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Back to the "corruption" euphemism: Pence's Team Is Trying To Distance Itself From The UKR Scandal
Pence’s Team Is Trying To Distance Itself From The Ukraine Scandal
Pence would have likely had access to a transcript of the call within hours, officials told the Post. They also said a five-page summary of the call would have been among the briefing notes the vice president took with him to Warsaw, Poland, for a meeting with Zelensky on Sept. 1.
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During their September meeting, Pence told Zelensky that the U.S. was not going to release millions of dollars in aid to Ukraine due to concerns that the country was not doing enough to combat corruption.
Former officials told the Post that Zelensky likely would have interpreted the vice president’s reference to corruption as “code” for what Trump mentioned in July - HuffPost
Pence would have likely had access to a transcript of the call within hours, officials told the Post. They also said a five-page summary of the call would have been among the briefing notes the vice president took with him to Warsaw, Poland, for a meeting with Zelensky on Sept. 1.
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During their September meeting, Pence told Zelensky that the U.S. was not going to release millions of dollars in aid to Ukraine due to concerns that the country was not doing enough to combat corruption.
Former officials told the Post that Zelensky likely would have interpreted the vice president’s reference to corruption as “code” for what Trump mentioned in July - HuffPost
The tie in? The language used: "corruption" is a euphemism.
Huffington Post is breaking a story early Thursday AM (Thu Sep 26, 2019) about Trump-Guiliani in which...
Trump First Pressured Ukrainian President To Work With Giuliani In April Call: Report
Zelensky's aides came to understand Trump's calls for fighting "corruption" as a euphemism for the Biden family and for Ukrainians who in 2016 released jeopardizing information about the Trump campaign, the newspaper reported. - HuffPost
Zelensky's aides came to understand Trump's calls for fighting "corruption" as a euphemism for the Biden family and for Ukrainians who in 2016 released jeopardizing information about the Trump campaign, the newspaper reported. - HuffPost
Just look at Michael Cohen's testimony before congress about how tRump never says anything directly, he uses euphemisms. It's not hard to figure out what he means and that when Pence said "corruption" he too was using an understood euphemism.
