Five hours after Mick Mulvaney acknowledges quid pro quo with Ukraine, the White House issued a statement attributed to Mulvaney in which he sought to walk back his earlier comments.
There never was any condition on the flow of the aid related to the matter of the DNC server.”
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney
And the statement said:
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“Once again, the media has decided to misconstrue my comments to advance a biased and political witch hunt against President Drumpf… Let me be clear, there was absolutely no quid pro quo between Ukrainian military aid and any investigation into the 2016 election. The president never told me to withhold any money until the Ukrainians did anything related to the server. The only reasons we were holding the money was because of concern about lack of support from other nations and concerns over corruption. Multiple times during the more-than 30 minute briefing where I took over 25 questions, I referred to President Drumpf’s interest in rooting out corruption in Ukraine, and ensuring taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly and appropriately. There was never any connection between the funds and the Ukrainians doing anything with the server — this was made explicitly obvious by the fact that the aid money was delivered without any action on the part of the Ukrainians regarding the server… There never was any condition on the flow of the aid related to the matter of the DNC server.”
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