Rick Perry said he repeatedly pressed Ukrainian officials on corruption, but he denied ever demanding the country investigate political opponents like Joe Biden
Wednesday he and other Trump administration officials repeatedly pressed Ukrainian officials on corruption, but he denied ever demanding the country investigate domestic political opponents like former Vice President Joe Biden., acknowledged he urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his predecessor Petro Poroshenko to tackle corruption, but said he did so because addressing those issues was vital to attracting U.S. energy investment in the region.
Perry was not asked nor did he address his involvement as one of the “three amigos” that a top U.S. diplomatTuesday amounted to “an irregular, informal channel of U.S. policymaking with respect to Ukraine.” The testimony from that diplomat, William Taylor, painted a damaging portrait showing that Trump sought to withhold critical military aid to Ukraine and refuse a White House meeting with the country’s president unless he pursued politically motivated investigations into Trump’s rivals.
The former Texas governor defended his decision to not comply with the Congressional subpoena seeking information in a“The president did absolutely nothing wrong," he said. "I was in those meetings. He never said the word Biden in any of them and there is no quid pro quo going on here like the Democrats would like to make you think. We’re not going to participate in an unlawful effort.
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