The senior State Department official in charge of Ukraine told impeachment investigators last month that he was alarmed at President Trump’s insistence that Ukraine “initiate politically motivated prosecutions,” casting the effort as the kind of tactic the United States typically condemns in the world’s most corrupt countries.
New York Times: Top State Dept. official complained of Trump’s politicization of Ukraine policy
US President Donald Trump gives the thumbs up before departing the White House in Washington, DC, on Oct. 25, 2019 for South Carolina.