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Effective. so there's still -- yeah, they're searching for this message. it's been weeks now. and this is probably going to b over with by the time they come up with. >> we've talked about the various lines of defense that have come up. there is trump was fighting corruption. there is the he wanted europe to put more money into it. there's the it was a quid pro quo but it's not illegal. the lindsey graham defense, this is new and interesting. the foreign policy of the trump administration or trump himself is too incoherent to have worked out a quid pro quo. as a former prosecutor, you don't ha...

Career diplomat who has served in both republican and democratic administrations told lawmakers that it was, quote, my clear understanding securityuo assistance money would not come untilou the president of ukrain committed to pursue the investigation.l that's a reference to potential investigations into joe biden and his son, hunter, as well as a conspiracy theory about alleged ukrainian interference in the 2016 election. taylor also testified that another witness, national security council official tim morrison, had told him that trump, quote, did insist that president zelensky go to a micro...

>> while the democrats and some former officials suggest it's time that the message on this controversy goes beyond the phrase "quid pro quo." >> we keep on using this euphemistic expression "quid pro quo." the actual term for what occurred is extortion. an extortion is a crime. the president extorted the president of ukraine for political dirt on a prospective political opponent and dangled military aid and the promise of a presidential visit. >> i think the allegation is extortion. it's pretty clear that all the arrows point in the direction that the president was leading the scheme and the ...