"Quid pro quo" was the accusatory Latin phrase most often used to describe President Donald Trump's July 25 phone call asking for a "Favor" from the president of Ukraine.
Trump did direct the Executive branch not to provide witnesses and documents subpoenaed by the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees, both of which are partisan, pro-impeachment and chaired by unapologetic Trump-haters Jerrold Nadler and Adam Schiff.
Trump would be derelict in his duty if he allowed a rogue House to run roughshod over the White House.
The heart of this charge is that Trump briefly held up delivery of $391 million in "Vital military and security assistance to oppose Russian aggression." So doing, Trump "Compromised the national security of the United States."
Is the House serious? It was the Trump administration that began the transfer of the lethal aid - sniper rifles, Javelin missiles - that President Barack Obama had denied to Ukraine for three years.
If Trump's brief hold on a second tranche of lethal aid to Ukraine imperiled our "National security," was not Obama's yearslong denial of lethal aid to Ukraine a far greater peril to our national security?
Trump's offense is that he asked Ukraine's president to investigate the Bidens and Burisma Holdings, which paid son Hunter Biden $50,000 a month while Vice President Joe was the White House point man for rooting out corruption in Ukraine.
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2019/12/13/where-are-the-high-crimes-n2557936
Trump did direct the Executive branch not to provide witnesses and documents subpoenaed by the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees, both of which are partisan, pro-impeachment and chaired by unapologetic Trump-haters Jerrold Nadler and Adam Schiff.
Trump would be derelict in his duty if he allowed a rogue House to run roughshod over the White House.
The heart of this charge is that Trump briefly held up delivery of $391 million in "Vital military and security assistance to oppose Russian aggression." So doing, Trump "Compromised the national security of the United States."
Is the House serious? It was the Trump administration that began the transfer of the lethal aid - sniper rifles, Javelin missiles - that President Barack Obama had denied to Ukraine for three years.
If Trump's brief hold on a second tranche of lethal aid to Ukraine imperiled our "National security," was not Obama's yearslong denial of lethal aid to Ukraine a far greater peril to our national security?
Trump's offense is that he asked Ukraine's president to investigate the Bidens and Burisma Holdings, which paid son Hunter Biden $50,000 a month while Vice President Joe was the White House point man for rooting out corruption in Ukraine.
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2019/12/13/where-are-the-high-crimes-n2557936
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