Fleischer: Mulvaney Made Things Worst By Contradicting The President

Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said on Friday that acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney went too far in trying to explain the Trump administration's interactions with Ukraine and "made a terrible mistake."Show more

“His mistake was saying something that was contrary to what the president [Trump] has said. The president has said there was no quid pro quo and that’s exactly what his chief of staff should’ve said,” Fleischer told “Fox & Friends.”

Mulvaney seemed to contradict President Trump’s claim that there was no “quid pro quo” during his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, by telling reporters at the White House Thursday that the release of military aid to Ukraine was tied to the administration’s demands that Kiev investigate purported corruption by the Democrats during the 2016 presidential election campaign.