The Cover-Up Betrays Trump’s Guilt
The president’s aides were trying to protect him, but in the process made clear they thought his behavior was problematic.
by David A. Graham
Sep 27, 2019
3 minutes
Everyone seems to have seen the trouble except the president himself.
Even before Donald Trump’s July 25 call with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, staffers were reportedly nervous that he’d derail the call with his pet conspiracy theories. Once their fears materialized, White House aides allegedly went into overdrive to suppress the call.
According to the , White House lawyers instructed that a rough transcript of the call be removed from a computer system. Instead, it was placed in a special system for particularly sensitive classified information. And the whistle-blower didn’t even get the whole
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