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dalton99a

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1. Trump Repeatedly Pressed Ukraine President to Investigate Biden's Son

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Original post)

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 11:23 AM

Sep 2019

Trump Repeatedly Pressed Ukraine President to Investigate Biden’s Son
President Trump in a July phone call repeatedly pressured the president of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden ’s son, according to people familiar with the matter, urging Volodymyr Zelensky about eight times to work with Rudy Giuliani on a probe that could hamper Mr. Trump’s potential 2020 opponent.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-defends-conversation-with-ukraine-leader-11568993176

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Here's a bit of interesting information regarding the "transcript": [View all] Arkansas Granny Sep 2019 OP

Trump Repeatedly Pressed Ukraine President to Investigate Biden's Son dalton99a Sep 2019 #1

It's a given the transcript was heavily edited dlk Sep 2019 #2

remember to allow time for translators and other back-chatter at each end paulkienitz Sep 2019 #21

actually, it's NOT a transcript. CharleyDog Sep 2019 #24

You are absolutely right dlk Sep 2019 #27

Not edited. Fabricated after the fact. AtheistCrusader Sep 2019 #30

I was just thinking about this GusBob Sep 2019 #3

Notes that were not included . . Iliyah Sep 2019 #4

There's a possibility that translation took up some of the time. Arkansas Granny Sep 2019 #5

What was released is plenty damning. Hoyt Sep 2019 #6

That's evidence of a coverup. And has a recording been released? Politicub Sep 2019 #7

If two-language translation was going on, that would explain it. MineralMan Sep 2019 #8

She acknowledged that possibility in a later tweet. Arkansas Granny Sep 2019 #11

OK... MineralMan Sep 2019 #12

Apparently Volodymyr Zelensky is fluent in English. Behind the Aegis Sep 2019 #18

I don't know how that call was handled. MineralMan Sep 2019 #19

Oh, I agree. Behind the Aegis Sep 2019 #35

Where are the missing 20 minutes? JPK Sep 2019 #9

Shades of the missing minutes of the Nixon tapes eleny Sep 2019 #10

I know the great Mike Melia, and he is great! NewsHour facts checkers are the best! librechik Sep 2019 #13

Agree. They are my main source for news. Arkansas Granny Sep 2019 #14

Before I retired I worked at NH for 15 years, here at the Denver Office librechik Sep 2019 #15

And this isn't a TRANSCRIPT Liberal In Texas Sep 2019 #16

Agree, a true transcript would note translation pauses bigbrother05 Sep 2019 #23

According to NPR, there is no recording, there have been no WH recordings since 1974. thesquanderer Sep 2019 #26

May not be WH recordings, but I'll bet the NSA has one. Liberal In Texas Sep 2019 #34

Transcript Word Search: Barr count 2. VP Mike Pence 0. ffr Sep 2019 #17

Glad you put transcript in quotes, it is not a transcript n/t hibbing Sep 2019 #20

Caught in LIES yet again. Duppers Sep 2019 #22

So there's a gap in the tape??? W T F Sep 2019 #25

Some don't know what this is or means...It is how Nixon tried to explain the 15 minute gap in the... Stuart G Sep 2019 #32

Keep in mind there were translators both ways, so I'd guess it took 25 minutes or so at the least. George II Sep 2019 #28

From watching a former "transcriptionist" on MSNBC last night oswaldactedalone Sep 2019 #31

Found an old interview with Zelensky. He speaks a little bit of english, but not fluent. DetlefK Sep 2019 #29

Let's say 12 minutes instead of 11...then ask for the missing 18 minutes. Lucky Luciano Sep 2019 #33