Determined Democrats Drive Impeachment Forward Despite Thin Call Transcript

Determined Democrats Drive Impeachment Forward Despite Thin Call Transcript
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks to reporters as he holds a transcript of the phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, during a press conference at the US Capitol in Washington on Sept. 25, 2019. MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
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Democrats insisted on Sept. 25 the transcript of President Donald Trump’s July 25 call to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky justifies their increasingly frenetic impeachment drive, even as the document’s actual contents fall far short of pre-release expectations.

The transcript provides no evidence of Trump making a promise to Zelensky, as a “whistleblower” had claimed, or of there being any quid pro quo in return for reopening an investigation into possible corruption by Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy. Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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