Trump Meeting Was Clearest Quid Pro Quo in Push for Biden Probe
- Volker said U.S. would ‘nail down’ meeting date if demands met
- Zelenskiy-Trump meeting would send a signal to Russia’s Putin
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskiy shake hands during a meeting in New York, on Sept. 25.
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Public debate surrounding the House impeachment inquiry has focused heavily on whether President Donald Trump’s aides withheld military aid to Ukraine as part of a “quid pro quo.”
Yet testimony unsealed this week makes clear that something else valuable to the fledgling Ukrainian government was the initial deal offered: an Oval Office meeting between the nations’ leaders if Ukraine announced it would investigate Joe Biden and the Democrats.