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The White House accidentally sent its anti-impeachment talking points intended for allies in Congress to House Democrats.
On Wednesday morning, the White House emailed its media strategy for defending President Trump against the charge that he tried to bribe or coerce Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the son of former Vice President Joe Biden in a phone call on July 25. Along with House Republicans who will likely be asked about the impeachment inquiry every time they speak to the media, the presidents team also sent them to some of the Democrats investigating him, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. According to copies of the emails obtained by Yahoo News, about 40 minutes after sending the talking points out, the White House attempted to recall them.
The talking points urge allies to reiterate that Trump made no promises to Zelensky and that he didnt bring up his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, until his Ukrainian counterpart brought him up.
The White House memo summarizing the conversation, released to the public a few hours before, shows that Trump sought Zelenskys cooperation as a favor, but does not contain a specific offer of a quid pro quo. At the time, much-needed American military aid for Ukraine had been held up for unexplained reasons, reportedly at the request of the White House.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-accidentally-sends-anti-impeachment-talking-points-to-democrats/ar-AAHQkkA?li=BBnbcA1
llmart
(15,533 posts)I couldn't stop laughing.
CDerekGo
(507 posts)Then the White House thought they could 'recall' the email from those who received it. It really doesn't work that way guys...
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)who told trump that it was a good idea to release the phone call memo........
we might have somebody who has decided to help
take him down.
gristy
(10,667 posts)The fact is, they don't know if a person or persons did it on purpose. It's almost unknowable. The headline ought to simply be "White House includes Democrats when distributing anti-impeachment talking points".