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For a day that was supposed to be about the Senate getting ready for trial, January 14 instead produced another ugly reminder that the Ukraine affair was not a theory, not a vibe, and not just partisan sports. It was documents, messages, and a widening record of exactly how Trump-world tried to bend U.S. policy into campaign machinery. The more evidence came out, the more the defense looked like a fog machine with a flag pin on it.
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A new batch of Lev Parnas documents gave the House more evidence that Rudy Giuliani’s Ukraine operation was entwined with Trump’s political interests. The release revived the central abuse-of-power story just as the impeachment trial was about to begin.