Political Quotes

“Mr. Chief Justice, I send a question to the desk for the House managers. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senator Duckworth for the House managers: If the hold on aid to Ukraine was meant to be kept secret until the President could gather internal U.S. government information on Ukraine corruption and European cost sharing, then is there any documentary evidence of this? For example, is there any evidence that the President was briefed on those issues by the NSC, DOD or State Department during the period of the hold in the summer of 2019, or any evidence that he requested specific information on anti-corruption reform measures in Ukraine? Prior to releasing the aid on September 11, 2019, did the President order any changes to Administration policy to address corruption in Ukraine or burden sharing with our European allies? Mr. Manager CROW. Mr. Chief Justice. Thank you, Senator, for that question. Let's just take a moment and address what the process should have looked like, because, as we have already established and as President's counsel has conceded and we have conceded, this does happen. Right? There is a legitimate policy process for review and for determination on hold because there is, indeed, legitimate policy reasons to hold aid. And we have never said that corruption is not one of those or burden-sharing wouldn't be one of those.…”