Mueller interested in 2016 convention episode dismissed by House GOP
House GOP investigators recently found that a 2016 change to language about Ukraine did not involve "nefarious" motives, but the special counsel still wants to ask Trump about it.
By KYLE CHENEY 05/01/2018 06:47 PM EDT
Robert Mueller wants to question President Donald Trump about a change to the 2016 Republican Party platform’s language about Ukraine and Russia, rekindling a subject that House Republicans dismissed as a nonstarter.
Trump has denied any role in a decision by party activists at the 2016 Republican National Convention to strike language calling for the supply of U.S. arms to help Ukraine defend against Russian territorial aggression. Instead, the convention delegates approved only a vague call for the provision of “appropriate assistance” to Ukraine’s pro-Western forces.
“I wasn't involved in that. Honestly, I was not involved,” Trump told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in an interview in July 2016. Asked about his campaign’s role, he said, “They softened it, I heard, but I was not involved.”
Democrats who suspect Trump colluded with the Kremlin in the 2016 election have called the change suspicious, saying it could be an example of Trump doing a favor for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Yeah, that'll work, cuz Trump sure is smarter than the rest of us peons.
