once the money was cleared to be released in June by our Defense dept who by law required to investigate and make certain no new corruption was going to take the funds, he held it back and did not notify congress on the military aid being held back, nor did he give any legit reason for holding it back.... that was not legal.1. The delay did not break the law, bullshit. Funding is delayed all the time for many legitimate reasonsthe delay WAS NOT justified...it broke the law.Dr. Fiona Hill looked like an idiot after she testified that the delayed military aid was essential for national security.
Then she was asked why she recommended against "lethal military aid" when the Ukes were actually fighting the Russians and taking 14,000 casualties.
The Obama admin sent them "blankets" as McCain described it. Trump sent them Javelin anti-tank weapons.
Dr. Hill said "she changed her mind" WTF? Ridiculous. Some fucking Russia expert. More of an idiot.
So who was right, Trump or Dr. Hill?
Dr. Hill. It would have been foolish to send weapons to Ukraine in 2014 when the country was still rife with corruption... Then the West cracked down and told them reform was required to get aid, and that is exactly what was done.
Again, we aren't talking about what kind of aid when. We are talking about Trump specifically withholding aid to get the Ukraine to launch investigations into his enemies... that's why he's being impeached.
1. Sending lethal US weapons like anti-tank Javelins, or not, to the Ukraine in 2014 had nothing to do with "corruption". That's when there was intense fighting in east Ukraine and they really needed the "lethal" aid. So Dr. Hill's whining that Trump withheld desperately needed aid for a few weeks and that affected US national security is total hypocritical bullshit. The US military is just fine with or without the Ukraine, thank you.
Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present) - Wikipedia
Impeachment witness Fiona Hill once opposed sending lethal aid to Ukraine in fight with Russia
2. Burisma and other Ukrainian corporations are still corrupt as testified to by all of Schiff's witnesses. The point being that Trump withheld the aid while the Ukraine changed regimes from Poroshenko to Zelensky and implemented anti-corruption measures. Poroshenko went to Russia and took about $30b in stolen funds. The delay was totally justified.
3. There may have been many reasons to withhold the release of the $400m. How do you know it was ONLY for "announcing an investigation into Burisma"?
Explain to me how investigating a corrupt Burisma is an investigation into Joe Biden? I call total bullshit.
the law states that the Pentagon had to investigate the Ukraine for any corruption before they could release the military aid money...
the aid appropriation was passed by congress and signed by the president in February 2019.
The Pentagon investigated all in the Ukraine and early June 2019 they finished their investigation and gave the clear, to release the aid.
Trump illegally stopped the release of the aid, without notifying congress and giving his reason...which also broke the law.
2. Agreed that the pentagon investigated the Ukraine and said it was ok
3. Agreed that the money was approved by congress and the president
The other pertinent "facts" that you are ignoring are:
1. The Ukraine just had elections and Poroshenko was out and Zelensky was in
2. Poroshenko went to Russia and took about $30 of Ukraiinaian funds
3. The Ukraine was changing administrations fro Poroshenko's guys to Zelensky's guys
4. Their "parliament" was revising laws to deter corruption,
5. Trump wanted the EU to kick-in more funding
6. Burisma and other corporations were still too powerful and corrupt, as testified to by Schiff's witnsses
7. Trump delayed the funding as long as he could without jeopardizing it, then released it
8. When he released it the new government was up and running.
The staff responsible for issuing the money in every single case of sending military aid to all countries by Congress and law that allocated it,
was pushed aside, and a Trump politico hired, took over....to hold the money back, illegally... because the steady state workers were going to follow legal procedure and release it....
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Giuliani was working with the previous corrupt govt before Velensky won, trying to get dirt on Bidens... then when they lost, Giuliani had to start all over again....
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Burisma's owner is corrupt, I don't have much doubt on that... Ukraine should investigate him... the bullcrap was Trump telling Zelensky to investigate Bidens...INSTEAD of mentioning Burisma's corruption.
but also, they were not going to get any of the new military aid
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Trump using his personal campaign lawyer, Giuliani, and the two goon crooks, and a KGB schooled Ukrainian parliament guy, and a corrupt Russian sympathizer prosecutor, and another corrupt Ukrainian prosecutor and an oligarch awaiting extradition for money laundering in the the USA as his sources pushing this bull crap story that Joe Biden is corrupt, with alleged Burisma ledgers as proof is a bunch of corrupt Malarchy.... replacing our own diplomatic policy with Trump's personal gainful wishes, is a crock full of swamp goo. I wouldn't put my faith in it, that's for certain!
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if the corruption in the Ukraine was his concern, he would have followed the law and agreement we have with the Ukraine, and used the DOJ, AG Barr to LEGALLY INVESTIGATE an American, overseas, with the prosecutor general in the Ukraine....
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If the president was legitimately investigate corruption in the Ukraine,
A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT of investigating the Bidens on CNN would NOT have been required, as it WAS, in order to get a well coveted meeting in DC....
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HOW IN THE HECK is holding back military aid to Zelensky going to get The EU to donate more money? the Ukraine can't force them to give him more money? That's batsh*t crazy of an excuse....
And let me remind you, he never gave anyone an excuse, he never gave Congress an excuse.