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Public testimony on November 22 deepened the sense that Trump’s effort to press Ukraine for investigations was not just rogue freelancing by aides, but part of a coordinated campaign tied to the President’s wishes. That is a much worse problem for the White House than a few bad optics, because it pushes the scandal closer to an impeachment-level abuse-of-power case.
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Public testimony on November 22 deepened the sense that Trump’s effort to press Ukraine for investigations was not just rogue freelancing by aides, but part of a coordinated campaign tied to the President’s wishes. That is a much worse problem for the White House than a few bad optics, because it pushes the scandal closer to an impeachment-level abuse-of-power case.
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Public testimony on November 22 deepened the sense that Trump’s effort to press Ukraine for investigations was not just rogue freelancing by aides, but part of a coordinated campaign tied to the President’s wishes. That is a much worse problem for the White House than a few bad optics, because it pushes the scandal closer to an impeachment-level abuse-of-power case.
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