Trump Woes Mount With Damaging Witnesses, Mulvaney Blunder
- Impeachment testimony documents Giuliani’s shadow diplomacy
- Frustration over Syria adds to unsettled feeling in Congress
Donald Trump on Oct. 18.
Photographer: Chris Klepnois/Polaris/Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump confronted a steady drip of damaging revelations out of the House impeachment hearings over the last week, but it was his acting chief of staff essentially confirming one of the central allegations at the heart of the inquiry that could prove the most troublesome.
Mick Mulvaney said at a White House briefing the president withheld nearly $400 million in U.S. security aid to Ukraine in part to urge an investigation of a 2016 election conspiracy theory to discredit Democrats.