Senator Chris Murphy, who traveled to Ukraine in early September, told reporters this week that he had heard "Directly" from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky that Zelensky felt pressured by Trump to investigate Hunter Biden's involvement with Ukrainian gas giant Burisma.
According to a tape of a briefing Murphy gave two weeks ago about his meeting with Zelensky, Murphy made no mention at all of such an allegation.
Murphy, who traveled to Ukraine and other European nations in early September with Sen. Ron Johnson, has given inconsistent characterizations of his Sept. 5 meeting with Zelensky over the past two weeks, as Trump's conversations with Zelensky have drawn national and international attention.
If, as Murphy says, Zelensky expressed grave concern over the administration's actions, the Connecticut senator appears to have kept mum about it for over two weeks.
Contrary to his claim Monday that Zelensky felt the administration was withholding U.S. aid because of his unwillingness to investigate Hunter Biden, Murphy said Sept. 11 that Zelensky said he "Didn't have a clear sense of why aid was being withheld."
Murphy said then that he had personally asked Zelensky about Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani's attempts to investigate Hunter Biden and emphasized that Zelensky should rebuff any requests made outside of U.S. diplomatic channels.
Murphy's office did not respond to a request for comment on his meeting with Zelensky.
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/sen-chris-murphy-changes-his-story-on-zelensky-meeting/
According to a tape of a briefing Murphy gave two weeks ago about his meeting with Zelensky, Murphy made no mention at all of such an allegation.
Murphy, who traveled to Ukraine and other European nations in early September with Sen. Ron Johnson, has given inconsistent characterizations of his Sept. 5 meeting with Zelensky over the past two weeks, as Trump's conversations with Zelensky have drawn national and international attention.
If, as Murphy says, Zelensky expressed grave concern over the administration's actions, the Connecticut senator appears to have kept mum about it for over two weeks.
Contrary to his claim Monday that Zelensky felt the administration was withholding U.S. aid because of his unwillingness to investigate Hunter Biden, Murphy said Sept. 11 that Zelensky said he "Didn't have a clear sense of why aid was being withheld."
Murphy said then that he had personally asked Zelensky about Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani's attempts to investigate Hunter Biden and emphasized that Zelensky should rebuff any requests made outside of U.S. diplomatic channels.
Murphy's office did not respond to a request for comment on his meeting with Zelensky.
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/sen-chris-murphy-changes-his-story-on-zelensky-meeting/
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