rumor has it... https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mick-mulvaney-may-already-be-eyeing-the-exits-1421593667854 How many Scaramuccis will that be as chief of staff?
wrong time stamp; fixed that for you #TheBestPeople https://www.thedailybeast.com/sean-...-admitting-quid-pro-quo-i-just-think-hes-dumb Sean Hannity Goes Off on Mick Mulvaney: ‘I Just Think He’s Dumb’ “You don't need a chief of staff's idiotic interpretation of things,” the Fox News host said of Mulvaney’s problematic press conference.
So when one nation gives aid or concessions to another and pauses to make sure everything is correct before it dishes out the money, is now a “quid pro quo”? It happens every day. The Left’s whole accusation was that Trump did this to dig up dirt, personally profit, which has been totally debunked. Again fabricated bullshit, lies and innuendos. Mulvaney Revises His Statement, Says There Was "Never" Any Quid Pro Quo For Ukraine Aid After earlier on Thursday, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney set off a media firestorm when in a press briefing he said that the the Trump administration held up military assistance to Ukraine in part because Trump wanted Kiev to investigate allegations about Ukraine’s involvement in the hack of the Democratic National Committee server in 2016, later on Thursday Mulvaney revised his remarks, maintaining that there had never been any quid pro quo between the hold the administration put on aid to Ukraine and Ukraine’s cooperation on an investigation into allegations surrounding the DNC server. In a statement late on Thursday afternoon, Mulvaney accused the media of “misconstruing” his earlier remarks to the press at the White House "to advance a biased and political witch hunt against President Trump", and explained that the aid was held over concerns about a lack of financial support from other nations, especially in Europe, for Ukraine: the “only reasons we were holding the money was because of concern about lack of support from other nations and concerns over corruption." He had cited that rationale in the earlier briefing before adding that the server was an issue that the president wanted investigated before aid was forthcoming. “Multiple times during the more-than 30 minute briefing where I took over 25 questions, I referred to President Trump’s interest in rooting out corruption in Ukraine, and ensuring taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly and appropriately,” Mulvaney said in the statement. “There was never any condition on the flow of aid related to the matter of the DNC server,” Mulvaney said in the later statement, which is reposted below: https://www.zerohedge.com/political...-there-was-never-any-quid-pro-quo-ukraine-aid
Yes, when Congress approves monies promised to our allies through a treaty, any preconditional favors imposed by the executive on said monies becomes quid pro quo. No matter how much Mulvaney wants to back track after getting yelled at by Daddy.
Ahhh no. The President has a responsibility exercise oversight in the expenditure of all funds. Particularly- in regard to foreign affairs- to assure that the conditions and standards of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act are met before doling out cash or government resources.