New York Times: White House predicted congressional pushback for holding Ukraine aid (drug, military)

[tillman7]

Mick, you need to be a witness at the Senate Trial!

Washington (CNN)Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney was warned by a senior adviser last summer that he should "expect Congress to become unhinged" if the White House went through with withholding security aid to Ukraine, according to a previously undisclosed email conversation described by The New York Times.

"I'm just trying to tie up some loose ends," Mulvaney wrote in a June 27 email, according to the Times. "Did we ever find out about the money for Ukraine and whether we can hold it back?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/30/polit...aid/index.html

[saltine]

They pushback on everything wh does. Tell us something new.

[01Snake]

The OP continues to chase his tail looking for that elusive "gotcha" that's going bring old Donny Boy down.

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

Originally Posted by 01Snake

The OP continues to chase his tail looking for that elusive "gotcha" that's going bring old Donny Boy down.

That's OK. The coyote chased the roadrunner for years. It's kinda the same thing. Well, except Wile E Coyote was actually clever.

[animalcrazy]

Originally Posted by saltine

They pushback on everything wh does. Tell us something new.

Examples? It seems like Moscow Mitch pushes back on everything Congress does. Lets ask Trump why there are hundreds of bipartisan bills on McConnell's desk that he won't bring to a vote in the senate.
As far as Congress pushing back on aid that was signed by Trump and approved by Congress? Heck yeah he needed to be impeached for breaking the law, and not going through the proper channels if Trump did indeed feel that the aid needed to be looked at. Trump is not a monarch, he's not a dictator, and he has never respected that there are co-equal branches.

Bolton made it clear that he wanted no part of the drug deal that Trump and Mulvaney were cooking up. The law is clear. It was written after Nixon tried to withhold money that Congress approved for projects he didn't approve of. Congress holds the purse strings. Period. If funds need to be with held it has to go through Congress and Trump put in a yes man toxic termite to stop the flow.

These people involved need to appear in the Senate to testify.

[moneill]

DUH?! They wanted it all kept quiet?

Why?

Not because there was some national security issue and that the administration was justified in their arguments but because they knew what they were doing was sketchy.

[chucksnee]

NOW you really got him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!