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Report: Ukraine’s military aid was finally released by the State Department, days before Trump claims he released it
AllahpunditPosted at 2:01 pm on November 10, 2019

The fact that Trump ultimately released the aid without getting anything in return from Ukraine has been a key point made in his defense by supporters, most recently Nikki Haley. How can Trump’s motive to arrange a quid pro quo have been improper when, in the end, there wasn’t a quid pro quo? Ukraine got the dough before it had to do anything about Burisma or CrowdStrike.

The answer — it appeared — was that Trump had given in and finally released the aid in early September only after political pressure and media scrutiny mounted. Congress was asking about it, the press was looking into it, the whistleblower was complaining about it, and so holding onto it suddenly became more trouble than it was worth. Better to hand over the aid and say, “look, no quid pro quo,” to critics than to cling to it until Zelensky said something publicly about the Bidens...

https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2019/11/10/report-ukraines-military-aid-finally-released-state-department-days-trump-claims-released/
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But now here comes Bloomberg with new information: Trump may have never ordered the aid released at all. He may in fact have been willing to cling to it until Zelensky delivered what he wanted, even as members of Congress and his own administration pressed him to cough up the funds.

Bloomberg?  Seriously?  Gee, no conflict of interest here.
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This is, at worst, internal squabbling in the Trump cabinet. Perhaps it is the basis for the firing of John Bolton, a staunch anti-Russian, who would do anything to help out the victims of Russian aggression versus Donald Trump who was concerned about corrupt usage of the aid by the Ukraine.

But there is nothing illegal here. This is just a discussion of releasing the aid, which we already knew about. There is no evidence that Trump was expecting any personal gain. There is no quid pro quo in the article.

The rest of the Bloomberg-tainted article is filled with speculation.