Fact check – CLAIM: President Donald Trump never cared about corruption in Ukraine. VERDICT: FALSE. Democrats’ own investigation showed that he did — long before Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, and Burisma were an issue.
Adam Schiff told the Senate that Trump asked Zelensky, “I have a favor to ask.” Trump actually said: “I would like you to do us a favor.”
Fact check – CLAIM: Trump never raised the issue of corruption in Ukraine in 2017 or 2018. VERDICT: False. We know he did, from Schiff’s own inquiry.
The White House released its “trial memorandum” in response to impeachment on Monday, and it is a tour de force.
Croft testified that Trump had raised the issue of corruption in Ukraine before, even holding up aid and lecturing the previous Ukrainian president about it.
Debunking the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, line by line, revealing who has really violated their Oath of Office.
Two witnesses confirmed that there had been an earlier hold on Ukraine aid in 2017, and that the Obama administration had been aware of Hunter Biden’s role in Burisma.
State Department official Catherine Croft told House impeachment investigators that at least one unnamed official raised concerns and was “annoyed” about former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter doing business with corruption-linked Ukrainian company Burisma Holdings, transcripts released on Monday show.
A key witness called by Democrats to appear before the House Intelligence Committee testified last month that President Donald Trump had temporarily blocked U.S. aid to Ukraine in 2017 — and expressed some similar concerns to those in 2019.
New testimony in the ongoing House “impeachment inquiry” points to policy disagreements on Russia and Ukraine — not evidence of wrongdoing.
