Pence seeks to dodge impeachment spotlight as his Ukrainian moves attract notice
But Pence’s name has emerged in several other contexts — including as a potential successor should Trump be ousted from office — since Democrats announced this week that they were launching a formal impeachment inquiry.
The whistleblower complaint, released Thursday, said Pence canceled a planned trip to Ukraine at the direction of Trump, who was seeking to pressure the Ukrainians to help him politically.
Three people familiar with the matter confirmed that Pence’s attendance had been requested at Zelensky’s inauguration and that his office had looked at dates for a visit to Kiev.
“I learned from U.S. officials that, on or around 14 May, the President instructed Vice President Pence to cancel his planned travel to Ukraine to attend President Zelenskyy’s inauguration on 20 May,” the unidentified whistleblower wrote in the report, which alleges a pattern of misconduct by Trump and some of his top aides.
The canceled Pence trip was listed among several moves taken by Trump that may have been part of “an overall effort to pressure the Ukrainian leadership.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...97bdea-e07a-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html
But Pence’s name has emerged in several other contexts — including as a potential successor should Trump be ousted from office — since Democrats announced this week that they were launching a formal impeachment inquiry.
The whistleblower complaint, released Thursday, said Pence canceled a planned trip to Ukraine at the direction of Trump, who was seeking to pressure the Ukrainians to help him politically.
Three people familiar with the matter confirmed that Pence’s attendance had been requested at Zelensky’s inauguration and that his office had looked at dates for a visit to Kiev.
“I learned from U.S. officials that, on or around 14 May, the President instructed Vice President Pence to cancel his planned travel to Ukraine to attend President Zelenskyy’s inauguration on 20 May,” the unidentified whistleblower wrote in the report, which alleges a pattern of misconduct by Trump and some of his top aides.
The canceled Pence trip was listed among several moves taken by Trump that may have been part of “an overall effort to pressure the Ukrainian leadership.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...97bdea-e07a-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html
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