Rick Perry denies quid pro quo in Ukraine scandal after Mulvaney's 'It Happens All the Time' Remarks

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'There was no quid pro quo in the sense of what those folks out there would like for it to be,' the outgoing Department of Energy secretary told Fox News.

Outgoing Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry denied Friday there was any quid pro quo request made to Ukraine by President Donald Trump so that the country would investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son in exchange for U.S. military aid.

Mulvaney, during a rare White House press briefing on Thursday, said that Trump wanted corruption in Ukraine and the conspiracy theory that the hack of the Democratic National Committee in 2016 originated in Ukraine rather than Russia to be investigated before some $400 million appropriated by Congress to help combat Russian aggression would be released.

In a statement Thursday night, the acting chief of staff directly contradicted his own remarks, claiming he did not admit to a quid pro quo. Energy Secretary Rick Perry listens as President Donald Trump speaks at the Shell Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex in Monaca, Pennsylvania, on August 13.Perry, who announced his resignation this week after becoming a central figure in House Democrats' impeachment inquiry focusing on the Ukraine scandal, said his decision to leave the administration had"absolutely nothing to do with Ukraine." Democrats want to question Perry about hisConcurring with what U.S.

 

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Rick Perry couldn’t find his own butthole with a funnel. Perfect patsy.

ROFL .... RATS RUNNING IN CIRCLES GETTING DIZZY

They are not to be trusted LiesLiesLies allthepresidentsmess allthepresidentsmen

Rick Perry can’t tie his own shoes.

GAMES UP

Good! He is getting in the same boat as the others...

SecretaryPerry Father is still waiting! He loves you and wants you to repent and reject Trump! I am relentless Rick! I am here and I am with him NOW!

it was just a little mob family style quid pro quo where SecretaryPerry and RudyGiuliani only tried to change a few board members and fire an ambassador with the help of Lev and Igor so they could get some contracts and dig up dirt on JoeBiden while they fought corruption

That man has to have his name embossed on the back of his belt so that when he pulls his head out of his ass he can remember his own name. I don’t put much stock into what Rick Perry has to say.

Bank robberies happen all the time, too. That doesn't mean that they're legal.

Hey amigo. You are going to have to testify whether you like it or not! I think that if the Dems press it you will have to cough up the documents too.

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