What else do you think he was taking about? He was asked if there was a quid pro quo on the call and he said yes and went on with his tirade about getting over it.
THIS is a quote of what Mulvaney said:
“The look back to what happened in 2016 certainly was part of the thing that he was worried about in corruption with that nation,” Mulvaney told reporters in the White House briefing room.
“Did he also mention to me in the past the corruption that related to the DNC server? Absolutely, no question about that,” Mulvaney continued. “But that’s it. That’s why we held up the money.”
He said the money was held up because of concerns about corruption in Ukraine in regard to the 2016 election specifically. He then went on to say:
Asked about mixing politics with foreign policy, Mulvaney replied: “We do that all the time with foreign policy … I have news for everybody. Get over it. There is going to be political influence in foreign policy. Elections have consequences.”
Where did he even imply that money was held up to get an investigation on his political rivals? You said he ADMITTED it! Where is it?