congressional demands for the material in the complaint…
image….Al Drago/Bloomberg
I disagree that it is a”new low.”
I think it’s just par for the course.Trump will say and do anything.Why not?
He knows the Republican eunuchs in Congress are a pack of moral cowards who are so frightened by their increasingly cultish acting “base” that they will excuse any act of his ,no matter how outrageous.
Meanwhile,let’s worry about Joe Bidens uh, “gaffes.”
Well I think it IS a new low….
I guess Trump felt that HIS kids where under the microscope so he’d go after the Democrats…
Sanders wife was in the cross hairs for a while…
A sort of ‘hands off’ warning to opponents?
Updates…
Why Trump’s Ukraine scandal could backfire on Biden
An extended discussion about his son’s business dealings isn’t helpful to Biden’s electability argument…
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Trump tries to move Ukraine scandal’s focus toward Biden..
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Trump doesn’t deny asking world leader about Biden
The president’s remarks are sure to escalate tensions between the White House and Congress over a whistleblower complaint…
If you don’t ‘get it?’
Donald Trump is saying….
After Democrats went after HIS kids for their financial dealings…’He did it TOO!’…
And he’s gonna run against me!
THAT IS gonna play well with HIS base folks….
Insignificant.
His “base” people are Never going to vote for any Democrat anyway.
Of course, you don’t seem to comprehend that simple fact.
And once again?Unsurprising.
Dem’s have been nibbling around the edges….
And getting some bites…
They need to keep at it…
There is no evidence that I am aware of that what is referred to as the “base” has lost any enthusiasm for their Leader.
What you are speaking of is the reluctant Trump voter,who voted for him last time with a distinct lack of enthusiasm.
And there hasn’t been much of that.
Indeed, what is noteworthy about Trump is that he has remained remarkably consistent in his approval in the low 40s throughout his presidency.
Lots’s of reports about suburban GOPer women leaving the guy….
He WAS in the 90’s ….
Even you have lower the numbers to the 80’s….
Around the edges my friend…
70,000 votes in a few states?….
That’s exactly who I’m talking about,
Those were the reluctant Trump voters .
I would never have defined them as part of the “base.”
ok
but they WOULD be in the 5 to 19% drop off in his support poll number’s i’m saying….
Biden talking trash….
Talking Points Memo
@TPM
Fired-up Biden: Trump trying to “smear” me because he knows I’ll “beat him like a drum” https://buff.ly/2Mkdyor
Excellent!….
southpaw
@nycsouthpaw
Let me get this straight: In order to give credibility to their conspiracy theory that Biden as VP had withheld funds from Ukraine as leverage to benefit his son, the President and his lawyer hatched a genius plan to withhold funds from Ukraine as leverage to benefit themselves?
Even Better!….
Karol Cummins
@karolcummins
‼️WHISTLEBLOWER THEORY‼️
Let’s take the Biden ’dirt’ hunt aspect out of the story & set it aside as a horrific diversion for now.
The truth is much worse.
Remember the Cohen, Sater, Flynn, Manafort & Artemenko “Ukrainian Peace Plan” circa Feb 2017?
Putin quid pro quo?
Barry Goldwater told Nixon when he lost support of Republican Senators during Watergate.
I can’t see a single Republicanin Congress now that would be willing or able to tell Trump the same thing. Not now not before November 2020 when everyone serious about removing this abominatiin from the White House will be voting for the one person who can accomplish that in today’s political environment–the Democratic Presidential nominee.
Trump don’t listen…
They do to him…
Simple…