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New public remarks and the surrounding impeachment fight made it harder, not easier, for Trump allies to argue the Ukraine pressure campaign was routine foreign policy. The day’s political damage came from the widening gap between the White House’s denials and the accumulating record of calls, aid delays, and witness accounts.
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New public remarks and the surrounding impeachment fight made it harder, not easier, for Trump allies to argue the Ukraine pressure campaign was routine foreign policy. The day’s political damage came from the widening gap between the White House’s denials and the accumulating record of calls, aid delays, and witness accounts.
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New public remarks and the surrounding impeachment fight made it harder, not easier, for Trump allies to argue the Ukraine pressure campaign was routine foreign policy. The day’s political damage came from the widening gap between the White House’s denials and the accumulating record of calls, aid delays, and witness accounts.
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