Bombshell Impeachment Testimony Shows Trump Let Russia Run America's Ukraine Policy

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Posted on Mon, Nov 11th, 2019 by Sean Colarossi
Bombshell Impeachment Testimony Shows Trump Let Russia Run America’s Ukraine Policy


New testimony from Catherine Croft, a former White House official, shows that Donald Trump and Mick Mulvaney were essentially letting Russia run America’s policy toward Ukraine during the first year Trump was in office.

As The Daily Beast reported on Monday, citing Croft’s testimony, “Under Mick Mulvaney’s leadership, the Office of Management and Budget temporarily put a hold on the delivery of anti-tank missiles to Ukraine in 2017 because of concerns their arrival would upset Russia.”

Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
Via key Catherine Croft excepts: OMB placed a separate, earlier hold on Javelin missiles because Mick Mulvaney was concerned that "Russia would react negatively to the provision of Javelins to Ukraine," despite the fact that "all of the other policy agencies were in support."
6:50 PM · Nov 11, 2019·

The Daily Beast notes that Croft called the move “highly unusual.”

More from the report:

Croft told congressional impeachment investigators that after the Trump administration greenlit the delivery of Javelin missiles to Ukraine in late 2017—the first delivery of lethal aid to the country since Russian separatists seized territory in its Eastern region in 2014—Mulvaney’s office held it up.

“Did you understand why?” asked the congressional staffer questioning her.

“I understood the reason to be a policy one,” she replied.

“What was the policy one?”

“In a briefing with Mick Mulvaney, the question centered around the Russian reaction,” she continued.

“What was the concern about the Russian reaction?” asked the staffer.

“That Russia would react negatively to the provision of Javelins to Ukraine,” she said.

Trump has repeatedly shown that he is beholden to Russia

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https://www.politicususa.com/2019/11/11/bombshell-impeachment-testimony-shows-trump-let-russia-run-ukraine-policy.html

[bdamomma]

1. The godfather

is not tRump, it's Putin.

tRump wants to be in the club.

so Trump is supporting Putin's extermination of the Ukrainians. Add that to the Kurds too.

[Stuart G]

2. K and R for exposure, If everyone read this, it might prove Russian intervention in U.S. policy by

traitor Donald Trump.. Everyone needs to know Trump is a traitor

[Faux pas]

3. The

shit just keeps getting deeper

[2naSalit]

4. K&R

[moondust]

5. OMB was the only hold.

Per Rachel's and Lawrence's coverage of this, a number of agencies had to sign off on delivery of the Javelins and they all gave it the go-ahead except one: Mulvaney's OMB.

The OMB Director reports to the President, Vice President and the White House Chief of Staff.

K/R

[BlancheSplanchnik]

6. I want EVERYONE to read this.

The headline, at least, needs to go viral.

[tavernier]

7. Mikhail Mulvaneitch.

Wouldn’t it be funny if Wikipedia revealed that as his real name.

[Kid Berwyn]

8. Treason

Is what traitors do.

[crickets]

16. Yep, it's treason.

I don't think we're just talking about election funny business any more, or even extortion and bribery.

The Rubicon has been crossed.

[triron]

18. Treason on multiple occasions beginning in 2016.

[kairos12]

9. A nest of traitors.

[lastlib]

10. "Rublonic plague"--this whole damn crime ring is afflicted with it.

They (along with Moscow Mitch, Leningrad Lindsey, and Devin NuNyet, et al.) need to be in isolation cells at Leavenworth to contain it.

[yaesu]

11. tRump & the GOP is letting russia run everything. nt

[Greg K]

12. Nancy Pelosi was right, all roads lead to Putin.

[triron]

13. This encapsulates it very succinctly and to the point.

[triron]

14. kick for visibility

[triron]

15. Betting this is a small part of what Trump has allowed Russia.

[crickets]

17. Not taking that bet because I think you're right. Wednesday morning, it's about to get real. nt

[uponit7771]

21. +1

[gademocrat7]

19. Treasonous bastards

[triron]

20. Rachel talked about this tonight.

Link to tweet

[lindysalsagal]

22. Ignore that, KGOP! THIS is why we HAD to impeach. he DID murder someone, just not on 5th ave.

People have died because of his foreign non-policies.A liar, a traitor and a murderer.

[NCLefty]

23. "All roads with Trump lead to Putin."

[Hermit-The-Prog]

24. ITTMF

Lock the whole damned treasonous bunch up and throw away the key.

[malaise]

25. K & R

They all must go to prison

[Botany]

26. But what about here emails?

All roads lead to Puitn.

[evertonfc]

27. my fear is

that no one is paying attention

[Johnny2X2X]

28. America has bombshell fatigue

This should be a huge story, but it's not, Americans hear too many bombshells to care now. And that's part of the Trump strategy.