I dont want a damn transcript, I want the actual voice call.

[slater71]

Why in the hell are we not demanding the actual voice call instead of a fucking edited transcript? This is a joke. They can transcribe what ever the hell they want. If they don`t have a voice recording then why not? This isn`t the stone age fore Christ sake.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. It has been reported that these kinds of phone calls are not recorded.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/25/trump-zelensky-phone-call-presidential-conversations-recorded/2438667001/

[redstatebluegirl]

3. I bet he records everything, he is so much like Tricky Dick.

[Rstrstx]

4. I remember at the time this story broke they talked about recordings

IIRC the whistleblower (or someone else, can't remember it seems so long ago) said that the administration was taking many of his calls and putting them in a highly classified storage system normally reserved for the most top-guarded secrets. I got the impression this and other calls were being done outside protocol with the intent of hiding recordings or full transcripts from anyone.

At any rate, hasn't the House already interviewed people who heard the call? We know some people were listening in on and you would think if the transcript had gotten the Barr Treatment someone would have mentioned it in testimony or leaked it. We were hearing rumors within a day or two that Barr's distorted summary did not accurately reflect all the findings of the Mueller report.

[fierywoman]

2. I agree ... but it's very easy to manipulate a recording, too. Much easier than it was

when the 14 minutes (+/- ?) that were missing from Nixon's tape.