President Trump tweeted that Adam Schiff, the Democratic lawmaker leading the impeachment case against him, has ‘not paid the price, yet.’ Schiff told NBC's Meet the Press he thought the president's tweet was ‘intended to be’ a threat
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump told a then-top aide in August he wanted to freeze security aid to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into Democrats, including former Vice President Joe Biden, the New York Times reported on Sunday.
The newspaper said the reported statement could undercut a key element of Trump’s impeachment defense: that the aid delay was separate from his requests that Ukraine announce probes into his perceived enemies, including Biden and his son Hunter Biden, who had worked for a Ukrainian energy firm. The elder Biden is a leading 2020 Democratic presidential contender.
Trump has denied wrongdoing and calls the impeachment process a sham. The White House, which with Senate leaders has resisted calling witnesses, did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the New York Times report, nor did Jay Sekulow, who is helping lead the Republican president’s defense.U.S.
The House impeached Trump on charges of abusing the powers of his office by asking Ukraine to investigate Biden and of obstructing a congressional inquiry into his conduct. Officials had frozen the aid, and a deadline was looming to begin sending it, Bolton noted, according to the newspaper.
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