A top White House adviser on Ukraine told the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that President Donald Trump disregarded talking points on corruption in an April phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
“Those were the recommended talking points that were cleared through the NSC staff for the president,” Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman said.
According to a rough transcript of the call, Trump did not address anything corruption-related. Yet the administration has claimed that the president withheld $400 million in military aid to Ukraine because he was concerned about corruption in that country, and the White House’s official readout of the conversation …read more
Source:: Reason.com
