White House Is Said to Open Internal Review of Ukraine Call
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON President Trump has for weeks sought to unmask the whistle-blower who shed light on his Ukraine dealings. But instead aides have fixated on one another: Advisers began a fact-finding review that some fear is a hunt for a scapegoat, according to White House aides and other people familiar with it.
Even as the impeachment inquiry intensifies in Congress, White House lawyers are leading their own review, the people said. They are seeking to understand White House officials actions around Mr. Trumps July 25 call with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, which is central to the whistle-blowers allegation that Mr. Trump abused his power.
The lawyers inquiry centers on why one of their colleagues, the deputy White House counsel John A. Eisenberg, placed a rough transcript of the call in a computer system typically reserved for the countrys most closely guarded secrets. Mr. Trump later directed that a reconstructed transcript be released amid intensifying scrutiny from House Democrats.
The review shows how quickly the impeachment inquiry escalated tensions in a West Wing already divided over the publication of the transcript, and it appears to be the latest example of administration officials rushing to protect themselves in the Ukraine scandal.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/us/politics/white-house-review-ukraine.html
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)BumRushDaShow
(127,305 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Looks for scapegoat. The whistleblower is not the criminal here - the President is.
EveHammond13
(2,855 posts)Jarqui
(10,110 posts)superfluous facts going in the media to confuse the message
empedocles
(15,751 posts)rpannier
(24,304 posts)Javaman
(62,439 posts)yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)riversedge
(69,721 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,246 posts)because nothing else is working for Trump/Rs right now.
Have you noticed how no Rs are coming out of these depositions and have little to nothing to say?
Vinca
(50,170 posts)BumRushDaShow
(127,305 posts)"fox CAUSED the carnage in the chicken coop".
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)have made it crystal clear that republicans can not run this country. At least not in an honest way, that benefits everyone, apart from the rich. There does not appear to be one honest, law abiding member of the entire cabal of (R)'s. It was obvious right from the start that tRump was inexperienced and looking out for himself. How could so many people be fooled by his bluff and bluster? once the whole truth is exposed, and many, many people jailed maybe voters will take an honest look at all the republicans. Moscow Mitch and his wife, both being investigated, certainly not for "helping" this country, or the people of Kentucky. The rot has been there for many, many years. It took a blatantly self promoting idiot like tRump to get them all to come out of the woodwork. All grabbing for Russian cash and "deals" to make themselves rich.
BillyBobBrilliant
(805 posts)We'll take it from here. Just sit quietly over there...we'll call you when the paddy wagon gets here.