PRESENTATION ON THE TOPIC

«THE TRUMP–UKRAINE SCANDAL»

made by 3rd year student Belaya Vitalia

WHAT IS THE MAIN REASON FOR THE
SCANDAL?

The Trump–Ukraine scandal was a

political scandal in the United States
involving efforts by then-U.S. president
Donald Trump to coerce Ukraine and
other foreign countries into providing
damaging narratives about then-2020
Democratic Party presidential candidate
Joe Biden as well as misinformation
relating to Russian interference in the
2016 United States elections.
 WHO WERE THE MAIN PARTICIPANTS?

Volodymyr Zelensky Donald Trump

the sixth and current President of Ukraine since May The 45th President of the United States from January 20,
20, 2019. Prior to taking office, he gained popularity 2017 to January 20, 2021. Prior to his political career, he
as a showman, actor, comedian, director, producer and was an entrepreneur and television presenter.
screenwriter.
 WHICH ETHICAL NORMS AND PRINCIPLES
WERE VIOLATED?
The scandal reached public attention in mid-September 2019 due to a whistleblower complaint made in
August 2019. The complaint raised concerns about Trump using presidential powers to solicit 
foreign electoral intervention in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The White House has corroborated
several allegations raised by the whistleblower. A non-verbatim transcript of the Trump–Zelensky call confirmed
that Trump requested investigations into Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, as well as a 
conspiracy theory involving a Democratic National Committee server, while repeatedly urging Zelensky to
work with Giuliani and Barr on these matters. The White House also confirmed that a record of the call had
been stored in a highly restricted system.
REASON WHY TRUMP WITHHELD MILITARY
AID TO UKRAINE WAS…
Former acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said one reason why Trump withheld military aid to Ukraine
was Ukrainian "corruption related to the DNC server", referring to a debunked theory that Ukrainians
framed Russia for hacking into the DNC computer system.Trump has also publicly urged Ukraine and
China to investigate the Bidens.

The Trump administration's top diplomat to Ukraine, Bill Taylor, testified that he was told U.S.
military aid to Ukraine and a Trump–Zelensky White House meeting were conditioned on Zelensky
publicly announcing investigations into the Bidens and alleged Ukrainian interference in the 2016
U.S. elections.

U.S. ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland testified that he worked with Giuliani at
Trump's "express direction" to arrange a quid pro quo with the Ukraine government.
 WHAT WERE THE CONSEQUENCES?
On October 31, 2019, the House of Representatives voted to approve guidelines for the next phase of the
impeachment inquiry. Trump was impeached on charges of abusing the power of his office and obstructing
Congress, but was acquitted by the Senate.
 THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
PUBLISHED A 300-PAGE REPORT DETAILING…

"the impeachment inquiry has found that President Trump, personally and acting
through agents within and outside of the U.S. government, solicited the
interference of a foreign government, Ukraine, to benefit his reelection.

In furtherance of this scheme, President Trump conditioned official acts on a

public announcement by the new Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, of
politically-motivated investigations, including one into Joe Biden, one of
Trump's domestic political opponents.

In pressuring President Zelensky to carry out his demand, President Trump

withheld a White House meeting desperately sought by the Ukrainian President,
and critical U.S. military assistance to fight Russian aggression in eastern
Ukraine."
 WHAT WAS ROLE THE PR AND MASS MEDIA?
After the whistleblower complaint was publicized, users on pro-Trump Internet forums tried to identify its author.
These attempts at "doxing" were marked by disorganized speculation, racism and misogyny. In October 2019, pro-
Trump writer Paul Sperry published on the web what he asserted was the identity of the whistleblower.

During ensuing days, Trump and his allies asserted major news outlets were covering for the whistleblower because
they had declined to repeat the whistleblower's alleged identity in their reporting.However, the generally pro-Trump
Fox News—including close Trump confidant Sean Hannity—also declined to repeat the alleged identity, on
instructions from Fox News management.
Trump supporters paid for Facebook advertisements to spread the purported name of the whistleblower.
These ads were viewed by potentially "hundreds of thousands of users" before Facebook removed them.