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The key to the big WaPo scoop breaking now isn't just that Trump told Russians that he was unconcerned about them interfering in the election.

It's also that White House officials manipulated the classification system to bury it:

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Another key point about the WaPo scoop: WH officials were "distressed" about the corruption on display in Trump's lack of concern about Russian interference.

But officials buried it, anyway.

That is exactly what whistleblower reported re Ukraine call.

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
In this context, a reminder: When White House officials stashed Trump's call with the Ukrainian president on the super secret server, it was a much more serious abuse of power than it first appears, once you peel back the layers of what that really means:

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