This is a textbook quid pro quo.
But watch Trump followers spinning already *back* to Mulvaney's now-disavowed statement that quids pro quo are good and normal.
Soon Mulvaney will disavow his disavowal.
Soon Mulvaney will disavow his disavowal.
Evolution of their lies:
(1) It never happened.
(2) Okay, it happened, but there was no quid pro quo.
(3) There was a quid pro quo, but that's very good and very legal.
(4) Wait, there was no quid pro quo, really.
(5) Quids pro quo are good and legal (again).
(1) It never happened.
(2) Okay, it happened, but there was no quid pro quo.
(3) There was a quid pro quo, but that's very good and very legal.
(4) Wait, there was no quid pro quo, really.
(5) Quids pro quo are good and legal (again).
Trump followers complain that the whistleblower didn't even have first-hand information.
We now have a call memo, contemporaneous texts, admin statements, and witness testimony corroborating the WB.
And the White House tried to keep the texts and the testimony from Congress.
We now have a call memo, contemporaneous texts, admin statements, and witness testimony corroborating the WB.
And the White House tried to keep the texts and the testimony from Congress.
