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The impeachment inquiry kept tightening around Trump on a day when House investigators were moving toward key testimony and the White House’s defenses looked increasingly brittle. The issue was no longer just the July call summary; it was the widening paper trail, the witness lineup, and the growing sense that the administration had spent weeks trying to steer, stall, and blur the facts.
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The impeachment inquiry kept tightening around Trump on a day when House investigators were moving toward key testimony and the White House’s defenses looked increasingly brittle. The issue was no longer just the July call summary; it was the widening paper trail, the witness lineup, and the growing sense that the administration had spent weeks trying to steer, stall, and blur the facts.
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The impeachment inquiry kept tightening around Trump on a day when House investigators were moving toward key testimony and the White House’s defenses looked increasingly brittle. The issue was no longer just the July call summary; it was the widening paper trail, the witness lineup, and the growing sense that the administration had spent weeks trying to steer, stall, and blur the facts.
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