Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he hadn't spoken with President Trump about the memorandum of his July phone call with Ukraine's leader that's at the center of the impeachment inquiry. That's despite Trump quoting McConnell on Oct. 3 as saying, "That was the most innocent phone call that I’ve read."
McConnell contradicts Trump's claim he said Ukraine call was "perfect"Mitch McConnell tells CBS News' Nancy Cordes that he did not talk to President Trump about the infamous call with Ukraine's president — contradicting Trump's claim that McConnell said the call was "perfect" and "innocent." https://cbsn.ws/2oV7RFP
Posted by CBS News on Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Why it matters: Trump made clear to reporters that he had spoken with McConnell, but the Senate majority leader said, "We have not had any conversations on this subject."
Flashback: White House records show Trump told reporters, "I read Mitch McConnell’s statement yesterday, and he read my phone call. And, as you know, he put out a statement that said that was the most innocent phone call he’s read. And I spoke to him about it, too."
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