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Mick Mulvaney stepped up to the podium and, instead of clarifying the Ukraine aid freeze, handed investigators a public admission that the administration had linked the money to political investigations. His later effort to walk it back did not erase the damage. The day’s message from the White House was basically: yes, the pressure was real, no, please don’t quote us on that.
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Mick Mulvaney stepped up to the podium and, instead of clarifying the Ukraine aid freeze, handed investigators a public admission that the administration had linked the money to political investigations. His later effort to walk it back did not erase the damage. The day’s message from the White House was basically: yes, the pressure was real, no, please don’t quote us on that.
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Mick Mulvaney stepped up to the podium and, instead of clarifying the Ukraine aid freeze, handed investigators a public admission that the administration had linked the money to political investigations. His later effort to walk it back did not erase the damage. The day’s message from the White House was basically: yes, the pressure was real, no, please don’t quote us on that.
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