1/ The Fiona Hill testimony reminds us of one of the most overlooked but outrageous/flabbergasting aspects of the scandal: Trump designated his *personal lawyer* to be the point person for negotiations with Ukraine, even though ...
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2/ ... he had ethical obligations to Trump in his personal capacity, no duty of loyalty to the U.S., presumably no security clearance, and acted w/o coordination w/the diplomats who'd been working on Ukraine for years, and outside the ordinary channels. Even if that lawyer ...
3/ ... had been sane & balanced, that'd be an unforgivable & unjustifiable deviation from important norms, in and of itself demonstrating how unfit for office Trump is. Add in the fact that it was an unhinged character such as Rudy Giuliani and, well . . .
