When asked what he had spoken about during his summer call with Ukraine's leader, President Trump said Monday, 'Why would you give money to a country that you think is corrupt?'
In the weeks before the whistleblower complaint became public, the Trump administration froze $250 million in military aid to Ukraine for unclear reasons. Then, just before Democrats revealed the existence of the whistleblower complaint, the administration released the hold on Ukrainian military aid andThe controversy has sparked a new round of calls for impeachment by Democrats.
"No quid pro quo, there was nothing," Trump told reporters on the White House South Lawn."It was a perfect conversation."
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