"I will never forget the moment when I realized that President Donald Trump had transformed the way we think about political scandals. It was in September 2019, right after Trump released the memorandum of his July 25, 2019, call with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine. There, in black and white, was one of the clearest examples of an improper quid pro quo in foreign affairs that I'd ever seen."
"He called a clearly corrupt call perfect and kept calling it perfect until virtually every Republican rallied to his side or remained silent. No cover-up, no crime It's as if he had reversed the old saying It's not the crime; it's the cover-up into something entirely new. If there is no cover-up, then there must not have been a crime."
"If there is a word that describes the second Trump administration, it's brazen. While I certainly hold open the possibility that dark deeds are being done in secret, one thing that is remarkable is how open and obvious he is with his self-dealing. He accepted the gift of a plane to serve as a new Air Force One (later to be handed over to the Trump presidential library) from Qatar"
In September 2019, President Trump released the memorandum of his July 25 call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, revealing a demand that Ukraine investigate alleged 2016 election interference and Joe Biden and his son in exchange for U.S. assistance. The call displayed an apparent quid pro quo and was publicly defended by Trump as "perfect," producing broad Republican support or silence. The second Trump administration has been characterized by overt self-dealing, including acceptance of a gifted plane from Qatar and issuance of pardons that raised concerns about favoritism and foreign influence.
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