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No One Can Defend Trump After Seeing Ukraine Call Memo

PRESIDENT PENCE—PLEASE!

Death knell? Of course not—the White House wouldn’t have released it in that case. But it sure is enough to start impeachment proceedings.

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What to say about the transcript? 

First, it’s not verbatim. I’m not suggesting that there is a Nixonian “missing tape” here, but let’s not forget how misleading the Barr memo was when compared to the Mueller report. 

Second, we have yet to see the complete unredacted whistleblower complaint.

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