Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper discussed in her opening statement Wednesday evening of how she found out that President Donald Trump froze the military aid to Ukraine.
“Let me say at the outset that I have never discussed this or any other matter with the President and never heard directly from him about this matter,” she said in her opening statement.
Cooper is the first Pentagon official to testify in the investigation.
Read Cooper’s opening remarks below:
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So she knows her shit and that still won’t get her respect from the Republican members of the committee.
I’m surprised she even remembers it. I mean, I hear deals like this are so common that they’re completely unremarkable.
The republicans are trying to have it both ways. They make the point that it was the Trump administration that provided the Ukrainians with lethal weaponry (Javelins) in contrast to Obama. Then they claim that they are concerned about corruption and that is why the aid was held. My question would be why weren’t they concerned with corruption when they provided the Javelins?
So glad I watched these last hearings. The ending was dramatic, an incessant “point of order” request ended when the Repub’s mike was cut. Scuff gave a dynamic closure about corruption. Excellent!
They also neglect to mention that the House refused to give Obama the funds to buy more than blankets.