DOJ Clears Trump Less Than 24 Hours After Pelosi's Impeachment Announcement
https://www.westernjournal.com/author/joesetyon/?ff_source=push&ff_medium=conservativetribune&ff_campaign=pushtraffic&ff_content=2019-09-27 The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it opted not to investigate President Donald Trump over a controversial phone call he had in July with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The news came hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California announced the start of an official impeachment probe.
“The actions of the Trump presidency revealed the dishonorable fact of the president’s betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security, and betrayal of the integrity of our e******ns,” Pelosi told reporters on Tuesday from the Capitol Building, according to ABC News.
Pelosi cited the Ukraine controversy in her brief statement about impeachment.
Prior to the Wednesday release of the transcript of the call, Trump critics claimed the president was withholding $400 million in aid from Ukraine as a bargaining chip he was using to get Ukraine to investigate past activities of Democratic p**********l candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden’s son.
The transcript released by the White House does not mention the aid, which was eventually released to Ukraine in September.
Investigators looked into the call to see whether Trump had sought a sort of campaign contribution from Ukraine by asking Zelensky to probe the family of a political opponent, and decided there was no basis for a criminal investigation, The Washington Times reported.
The Department of Justice’s Criminal Division “reviewed the official record of the call and determined, based on the facts and applicable law, that there was no campaign finance violation and that no further action was warranted,” DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec told HuffPost for an article published Wednesday.
She said all “relevant components of the Department agreed with this legal conclusion, and the Department has concluded the matter.”.....
DOJ Clears Trump Less Than 24 Hours After Pelosi's... (