Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where in two days I’ll begin the first leg of my journey to Brasil. But before I head off, I’m inviting everyone to join me at Payday’s Happy Hour sendoff.
acknowledging u.s. military aid was withheld from ukraine in part to pressure them to investigate the democrats, saying, get over it. this type of thing happens all the time. that s not what the president has been saying for weeks now, that there was no quid pro quo. and tonight, just before we came on the air, mulvaney releasing a statement, trying to walk back what he said today. abc s chief white house correspondent jonathan karl asked the question that led to it all, and he leads us off. reporter: at the white house today, the president s acting chief of staff admitted something the white house has long denied, that the president cut off military aid to ukraine in part to pressure them to investigate democrats. did he also mention to me in the past the corruption related to the dnc server? absolutely, no question about that. reporter: i asked him to clarify. so, the demand for an investigation into the democrats was part of the reason that he ordered to withhold funding to
that right after his two associates had a lunch with him, that they immediately tried to escape the country, and they were thankfully stopped by law enforcement at dulles airport. i want to know what giuliani knew about what his associates were doing in trying to get a member of congress, then-congressman pete sessions to write a letter criticizing the former u.s. ambassador. this is all very corrupt, very shady. we want to get answers. house democrats, as you know, have subpoenaed the energy secretary, rick perry, for documents. the administration has made it clear it won t cooperate so how likely is it that you will get any information from secretary perry? if secretary perry wants to clear his name he will come in and testify and provide documents. if he did nothing wonrong, he wl give information for the american people to see. we already know that donald trump cut off military aid to ukraine and a week later had a phone call with the ukrainian