FOREIGN AID/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UKRAINE: “President Donald Trump’s withholding of $391 million in military aid to Ukraine was linked to his request that the Ukrainians look into a claim – debunked as a conspiracy theory – about the 2016 U.S. election, a senior presidential aide said on Thursday [10-17-19], the first time the White House acknowledged such a connection. Trump and administration officials had denied for weeks that they had demanded a ‘quid pro quo’ – a Latin phrase meaning a favor for a favor – for delivering the U.S. aid, a key part of a controversy that has triggered an impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives against the Republican president.
–Jeff Mason, Karen Freifeld, “White House acknowledges strings attached in Trump withholding Ukraine aid,” Reuters, October 17, 2019 3:16 am