11-04-2019, 05:19 PM
(11-04-2019, 05:06 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Playing Devil's advocate here, but couldn't an argument be made that they were aware of corruption occurring in the Ukraine related to a public figure and wanted it investigated? There are several reasons a person would want to uncover that type of graft occurring at the highest levels that don't have anything to do with an election (especially as there is about zero chance Biden will be the nominee). Now, I get the irony of Trump being the one concerned about this type of corruption, but the argument can still be made.
I thought this would be the defense Trump would try to make. It is pretty weak, but it makes more sense than claiming it never happened. However it now seems he is doubling down on there never being any quid-pro-quo at all.
The problem with claiming it was a "non political" request is that Trump had no evidence of any type that Biden's son was involved any sort of corruption, and at the time the call was made Biden was seen as one of the leading candidates for the Democrats. Plus there was the unusual request that the Ukraine make a public statement about investigating Biden's son. It is pretty clear that Trump did not care about rooting out any corruption. All he wanted was the existence of an investigation out there to throw shade on Biden. If he really cared about results there would be no need to demand a public announcement of the investigation.
