A close reading of testimony so far strongly suggests Trump conveyed his extortion demand while preserving plausible deniability for doing so.
I detailed this here:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
I'm not asking for a quid pro quo, but Zelensky can't have his money until he does what I want. But lemme be clear: This isn't a quid pro quo!
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We are not obliged to pretend not to know all of these other surrounding facts.
Full case here:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
This *must* be drawn out today, as I argued here: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Here are Sondland's two weasel quotes:
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