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Republicans have no wiggle room left. Trump has made it absolutely clear that he is willing to press the government into service to rig the next election on his behalf -- and that he’ll keep doing just that, by any means necessary.

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
In a spectacularly disingenuous interview, @SecPompeo told Fox News that Trump's conduct was "appropriate" and confined to pressing Zelensky to investigate "corruption."

So here's a list of officials who were deeply alarmed by this "appropriate" conduct:

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@SecPompeo Trump keeps saying, "Read the transcript!"

This is not evasion. It's an explicit declaration that his pressure on Ukraine is *fine.*

Trump is stating clearly that he will use the government to cheat in 2020 in any way he can. Pompeo and Barr are all in:

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Greg Sargent
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1) So here's where this is all going:

I submit that Trump may ultimately demand that Republicans *fully* defend his pressure on Ukraine to investigate *Biden in particular,* without any squeamish double-talk about investigating "corruption."

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2) There are already very clear signs that Trump and his advisers are testing the waters to see if this will fly with Republicans.

First, here's Trump himself. Note how he says that *if* there was a quid pro quo, there would be "nothing wrong with that":
3) Second, here's @kellyannepolls. On Fox, she said this:

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Greg Sargent
@ThePlumLineGS
The GOP defense of Trump is getting more buffoonish by the day.

The latest trick: Republicans are *saying* they want to fight for Trump on the substance, while pretending the substance of the case against him doesn't actually exist.

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
As the inquiry goes public, it will get harder for Republicans to defend, because the sheer scope of the corruption is unreal.

This was a months-long plot involving many actors and the corruption of multiple government agencies for deeply nefarious ends:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
I submit that Trump will ultimately demand that Republicans *fully* defend his demand for Ukraine to investigate *Biden in particular,* without any squeamish double-talk about investigating "corruption."

This is where Trump really wants to end up:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
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Greg Sargent
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Two things:

1) Morrison flatly confirmed the quid pro quo. Twice. He got it directly from Sondland.

2) Sondland haggling over *who* would make statement is consistent w/ the texts showing how much details of statement mattered to Rudy/Trump.

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Also, no, it doesn't matter at all that Morrison said he didn't think the call was illegal:

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Finally, a huge part of this story is that Giuliani and Trump wanted a *public statement* of an investigation above all.

This would help them game MSM coverage to create the "whiff of corruption" around Biden. Bannon's explanation is instructive here:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
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