Bismarck.Josiahflaming said:
»Was a reason ever provided for why the white house decided to delay the foreign aid in the first place? Sounds odd.
Never. And apparently the president had no legal authority to delay it.
This is incorrect.
Ukraine was instrumental in the corruption of the 2016 election. Trump wanted to make sure zalinsky was the real deal before he handed over the money. This is evidenced by the indictment regarding Burisma and hunter biden that came out today.
Trump wanted to make sure that the aid wasn’t going to line anyones pockets. So he waited until he could verify Zalinski was serious about his campaign promises of transparency.
The delay did not violate any law, and it was not conditional on any investigation per the testimony of every person called so far.