Mr. Trump later referred to a statement by the Ukrainian foreign minister, who said last week that Mr. Sondland never explicitly linked the aid to investigations into the Bidens. 2 House Republican , on that point, asking him whether Mr. Sondland might “blow a hole” in Republicans’ defense. “The president’s defense is that those things didn’t happen,” Mr. Scalise said, adding: “The real bottom line is he got the money. Ukraine got the mon ey.”Later, Mr. Trump attacked Mr. Wallace on Twitter. Great job Steve!”Both Mr. Scalise and Mr. Jordan have made such arguments before, but their remarks on Sunday suggest this will be Republicans’ core line of defense this week.

Source: New York Times November 17, 2019 22:18 UTC