- 08 Nov 2019 10:54
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Here is what senior diplomat George Kent had to say in the parliamentary hearing:
Trump is trying to turn the US into the Ukraine of the Americas. That is, into one of the most corrupt countries on the planet.
It's amazing how the Trumpets on Pofo fall into this trap. Investigating your political opponent for corruption is the hallmark of every corrupt politician on this planet. It has nothing to do with the "fight against corruption." It is corruption.
“[Ambassador] Gordon [Sondland], had talked to the President, POTUS in sort of shorthand,
and POTUS wanted nothing less than President Zelensky to go to microphone and say
investigations, Biden, and Clinton.”
“I do not believe the U.S. should ask other countries to engage in politically associated
investigations and prosecutions. … As a general principle, I don’t think that as a matter of policy
the U.S. should do that period, because I have spent much of my career trying to improve the
rule of law. And in countries like Ukraine and Georgia, both of which want to join NATO, both
of which have enjoyed billions of dollars of assistance from Congress, there is an outstanding
issue about people in office in those countries using selectively politically motivated prosecutions
to go after their opponents. And that’s wrong for the rule of law regardless of what country that
happens.”
Trump is trying to turn the US into the Ukraine of the Americas. That is, into one of the most corrupt countries on the planet.
It's amazing how the Trumpets on Pofo fall into this trap. Investigating your political opponent for corruption is the hallmark of every corrupt politician on this planet. It has nothing to do with the "fight against corruption." It is corruption.