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sprinkleeninow

(20,267 posts)
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 05:37 AM Jan 2020

CBS Overnight News/Explanation why Ukraine funds held back.

Actually said in another manner: "Wanted to make sure the American taxpayers' money would be used properly."
Yah, what a pantload....


»»According to GAO General Counsel Thomas H. Armstrong, the White House OMB told GAO that it withheld the funds to ensure that they were not spent "'in a manner that could conflict with the President's foreign policy.''««
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CBS Overnight News/Explanation why Ukraine funds held back. (Original Post) sprinkleeninow Jan 2020 OP
According to Parnas mercuryblues Jan 2020 #1
It doesn't matter what reason Trump gave gab13by13 Jan 2020 #2
They have various versions for different occasions. sprinkleeninow Jan 2020 #4
Yep Cosmocat Jan 2020 #3
"the president's foreign policy" Martin Eden Jan 2020 #5

mercuryblues

(14,547 posts)
1. According to Parnas
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 06:16 AM
Jan 2020

This was only the 1st step. If Zelensky didn't agree to open a Biden investigation, trump was going to withhold all aid.

sprinkleeninow

(20,267 posts)
4. They have various versions for different occasions.
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 07:44 AM
Jan 2020

Sure a law was broken/a criminal act committed. They trying to sugar coat the reason why they did it expecting it to be swallowed more easily by the duped ones.

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