The impeachment case-after the failure of non-collusion with Russia and the non-obstruction of Robert Mueller -now boils down to President Trump's dealings over a few weeks this summer with new Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
We are not defending Mr. Trump's phone call with Mr. Zelensky or any plan to deny military aid.
Sending his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to lobby Ukrainian officials outside formal U.S. diplomatic channels was dumb, ran counter to Mr. Trump's own policy, and was ultimately self-destructive.
If there's nothing to Mr. Trump's claims here, wouldn't this boost the Democratic impeachment case with the American public?
Mr. Trump's actions also can't be separated from Democratic attempts in 2016 to use Russian disinformation to unleash an FBI counterintelligence operation against the Trump campaign.
Mr. Trump's Giuliani gambit failed amid opposition from his own government.
In a healthier political culture, Democrats would be using the Ukraine episode as an argument against Mr. Trump's re-election.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-banality-of-impeachment-11573689793?mod=hp_opin_pos_1
We are not defending Mr. Trump's phone call with Mr. Zelensky or any plan to deny military aid.
Sending his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to lobby Ukrainian officials outside formal U.S. diplomatic channels was dumb, ran counter to Mr. Trump's own policy, and was ultimately self-destructive.
If there's nothing to Mr. Trump's claims here, wouldn't this boost the Democratic impeachment case with the American public?
Mr. Trump's actions also can't be separated from Democratic attempts in 2016 to use Russian disinformation to unleash an FBI counterintelligence operation against the Trump campaign.
Mr. Trump's Giuliani gambit failed amid opposition from his own government.
In a healthier political culture, Democrats would be using the Ukraine episode as an argument against Mr. Trump's re-election.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-banality-of-impeachment-11573689793?mod=hp_opin_pos_1
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