Impeachment trial opens with the Ukraine mess still fully on fire
The Senate impeachment trial was beginning, and nothing about the day suggested the White House had found a way out. The congressional record reflected the House’s core allegation: Trump conditioned military aid and a White House meeting on Ukraine’s willingness to pursue a political investigation that would help him. That is not a procedural headache; it is the kind of factual record that turns a political defense into a damage-control exercise.
First recorded Jan 15, 2020·Meaningfully updated Jan 15, 2020
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Impeachment trial opens with the Ukraine mess still fully on fire
The Senate impeachment trial was beginning, and nothing about the day suggested the White House had found a way out. The congressional record reflected the House’s core allegation: Trump conditioned military aid and a White House meeting on Ukraine’s willingness to pursue a political investigation that would help him. That is not a procedural headache; it is the kind of factual record that turns a political defense into a damage-control exercise.
The Senate impeachment trial was beginning, and nothing about the day suggested the White House had found a way out. The congressional record reflected the House’s core allegation: Trump conditioned military aid and a White House meeting on Ukraine’s willingness to pursue a political investigation that would help him. That is not a procedural headache; it is the kind of factual record that turns a political defense …
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