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The list of questions special counsel Robert Mueller submitted to President Donald Trump included a query about a controversial change to the Republican partys convention platform in June 2016 regarding the U.S. providing arms to Ukraine, according to sources familiar with the presidents responses.
Trump submitted his answers to special counsel Mueller last week after months of negotiating over how the questions would be handled. ABC News has previously reported that the questions, which were divided into five sections, focused mostly on whether there was collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the presidential campaign cycle, according to sources.
The platform revision occurred as the Republican National Convention got underway in Cleveland. On July 18, party insiders took the unusual step of watering down its formal position on whether the U.S. should help protect Ukraine from Russian incursions a move viewed as a surprising concession to the Russian government at a time of tension in Ukraine.
The platform change took place during the Republican convention organized by then-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Manafort had previously worked for a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party.
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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mueller-asked-trump-2016-rnc-platform-change-ukraine/story?id=59476035
Sources tell @ABC News the President told Mueller he was not aware of the platform change to the best of his recollection. That would be consistent with his answer to a question about the matter to ABC Newss George Stephanopoulos during the summer of 2016 https://abcn.ws/2FJyYuZ
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eleny
(46,166 posts)His great memory. Meh.
dalton99a
(81,637 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,747 posts)to russia is treason. For the entire ruling party.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)wherein the republicans betrayed America, sold out the nation, and unleashed a firestorm of utter bullshit evil, pissing and crapping all over American democracy.
The republican casino hustler & Draft-Dodger-in-Chief, handled by Poo T. Poot and his russian MoneyMobster cronies, has continued the attacks on US democracy and dignity ever since.
This is an utter republican disgrace that will live in infamy. republicans betrayed the USA.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)pecosbob
(7,545 posts)A good prosecutor nevers asks any question for which they don't have an answer.