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As televised impeachment hearings are set to begin on Wednesday, a leaked GOP document is providing a behind-the-scenes outline of the Trump defense strategy.
The memo was written by top Republicans who were given access to the closed- door basement hearings run by Shifty Adam Schiff over the past month.
The document obtained by Fox News, CNN, and other news outlets makes the case that Democrats have not provided evidence of any quid pro quo during the July 25 call between POTUS and Ukraine President Volodumyr Zelenskiy. The GOP memo writers also express frustration that the hearings will remain “one-sided, partisan and fundamentally unfair” even though they will be going public tomorrow.
Four clear takeaways from the evidence listed in the memo:
1. When Trump called Zelenskiy, there were no indications of a quid pro quo—no conditions or pressure placed in exchange for Ukraine to conduct investigations on VP Joe Biden or his son, Hunter.
2. Both Zelenskiy and Trump said there was no pressure involved.
3. Ukraine’s government did not know a hold on aid had been imposed at the time of the call.
4. The hold on aid was lifted on September 11.
The GOP memo writers also included other concerns, such as:
- There will be no due process for Trump during the hearings
- Adam Schiff has not given any guarantee he will call witnesses wanted by
Republicans, considering he denied the GOP request to question the anonymous whistleblower who started this whole charade
Another key to the Trump impeachment defense according to the memo: Trump had a “deep-seated, genuine and reasonable skepticism of Ukraine and U.S. taxpayer-funded foreign aid” because of the “pervasive corruption” in the Ukraine since the Soviet Union’s collapse.
The memo writers also claim Ukrainian government officials interfered in the 2016 presidential election in favor of Hillary Clinton. However, this has not been proven, according to Fox News.
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