The Ukrainian Government adopted a unilateral position in favor of one candidate. More than that, certain oligarchs certainly with the approval of the Political Leadership funded this candidate or female candidate to be more precise. And if there was ever any doubt about who benefits from this unfounded theory put forward by President Trump and his associates, President Putin made it clear very recently when he said thank god no one is accusing us anymore of interfering in u. S. Elections. Now theyre accusing ukraine. In the face of clear evidence, not only from Intelligence Community experts, but from his own National Security team that russia, not ukraine, interfered in the 2016 election for the benefit of donald trump, President Trump still pressed the Ukrainian Government to announce an investigation into this Conspiracy Theory. Why . Because it would help his own
political standing. President trump even saukt sought to with hold an Oval Office Meeting from the president of ukraine
democratic nomination for president. then about a week later on may 3rd, president trump spoke with president putin on the telephone. one senior state department official testified that the conversation between president trump and president putin included a discussion of ukraine. third, on may 9th, mr. giuliani told the new york times he intended to travel to ukraine on behalf of his client, president trump, in order to, quote, meddle in an investigation, unquote. but after public backlash and apparent push back from the ukrainians, mr. giuliani cancelled his trip the next day, claiming that president zelensky was surrounded by enemies of president trump. at a critical may 23rd meeting in the oval office, president trump said that ukraine was corrupt and tried to take him down in 2016. the same false narrative pushed by president putin and mr. giuliani. in order for the white house
but it s tough for them to get too far away from that perfect defense. the second thing is that there is so much they realize they do not know. there is so much about all of the communications that the president was having with cabinet officials w rudy, what was going on in ukraine with rudy and his associates that it s difficult to get too far on a limb on the facts. the main point that the democrats make is if the president was so concerned that the bidens may have done something criminally wrong, they should be investigated, why go to the ukrainians to investigate? why not go to the fbi or justice department and ask u.s. law enforcement to investigate the bidens. sure. that highlights the difference between when something is done for legitimate purposes. if there really was some allegation based on fact or information that indicated there should be some kind of appropriate investigation, then the proper channel would be to go to the justice department, have them raise it with
biden formally announced his bid for a the democratic nomination for president. then about aatom week later on 3rd, president trump spoke with president putin on the telephone. one senior state department official testified that the conversation between president trumpen and president putin included a discussion of ukraine.cu third, on may 9th, mr. giuliani told the new york times he intended tork travel to ukraine behalf of his client, president trump in order to quote, meddle in an congestion, unquote. but after public backlash, and apparent push back from the ukrainians mr. giuliani cancelledra his trip the next d claiming that president zelensky was surrounded byes enemies of president trump. at a critical may 23rd meeting in the oval office, president trump said that ukraine was corrupt and tried to take him down in 2016. the same false narrative pushed
jill dougherty is traveling with secretary clinton. she joins me now on the phone. has the meeting there wrapped up? reporter: well, not totally, although they did have what they call the class photo. and that is all of the people who are here. it is, of course, secretary clinton, european representatives here representatives from arab countries, and they are here there s really a sense, i would say, of drama as these leaders are sitting here discussing what s going on in libya. they re aware of the news reports that are coming out. one senior state department official came in to give us his fill on what was happening. he said there was no indication that moammar gadhafi is following through on his promised cease-fire. in fact, he said, quite the contrary. this meeting was held pretty much at the last minute. it was called by president sarkozy, and we re told that there s minute by minute consultation between the united states and the militaries of