The report, at several other points, argues that there is no evidence that Trump was trying to help himself win reelection, against all logic. What’s more, many of them said explicitly that they weren’t there to make legal judgments or weigh in for or against impeachment. It came from the Defense Department, which concluded in May that Ukraine had made sufficient progress on corruption to merit the aid. “President Trump then released security assistance to Ukraine and met with President Zelensky in September 2019 — all without Ukraine taking any action to investigate President Trump’s political rival. President Trump was skeptical of Ukrainian corruption and his Administration sought proof that newly-elected President Zelensky was a true reformer.

Source: Washington Post December 02, 2019 22:20 UTC