Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. Joni Ernst on Sunday defended President Donald Trump asking Ukraine to investigate his potential 2020 rival, but said he did so “maybe in the wrong manner.”
The Iowa Senator was pressed about her decision to vote against calling witnesses in Trump’s Senate impeachment trial and whether it was “inappropriate and wrong” for the President to ask Ukraine to investigate the Bidens.
Trump’s attempts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Hunter Biden and Joe Biden, his potential 2020 general election rival, are at the center of the President’s impeachment trial. Trump and his allies have repeatedly made unfounded and false claims to allege to allege that the Bidens acted corruptly in Ukraine.
Last week, Ernest suggested the impeachment trial could damage Biden’s presidential campaign in Iowa as the state’s caucuses take place Monday.
Ernst also said on Sunday that she will vote to acquit the President in the impeachment trial, but disagreed with Trump on his characterization of the July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy, which he has praised as “perfect.”
“The President has a lot of latitude to do what he wants to do. Again, not what I would have done, but certainly again going after corruption, Jake…maybe not the perfect call,” she said.
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from MetNews https://metnews.pw/joni-ernst-defends-trump-but-says-president-handled-ukraine-maybe-in-the-wrong-manner/
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