Aaron Blake: “The White House on Friday morning released a rough transcript of his April call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. It did so even though nobody really suggested there was anything improper about it. The idea seemed to be ‘We have nothing to hide; read the transcripts.'”
“Instead, though, the call undermined one of Trump’s chief defenses. It was quickly noted that the transcript didn’t match a public readout of the call provided by the White House, which said Trump told Zelensky that he was committed to working together to ‘strengthen democracy, increase prosperity, and root out corruption.’ There is no mention of any of that on the call.”
“As The Post’s Carol D. Leonnig reports, it turns out the readout was actually drafted before the call took place and never updated. But importantly, the readout did reflect the talking points Trump was given ahead of the call. In other words, Trump was told he should talk to Zelensky about corruption … and he didn’t.”
CNN: New Trump-Zelensky call transcript raises new questions.
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