The whistleblower complaint imploded big time yesterday when part of it was specifically called out as false by a senior government official, according to Christina Ruffini, the State Department and Foreign Affairs Reporter for CBS News.
A]ccording to the whistleblower complaint, by mid-May, U.S. diplomat Kurt Volker sought to "Contain the damage" from Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani's outreach to Ukraine.
A July 19 text message conversation from Volker to Giuliani, provided to Fox News on Thursday, showed that Volker had in fact encouraged Giuliani to reach out to Ukraine - even sending Giuliani a message reading, "Connecting you here with Andrey Yermak, who is very close to President Zelensky." Additionally, the complaint said Trump "Suggested that Mr. Zelensky might want to keep" his current prosecutor general, a claim not supported by the transcript.
Ukraine has also made it clear that they did not in any way feel pressured in the phone call, despite the whistleblower saying differently.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said it was a "Normal call" and "No one pushed me." But now there's even more.
The whistleblower complained that there was nothing at all sensitive in the call.
The President's call with Zelenskyy contained references to both POTUS's and the Ukrainian President's opinions on multiple European countries and leaders, especially Germany/France and Merkel/Macron, as well as sanctions policy towards Russia pic.
https://www.redstate.com/nick-arama/2019/09/27/another-major-part-of-the-whistleblower-memo-called-out-as-false/
A]ccording to the whistleblower complaint, by mid-May, U.S. diplomat Kurt Volker sought to "Contain the damage" from Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani's outreach to Ukraine.
A July 19 text message conversation from Volker to Giuliani, provided to Fox News on Thursday, showed that Volker had in fact encouraged Giuliani to reach out to Ukraine - even sending Giuliani a message reading, "Connecting you here with Andrey Yermak, who is very close to President Zelensky." Additionally, the complaint said Trump "Suggested that Mr. Zelensky might want to keep" his current prosecutor general, a claim not supported by the transcript.
Ukraine has also made it clear that they did not in any way feel pressured in the phone call, despite the whistleblower saying differently.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said it was a "Normal call" and "No one pushed me." But now there's even more.
The whistleblower complained that there was nothing at all sensitive in the call.
The President's call with Zelenskyy contained references to both POTUS's and the Ukrainian President's opinions on multiple European countries and leaders, especially Germany/France and Merkel/Macron, as well as sanctions policy towards Russia pic.
https://www.redstate.com/nick-arama/2019/09/27/another-major-part-of-the-whistleblower-memo-called-out-as-false/
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