Political Quotes

“I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I include in the Record an October 9, 2019, a Politico magazine article entitled ``This Is What a Legitimate Anti-Corruption Effort in Ukraine Would Look Like,'' which explains that legitimate requests are made through the DOJ's Office of International Affairs and pursuant to the United States Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty. [From POLITICO Magazine, October 9, 2019] This Is What a Legitimate Anti-Corruption Effort in Ukraine Would Look Like (By Samantha Vinograd) President Donald Trump insists there's an innocent explanation for the July 25 phone call in which he asked Ukraine's president to investigate political rival Joe Biden. ``I don't care about Biden's campaign,'' he told reporters on Friday, ``but I do care about corruption.'' Now, congressional Republicans seem to be bolstering that defense. Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Tuesday that he will invite Rudy Giuliani, a key player in Trump's dealings with Ukraine, to testify on corruption in the country--an odd choice when Graham could have asked, for example, a U.S. government official who is an authorized expert on corruption in Ukraine. When it comes to the Bidens, asking a foreign country to investigate an American, when there is no domestic criminal investigation into him, is a non-starter. We have domestic law enforcement avenues for that.…”