A Ukrainian official with knowledge of the discussion between President Trump and the Ukrainian president has stated that there was no quid pro quo leading up to or during the call.
This new revelation completely destroys the media’s and democrat’s claims that it was understood no call would take place, and aid would be withheld, without a discussion of Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
In fact, the official states that Ukraine wasn’t aware of the aid threat until after the call.
According to Fox News:
An unnamed Ukrainian official said that Kiev was not made aware that the U.S. suspended security funds until a month after President Trump’s call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, which calls into question the whistleblower’s account and Democrats’ arguments that there was a quid pro quo for the aid.
The official told The New York Times that Zelensky’s government was unaware about the aid issue until a month after Trump’s July 25 phone call in which he discussed Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
The whistleblower complaint – citing U.S. officials – claimed that officials in Kiev knew that the military aid could be in jeopardy in early August, but the whistleblower admitted to not knowing “how or when they learned of it.”
Republicans may seize on the apparent timeline inconsistencies and claim that if a quid pro quo was in place for the roughly $391 million in frozen aid, Ukrainian officials would know about it.
The Ukrainian president has also confirmed that Trump never pressured him into doing anything.
These revelations show the lengths the media and Democrats are willing to go to in order to take down Trump.
Including lies.