from the ICIG 🙄
Timeline of events (showing everything in Schiff’s tweet was already out there)
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Trump is withholding vital military aid to Ukraine, while his personal lawyer seeks help from the Ukraine government to investigate his political opponent.
It doesn’t take a stable genius to see the magnitude of this conflict.
Or how destructive it is to our national security.
August 28, 2019
https://www.lawfareblog.com/timeline-trump-ukraine-scandal
April 7, 2019: Giuliani says on Fox News that he wants the Department of Justice to look into Biden’s dealings in Ukraine.
May 1, 2019: The New York Times reports that conservative media has “fanned” scrutiny of Hunter Biden’s dealings in Ukraine. The Times also writes that Giuliani discussed the Bidens’ involvement in a Ukrainian corruption investigation with then-Ukrainian Prosecutor General Shokin and met with Lutsenko, Shokin’s successor, “multiple times in New York.” The Times reports that Lutsenko “later told associates that, during one of the meetings, Mr. Giuliani called Mr. Trump excitedly to brief him on his findings.”
May 9, 2019: The New York Times writes that Giuliani plans to go to Ukraine to talk with the Ukrainian administration about looking into “matters of intense interest to Trump,” including Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine. Giuliani claims that he and his team are “meddling in an investigation, which we have a right to do.”
May 11, 2019: The Washington Post reports that Giuliani calls off his trip to Ukraine amid criticism of his plans.
Aug. 28, 2019: Politico reports that Trump refused to dispense $250 million in funds for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative and that he had requested that his national security team review the funding “in order to ensure the money is being used in the best interest of the United States.” Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and then-National Security Adviser John Bolton were among the officials asked to review the funding.
Note: Schiff’s tweet is in response to this report
https://twitter.com/natashabertrand/status/1166839608811970560