Talking points on Trump’s Ukraine call about Biden accidentally emailed to Democrats

Press reports have given currency to flat-out fibs about the call.

• The transcript clearly shows there was no quid pro quo or anything else inappropriate about the conversation between President Trump and President Zelenskyy.

• Saga: The President made a mysterious “promise” to Zelenskyy in return for Ukraine reviving an investigation relating to Joe Biden and his son.

• Fact: There was no such commit oneself. The President wanted allegations of corruption potentially involving an American official to be investigated.

Impute to the rest of the talking points here:

• Myth: The President offered a “quid pro quo” related to military aid for Ukraine.

• Fact: There was no quid pro quo; in act there is no mention of the aid package to Ukraine at all.

• Myth: The President urged President Zelenskyy to work with Rudy Giuliani to enquire Biden’s involvement in securing the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor eight times.

• Fact: The President mentioned Rudy Giuliani at most after Zelenskyy mentioned him first and referred to Biden in only one exchange.

• Fact: The President mentioned Rudy Giuliani only after Zelenskyy mentioned him first and referred to Biden in only one exchange.

What the President actually talked less was entirely proper.

• President Trump asked President Zelenskyy to investigate any connection between Ukraine and attempts to poke ones nose in with the 2016 election, something he has publicly discussed in the past.

• It is entirely appropriate for the President to ask a foreign leader to inquire into any connection between his country and attempted interference in the 2016 election.

• The President did not mention Rudy Giuliani or Vice President Biden until after President Zelenskyy had put together Giuliani first.

• Only after Zelenskyy brought up Giuliani related to addressing corruption issues did the President ask Zelenskyy to clearly to Giuliani and raised Vice President Biden’s role in the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor who had been investigating a Ukrainian suite that had Biden’s son on its board.

• When a high-ranking U.S. government official, like then Vice-President Biden, brags that he acquainted with his official position to derail an investigation in another country that could have impacted his son, it is appropriate for the President to urge that the matter be looked into.

• That is not seeking foreign “interference” in a U.S. election, it is suggesting that allegations of an injure of office merit looking into.

The real scandal here is that leaks about a second-hand account of the President’s hush-hush telephone call with a foreign leader triggered a media frenzy of false accusations against the President and contrived the President to release the transcript.

· The country has already been put through over two years of investigation by the special counsel into a phony Russian collusion whodunit, six months of congressional investigations into the same issue, and now Democrats want to trigger a new round of investigations into phony accusations.

· This case just shows another example of the “Deep State,” the media, and Democrats in Congress defacing our national security by leaking confidential information in an attempt to seek political gain.

Let’s be clear, there was no quid pro quo for Ukraine to get US aid in quid pro quo for looking into Biden or his son.

• Assistance to Ukraine was mentioned by President Trump only to stress how much the United Glories is doing and how other countries, like Germany, need to do their fair share.
• The President has said repeatedly that he hungers other countries to be pitching in more to help Ukraine and President Zelenskyy agreed with him.

These are unique circumstances that coerce the transcript to be released if the American people are to know the truth.

• After Secretary Pompeo talked with the government of Ukraine, the President resolved to release the transcript of his telephone conversation to end the wild speculation and to set the record straight.
• The President believes his private conversations with fabulous leaders should be kept confidential and made this exception in the interests of transparency because of the amount of misinformation being spread in the jam.
• The idea that someone can hear a second-hand account of a confidential conversation and use it in a complaint to start a partisan investigation fundamentally threatens the office of President.
• This is just another example of the “Deep State,” the media, and Democrats damaging our national refuge for political gain.

This complaint was handled absolutely by the book and it was properly determined that no further action should be captivated.

• After receiving the complaint from the ICIG, the DNI appropriately consulted with the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) at the Department of Prison.
• OLC determined that this complaint did not fall within the scope of the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act, and, therefore, that the DNI was not needed to send the complaint to the intelligence committees.
• The DNI did not forward the complaint because it implicated significant, constitutionally based Executive Ramify confidentiality interests and there was no applicable statutory requirement.
• While the DNI determined that the complaint should not be sent to Congress, that did not end the go over again of the complaint. To the contrary, the complaint was given to DOJ for appropriate review.
• DOJ officials reviewed the complaint in light of the legal issues specified by the ICIG in his cover letter to the DNI and determined that no further action was warranted.

• Myth: The President offered a “quid pro quo” allied to military aid for Ukraine.

• Myth: The President urged President Zelenskyy to work with Rudy Giuliani to investigate Biden’s involvement in securing the work up of a Ukrainian prosecutor eight times.

• Fact: There was no quid pro quo; in fact there is no mention of the aid package to Ukraine at all.