U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Schaumburg) said acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney’s press conference yesterday is just the latest sign of wrongdoing with the Trump administration’s interactions with Ukraine.
He said the mere request for foreign assistance to investigate Joe Biden’s son and the debunked theory of Ukrainian hacking of DNC servers was illegal.
White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney admitted aid to Ukraine was held up in a quid pro quo — but later he walked back what he said.
Mulvaney contradicted what President Trump has vehemently denied. @CongressmanRaja says he thinks it was a "candid admission." pic.twitter.com/j7lQPWle9Q— Morning Edition (@MorningEdition) October 18, 2019
“You don’t need a quid pro quo for a crime to have been committed with regard to the latest Ukranian scheme. You know, the mere request for foreign assistance with a domestic political initiative is in itself illegal," Krishnamoorthi told NPR's Morning Editon on Friday. “But in this case, there was a brazen admission of a quid pro quo, and I think what he said initially was a candid admission."
Mulvaney later walked back his statement that military aid was withheld from Ukraine partially for political reasons.
Krishnamoorthi represents a Chicago-area district, but he grew up in Peoria. He’s a Richwoods High School graduate.
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