We now have a rough transcript of President Trump’s phone call with the Ukrainian president, along with the whistleblower complaint. And despite plenty of very passionate arguments, neither contains an explicit quid pro quo. In fact, while we knew there was a “promise” involved, the only reference to a “promise” comes from the inspector general, who suggests the promise might have come from Volodymyr Zelensky — not Trump.
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US President Donald Trump departs after announcing a new immigration proposal, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on May 16, 2019.
