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1) The new defense of Trump from Trumplicans is a joke.
Their claim now is that, yes, there may have been a quid pro quo, but you can't show Trump himself was behind it.
But the already known facts show this is steaming nonsense.
2) Go step by step.
Trump himself personally ordered the military aid frozen.
White House officials were ordered not to share details about it with lawmakers.
3) Giuliani publicly confirmed the whole plot as early as May, and continued to do so for months.
Here's an important quote from Giuliani:
“I don’t do anything that involves my client without speaking with my client.”
4) Pence himself directly delivered the message to Zelensky about the withheld military aid.
He said Zelensky needed to do more about "corruption."
But prior texts show that Ukraine had already been told the statement had to target Crowdstrike/Biden.
5) After all this, Trump's spinners are actually trying to argue that Sondland freelanced the extortion piece of the plot on his own.
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