(09-25-2019, 12:15 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: So, he starts out the conversation with the President of the Ukraine by reminding him of how generous the US has been.  Then Trump asks him to investigate Trump's political opponents, specifically Joe Biden.   He asks him to speak to Rudy Giuliani about it, who is not a government official.  Giuliani is Trump's private attorney.  

And then, he suggests that the Ukrainians call the US Attorney General about the matter, which if they had done that would have set up the inevitable Fox News headline: "Ukrainians call US Attorney General Asking for Help Investigating Biden Corruption."  

He's basically asking a foreign government for help in the US Presidential election.  Spin it any way you want, but that's what it looks like.

That's not exactly correct if you actually read the transcript. [/url].

President Trump talked about how the European nations should be doing more to help Ukraine.  He does point out that the United States does a lot for Ukraine and has been very good to them yet it hasn't exactly been reciprocal.

He then points out that there may be some important information regarding the 2016 election (prior to/during) in Ukraine, and he specifically mentioned [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CrowdStrike]Crowdstrike.  This is all related to the hacking of the DNC and also ties into Hillary Clinton's email server and the fake dossier that she purchased.

In response the Ukrainian President acknowledged the situation and he mentioned first Giuliani when saying that one of his assistants had spoken with him and that he hopes that they can speak further.  President Trump agreed then mentioned about the prosecutor that was fired and how Joe Biden bragged about having a hand in it.  He also talked about the former ambassador from Ukraine to the U.S. and how she was "bad news".  The Ukrainian President agreed.

There is nothing in there that shows or proves that President Trump is "asking a foreign government for help in the US Presidential election".

It's another big nothing-burger just like the Mueller report/investigation.

Spin it however you and much of the MSM want, there is nothing in there that is an "impeachable offense".

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