You can tell how much the media actually cares about collusion by their complete silence about acknowledged collusion, confirmed by the Ukranian Embassy.
In its most detailed account yet, the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington says a Democratic National Committee (DNC) insider during the 2016 election solicited dirt on Donald Trump’s campaign chairman and even tried to enlist the country’s president to help.
In written answers to questions, Ambassador Valeriy Chaly’s office says DNC contractor Alexandra Chalupa sought information from the Ukrainian government on Paul Manafort’s dealings inside the country, in hopes of forcing the issue before Congress.
Chalupa later tried to arrange for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to comment on Manafort’s Russian ties on a U.S. visit during the 2016 campaign, the ambassador said.
Chaly says that, at the time of the contacts in 2016, the embassy knew Chalupa primarily as a Ukrainian-American activist and learned only later of her ties to the DNC. He says the embassy considered her requests an inappropriate solicitation of interference in the U.S. election.
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Chaly’s written answers mark the most direct acknowledgement by Ukraine’s government that an American tied to the Democratic Party sought the country’s help in the 2016 election, and they confirm the main points of a January 2017 story by Politico on Chalupa�s efforts.
Gee, I wonder if Chalupa has any other unsavory associations.
And I wonder if those unsavory associations have any connections to Cody Shearer, partner of Hillary Clinton’s Chief Conspiracy Theorist Sydney Bluementhal.
All involved in this need to be arrested tried and convicted for Treason
It’s only bad to break laws when Republicans do it… or can be accused of it.
May 11, 2019 — Rudy Giuliani Cancels His Trip to Ukraine, Blaming Democrats’ ‘Spin’
“The trip raised the specter of a lawyer for Mr. Trump pressing a foreign government to pursue investigations that his allies hope could help him win re-election.”
Most likely because that’s precisely what it was—a fact pretty much obvious to everyone.
How does this man not have a clown nose in his pocket to put on for such occasions? They’ve very inexpensive. Certainly much less than the fishnet stockings and high heels he has been known to wear.
It’s better to let the issue ride and then use the fact that Biden tried to kill and investigation into Hunter’s activities in Ukraine and the DNC tried to get Ukraine to interfere on her behalf in 2016 if Biden is the nominee.
An op ed from the Washington Post. Maybe someone has a different theory as to why assistance is being withheld from Ukraine, which is actively resisting Russian incursion. The Pentagon has already reviewed the package and recommended it be released; there’s also bipartisan agreement in Congress that it should be released.
If the aid isn’t provided by September 30 the allocation will expire. No doubt Vladimir Putin would be greatly pleased.
The WP editorial: Trump tries to force Ukraine to meddle in the 2020 election:
@Greg:
That has been debunked by Joe, he insisted the prosecutor be fired for investigating the company paying his kid.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5507429/Bidens-son-Hunter-deal-Bank-China-fathers-trip.html
He bragged about his ability to withhold a billion in loans if they did not dance to his tune.
https://kprcradio.iheart.com/featured/the-pursuit-of-happiness/content/2019-04-02-joe-biden-used-his-vp-influence-to-stop-prosecutor-from-going-after-son/
His kids dealings in China need to be investigated too.
Be nice to the calf to get the “cash cow.”
From Joe….
“I said, ‘You’re not getting the billion.’ I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money,’” Biden recalled telling Poroshenko.
“Well, son of a bitch, he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time,” Biden told the Council on Foreign Relations event, insisting that President Obama was in on the threat.
The Dems and cohorts have a habit of accusing others of what they are up to.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5507429/Bidens-son-Hunter-deal-Bank-China-fathers-trip.html
A page from Hillary? when her brother got Haiti gold mining deals.
On Monday, he laid out a breathtakingly ambitious five-year plan including virtually every measure the International Monetary Fund and Western governments have urged on Ukraine in recent years, from land reform to the privatization of state companies to a cleansing of the judiciary.
Trump is notorious for getting what he wants first then paying, politicians are liars show us the reforms.
So, the reason that the Trump administration suspended military aid to Ukraine, which is threatened by Russia, against the recommendations of both the Pentagon and Congress, is… ?
@Greg: Trump already sent aid to Ukraine; military aid obama refused to send. Anti-tank weapons and small arms.
I guess obama was Putin’s little bitch, huh?
@Deplorable Me:
The Trump administration authorized the sale of US-made arms to Ukraine. He’ll also authorize the sale of miracle no-stick skillets, if anyone wants to buy them.
He is, in fact, presently withholding assistance, against the recommendations of both the Pentagon and Congress. And Giuliani has, in fact, been pressuring Ukraine to open investigations targeting Joe Biden, who is presently Trump’s most likely 2020 opponent.
The invitation remains open to suggest some explanation that isn’t as corrupt as what circumstances lead one to suspect.
FACT SHEET: U.S. Assistance to Ukraine since February 2014. (As of June, 2016)