It was the entire pressure campaign to get Ukrainians to launch two bogus investigations to influence our election and the president used the withholding of critical security aid and dangling an important meeting with the White House in order to bribe Ukrainians to engage in this election interference.
Ted Lieu: “It was the entire pressure campaign to get Ukrainians to launch two bogus investigations to influence our election and…”
On the recordNovember 11, 2019
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Ted Lieu describes the actions of President Trump regarding Ukraine as a pressure campaign aimed at influencing the election.
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