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White House officials who heard Trumps Ukraine call and hid the transcript will testify on a single day[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/white-house-officials-who-heard-trumps-ukraine-call-and-hid-the-transcript-will-testify-in-one-day/|]
This is what matters... the phone call is THE THING
Everything else is deflection and distraction to try and muddy the waters. Smoke and mirrors...
Of course Trump and his team think everyone as thick as his supporters and can easily be distracted by sparkly things... yeah, but no but... Our brains be bigger than that!
Wounded Bear
(58,698 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,570 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,108 posts)Trump and his cabal are trying to limit this to what is up there now and are saying it's not grounds for removal. The corruption (Extortion, bribery) is much wider than this call. This was ongoing for several months, Trump's people were demanding a lot more than just dirt on Biden, they were demanding Ukraine give contracts to their donors, they were demanding that they give into Russia's wants, they were demanding spots on boards of energy companies for their loyalists. This was a shakedown, the call was just the tip of the iceberg.
bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)Seeing multiple officials as well as his personal lawyer hadn't been enough to get a public statement from Ukraine confirming a Biden investigation, so Trump personally called to lean on and verify what his minions had been doing for months.
Somethings have to come from the God(less)father himself, don't ya know.
BTW, they've latched on to quid pro quo just like they did collusion. The truth is it's extortion and conspiracy, both federal felonies. Using fancy stand ins allows the deplorables to demand explanations from the "liberal elites" about what crimes have been committed.
brush
(53,840 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)tblue37
(65,483 posts)server in Ukraine and to exonerate the Russians by inventing imaginary meddling by the Democrats in the 2016 election.I
And that is the lie Barr is running around the world trying to manufacture evidence for.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Now, let's all have a listen as Republicans explain how insurance that covers women's health means you're paying for abortions. Rube Goldberg couldn't follow their logic, but the media have no problem with repeating it.