The Pentagon said Thursday that there were no Defense Department officials listening to President Donald Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"To my knowledge, no one from the Department of Defense was on that call. I specifically asked the secretary of Defense that question and he was not on that call," a spokesman said.
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Jonathan Hoffman and Joint Staff Spokesperson Air Force Col. Patrick Ryder hold a press briefing at the Pentagon on Sept. 19, 2019.WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Thursday that there were no Defense Department officials listening to President Donald Trump's"No, there were none," Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said when asked about the call that helped trigger a probe into whether Trump should be impeached.
House Democrats last week officially launched an impeachment probe into Trump that is based on a whistleblower complaint raising concerns about Trump's call with the Ukrainian president. In that call, Trump asked whether Ukraine could "look into" unsubstantiated allegations of wrongdoing against former Vice President Joe Biden, the frontrunner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, and his son Hunter.
"Zero conversations," U.S. Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters, the nation's top general in Europe, told reporters at the Pentagon. "What I have had conversations about is over the course of the last three months, all of the activities that we have embraced from a U.S. perspective and from a NATO perspective to help the Ukraine military defend themselves."
Deutschland Neuesten Nachrichten, Deutschland Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
Tom Cruise Meets With Ukraine President At Center Of Trump Impeachment ScandalAs Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky makes headlines in the U.S. for his part in a Washington political storm, back home he’s making the news for hosting a movie star. Zelensky, a former a…
Weiterlesen »
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirms he was on the Trump-Ukraine call at the center of the impeachment probe'I was on the phone call,' Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said of the interaction between Trump and Ukraine's president.
Weiterlesen »
Trump says 'coup' taking place as Democrats push forward with impeachment probeAsked multiple times what he had wanted the Ukrainian president to do regarding the Bidens, Pres. Trump doesn't answer, eventually attacking the media and angrily instructing the reporter to ask a different question.
Weiterlesen »
Temperamental Trump blows his top over impeachment inquiryUS President Donald Trump boiled over at the impeachment inquiry Democrats are pursuing over his July 25 phone call to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Weiterlesen »