![]() ![]() Do my Republican colleagues really think it is okay to ask a foreign power to pursue unfounded allegations against a political opponent? Is this the new normal? I hope not.” “Are we just going to let the President of the United States extort foreign leaders? Are we going to let him reshape American foreign policy to advance his own personal and political goals? Is this not a gross abuse of presidential power? If not, then what is? The Senate as a whole has an obligation to get to the bottom of this. “If President Trump had used money to coerce another person to perform some corrupt action on his behalf, we would call it out for what it is: extortion,” said Menendez, announcing a series of Congressional actions to get to the truth behind the allegations of abuse of power by the President during his call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Menendez announced a series of Congressional actions to get to the truth behind the allegations of abuse of power by the President during his call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke on the Senate Floor this afternoon in response to reports that President Trump and his Acting Chief of Staff, Mick Mulvaney, withheld hundreds of millions in security assistance to Ukraine until they opened an investigation intended to bolster the President’s 2020 election prospects.
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