
Entry 001Oct 17, 2019
“And I have news for everybody: Get over it. There's going to be political influence in foreign policy.”1
1Mick Mulvaney, Acting White House Chief of Staff, White House press briefing room, October 17, 2019. Source
Why it’s on the record. Hours later Mulvaney issued a statement insisting there was 'absolutely no quid pro quo.' Two months later the House impeached Trump for abuse of power over the Ukraine aid freeze (H.Res. 755).
On the record
A reporter told Mulvaney that he had just described a quid pro quo: Ukraine's military aid held up until it investigated a 'Democratic server.' He replied 'We do that all the time with foreign policy,' and then said this.
- Said by
- Mick Mulvaney, Acting White House Chief of Staff
- Where
- White House press briefing room
- When
- Oct 17, 2019
- Source
- White House press briefing room, October 17, 2019