But the political cost Republicans can pay to save the president – especially among the vulnerable
Trump's defense has been further undermined by recent testimony from witnesses released over the weekend that appear to show him a closer bond with the center of the nat scheme CK on Ukraine.
This followed a gloomy week in which several Department of State veterans drew a picture of a fraudulent operation that shook the longstanding national interests of the United States to serve Trump's political ends.
Roger Stone, a friend of the president, was meanwhile convicted of lying to Congress, apparently in an attempt to protect the president from embarrassment in a case involving the then special counsel Robert Mueller
and the unplanned Presidential Visit to Walter Walter on Saturday sparked new intrigues and doubts about whether his employees were genuine about his condition. White House spokesman Stephanie Grisham said the president was in good health and had a routine check.
Just "never trumpers?"
The president's line of defense has emerged is that someone critical of his behavior is just a disgruntled bureaucrat who has never accepted him as president.
Witch of Minority House Steve Sculise suggested on Fox News Sunday that people criticizing the president are witnesses selected by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff to make Trump look bad.
"There are a lot of people who have worked in the Trump administration who have many opposing views and have not been allowed to come forward," Skaliz said.
But while the White House targeted foreign services and current and former National Security Council officials who testified, Trump did not allow senior political officials – including Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvani – to testify. Rumors about why military aid to Ukraine slowed down as Trump leaned on the country's new government to investigate Biden.
The Democrats on Sunday tried to aggravate the heat of the president, arguing that he could clear any issues and complaints from the process by appearing on Capitol Hill itself.
"If Donald Trump does not agree with what he hears, does not like what he hears, he should not tweet. He has to come to the commission and give an oath and he must allow everyone around him to come to the commission and testify under oath, "Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said.
anything that could improve their case, Republicans emphasized reported comments from the ukra The Indian foreign minister said the administration had not told Kiev that there was a link between nearly $ 400 million in delayed US aid and the need to open an investigation into Biden.
But Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut told CNN that Ukrainians "Locked in a desperate battle with Russian-backed separatists, there is an incentive to reduce US pressure."
"Ukrainians will always try to spin this," Murphy told "The State of the Universe. "
" They will not accuse the president of blackmail. They currently rely on Trump's goodwill to keep their country safe. "
The idea that the Trump team did not write a" quid pro quo "on military aid was undermined by a deposition released on Saturday by Tim Morrison, a senior National Security Council official.
Morrison Said that he witnessed a conversation between Sondland and a top Ukrainian official, Andriy Yermak, in Poland. The European Union has told him that it is offering Ukrainians military aid to be released if the Ukrainian Attorney General goes to the microphone and announces an investigation into Burizma, the energy giant that serves Biden Hunter's son as a member of the board. Bidens.
These and other findings help explain why the emergence of Sundland would be so crucial.
On Friday, diplomatic aide David Holmes testified behind closed doors that he had heard a phone call asking Trump to Sondland if the Kiev government would launch investigations the day before in a conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart.
Sundland told Trump that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky "loves your ass" and that Ukraine will move forward with the probe Trump has requested, according to a copy of an opening statement provided by Holmes and received by CNN.