Trump was reportedly told about the whistle-blower report in late August—before the military aid got released and the president started vehemently denying that he was extorting Ukraine
that report as “fake news.”) White House lawyers reportedly informed Trump about the complaint, and explained that they were currently attempting to determine whether they were legally compelled to turn it over to Congress, or if it could be withheld because of executive privilege.
Trump's August knowledge about the whistle-blower complaint sheds new light on the possible motivations behind some of the key events in the whole Ukraine saga—namely the fact that Trump knew about the whistle-blower when foreign aid to Ukraine was eventually released on September 11, after previously being held up by Trump for unknown reasons.
This also means that Trump was aware of the whistle-blower's allegations when the president started vehemently denying the existence of a quid pro in conversations with his allies—and once again calls into question the motivation behind those statements. Just days after the president learned of the whistle-blower complaint, the.
in a letter to House investigators, and Trump responded, “—No way. I would never do that. Who told you that?” Trump then made a similar denial in an early September phone call with Ambassador to the European Union. “He was not in a good mood. And he just said I want nothing. I want nothing. I want no quid pro quo. Tell Zelensky to do the right thing,” Sondland testified Wednesday. “Something to that effect.
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