Opinion from CNN:
Those six basic facts paint a very dark picture for the President and his senior team. While it appears that the argument that Republicans will offer in rebuttal is that Trump didn't actually think he was conducting a quid pro quo, the accumulation of evidence -- from closed-door testimony and public statements -- suggests that this wasn't about a single phone call between Trump and Zelensky but rather a broader pressure campaign that spanned months and was quite clearly aimed primarily at using a foreign government to dig up dirt on a political rival.
What's truly remarkable -- and absolutely worth keeping at the top of your mind when watching these open hearings -- is the remarkable consistency of the way that people from a variety of branches of government whose work lives touched this Ukraine episode describe what happened.
From the State Department to the Pentagon and back, there is a clear consistency in how this all played out. And it seems that all of those versions of events also back up the original whistleblower complaint that went public in late September and started us on this track.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/12/politics/donald-trump-impeachment-public-hearings/index.html
Those six basic facts paint a very dark picture for the President and his senior team. While it appears that the argument that Republicans will offer in rebuttal is that Trump didn't actually think he was conducting a quid pro quo, the accumulation of evidence -- from closed-door testimony and public statements -- suggests that this wasn't about a single phone call between Trump and Zelensky but rather a broader pressure campaign that spanned months and was quite clearly aimed primarily at using a foreign government to dig up dirt on a political rival.
What's truly remarkable -- and absolutely worth keeping at the top of your mind when watching these open hearings -- is the remarkable consistency of the way that people from a variety of branches of government whose work lives touched this Ukraine episode describe what happened.
From the State Department to the Pentagon and back, there is a clear consistency in how this all played out. And it seems that all of those versions of events also back up the original whistleblower complaint that went public in late September and started us on this track.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/12/politics/donald-trump-impeachment-public-hearings/index.html
