GOP claim that Trump cares about corruption takes a hit at impeachment hearing
A key Republican talking point in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump took a hit at Wednesday’s hearing in an exchange between Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., and Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas. In his questioning of David Hale, undersecretary of state for political affairs, Ratcliffe reprised a now familiar defense of the president, that putting a hold on military aid to Ukraine was done out of concern about corruption in the country. The reasons for the hold in summer 2019, during Ukraine’s ongoing war with Russia, were not communicated ...
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