White House officials work to tamp down controversies after a tumultuous week
By Zack Budryk - 10/20/19 01:07 PM EDT
White House officials took to the Sunday shows to defend a series of controversies that have dogged President Trump over the last week: the U.S. pullout from northern Syria, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney’s apparent admission of a quid pro quo in Ukraine and the since-canceled announcement of one of Trump’s properties as the site for the Group of Seven (G-7) summit.
Mulvaney, who issued a statement Thursday walking back his press conference remarks, continued his efforts on “Fox News Sunday,†telling host Chris Wallace that he had never used the phrase “quid pro quo.â€
“Can I say that people took that the wrong way? Absolutely. But I never said there was a quid pro quo because there isn’t,†Mulvaney told Wallace.
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