The White House accidentally sent talking points about Trump's call with the Ukrainian president to Democrats and frantically tried to recall the email
- The White House appears to have accidentally sent House Democrats an email containing Republican talking points concerning President Donald Trump's call with the Ukrainian president on Wednesday.
- Several reporters tweeted out screenshots of the talking points sent to them by sources who claimed the documents were sent to them in error.
- Soon after, the White House attempted to recall the emails.
- "The real scandal here is that leaks about a second-hand account of the President's confidential telephone call with a foreign leader triggered a media frenzy of false accusations against the President and forced the President to release the transcript," the talking points read.
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The White House appears to have accidentally sent House Democrats an email containing Republican talking points concerning President Donald Trump's call with the Ukrainian president on Wednesday.
Several reporters tweeted out screenshots of the talking points sent to them by sources. Soon after, the White House attempted to recall the email.
Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate corruption allegations against Vice President Joe Biden that concern Ukraine, according to a summary of the call released by the White House on Wednesday.
An intelligence-agency official filed an unusual whistleblower complaint in August concerning the president's dealings with Ukraine. But after the inspector general determined the complaint was "credible" and "urgent," Trump's acting director of national intelligence refused to turn the report over to Congress - a potentially illegal move.
In the talking points, the White House pointed fingers at the media, an intelligence agency whistle-blower, and Democrats for promoting "flat-out falsehoods" and triggering a "media frenzy."
"The real scandal here is that leaks about a second-hand account of the President's confidential telephone call with a foreign leader triggered a media frenzy of false accusations against the President and forced the President to release the transcript," the talking points read.