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If Taylor & Hill & Vindman & Morrison & Sondland & Eisenberg & Pompeo & Perry & Giuliani & Bolton & the still-anonymous whistleblower all knew what Trump was up to regarding Biden & Ukraine, how could Trump's 2nd banana possibly be in the dark?
Whatever Trump did with regard to Ukraine, Mike Pence was mixed up in it, too. We know that Pence read, or at least was given a transcript of, Trump's call with Volodymyr Zelensky. We know he met with the Ukrainian president in Warsaw. And we know that Pence had his own call with Zelensky—a fact that Trump himself offered up unsolicited, seemingly eager to spread around the blame.
"I think you should ask for Vice President Pence's conversation," Trump tattled to reporters, "because he had a couple of conversations also."
The president characterized his Pence-Zelensky calls as "perfect." Congress is not so sure and has formally requested transcripts of those calls.
Despite saying a month ago that he had "no objection" to releasing the transcripts, Pence has yet to do so.
The vice president has assured us of his innocence. "As I said the day after that meeting," he told reporters, "we focused entirely, in my meeting with President Zelensky of Ukraine, on the issues that President Trump has raised as a concern, namely the lack of support from European partners for Ukraine and real issues of corruption in Ukraine."
When asked point-blank whether he was aware of Trump shaking down Zelensky to implicate Joe Biden, the former debate team champion twisted himself into a rhetorical pretzel to avoid a direct answer. "I never discussed the issue of the Bidens with President Zelensky," Pence said.
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