Thread by @moscow_project

.@RepAdamSchiff begins with a close reading of the July 25 call—one that shows the depths of Trump's corruption.

@RepAdamSchiff "Well, Donald Trump, in this call, you see he does think he's owed. This is what he's talking about when he says there's not much reciprocity here. He thinks he's owed something:" Zelensky's help in his 2020 re-election campaign.

@RepAdamSchiff Zelensky goes to great lengths to reassure Trump he's "surrounded by friends"—because "Rudy Giuliani was out there on TV saying Zelensky is surrounded by enemies of Trump," and that played a key role in why Trump initially turned against him.

@RepAdamSchiff Zelensky promises Trump the announcements he wants.
Trump immediately tells him who to talk to: not the Secretary of State, not the top diplomat in Ukraine; Rudy Giuliani and Bill Barr, whose department still claims they knew nothing about it.

@RepAdamSchiff Bill Barr was mentioned in the call. He was mentioned in the whistleblower complaint.
So why did his Justice Department get to tell the DNI to ignore the law and withhold the complaint from Congress?

@RepAdamSchiff Zelensky reassures Trump repeatedly that he will deliver what Trump wants.
He's gotten the message. He understands the quid pro quo.

@RepAdamSchiff "Zelensky's ask, what he goes into that call wanting is the meeting. You can tell what he was prepared for. He was prepared for the request for investigations. He knew what he had to promise, and he knew what he wanted to obtain, and that was the visit."

@RepAdamSchiff At his U.N. meeting with Trump, Zelensky practically begged for the White House meeting on which he was still waiting—and "if we hadn't discovered all this, he would likely be saying at that U.N. Meeting, you know, we're still waiting on that military aid."

@RepAdamSchiff Why does Trump need to be removed?
"Because what Rudy was offering him was something that would help him personally. And what Christopher Wray was offering him ... was merely the information he needed to protect his country and its elections."
And he chose to believe Giuliani.

@RepAdamSchiff .@RepAdamSchiff: "Now, you may be asking, how much damage can he really do in the next several months until the election? A lot. A lot of damage."
That is why he must be removed.

@RepAdamSchiff "The American people deserve a president they can count on to put their interests first."
That is why Trump must be removed.

@RepAdamSchiff "You can't trust this president to do what's right for this country. You can trust he will do what's right for Donald Trump...He'll do it in the election if he's allowed to. This is why, if you find him guilty, you must find that he should be removed."