NEW: Sen. Chuck Schumer says newly leaked emails makes clear top aides to Pres. Trump should be forced to testify in a Senate impeachment trial.
January 2, 2020, 10:07 PMMark Wilson/Getty Imagesin which a White House budget official describes “clear direction from POTUS” on U.S. aid to Ukraine, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday said the new evidence makes clear that top aides to President Donald Trump should be forced to testify in a Senate impeachment trial.
“The newly-revealed unredacted emails are a devastating blow to Senator McConnell’s push to have a trial without the documents and witnesses we’ve requested," Schumer said in a statement. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer holds a press conference at the U.S. Capitol, Dec. 16, 2019, in Washington, DC."These emails further expose the serious concerns raised by Trump administration officials about the propriety and legality of the president’s decision to cut off aid to Ukraine to benefit himself," he added.
The leaked emails expand on public understanding of what the White House told the Pentagon and State Department about a freeze on nearly $400 million in assistance to Ukraine, which continues to fend off Russian troops at its border. Congress had approved the money, and it was signed by the president into law. But witnesses testifying before the House this fall told lawmakers that they were told Trump had put a hold on the aid in mid-July. The unredacted emails were sent from June until Sept.
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