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Reporting on September 20 revived a far more dangerous question: whether Trump’s pressure on Ukraine was backed by a hold on nearly $400 million in security aid. That possibility made the scandal bigger than a bad call and pushed it toward a potentially impeachable abuse of power.
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Reporting on September 20 revived a far more dangerous question: whether Trump’s pressure on Ukraine was backed by a hold on nearly $400 million in security aid. That possibility made the scandal bigger than a bad call and pushed it toward a potentially impeachable abuse of power.
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Reporting on September 20 revived a far more dangerous question: whether Trump’s pressure on Ukraine was backed by a hold on nearly $400 million in security aid. That possibility made the scandal bigger than a bad call and pushed it toward a potentially impeachable abuse of power.
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