The whistleblower complaint: a close read

Zack, Jenn, and Alex dive into the just-released whistleblower report about Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. They explain what exactly it alleges about Trump and his administration — and the wider coverup operation it reveals. Bottom line? It sure looks like the president deliberately abused his powers of office for political gain — and then the White House engaged in a systematic, corrupt effort to hide his misconduct from the world.

Links to resources discussed:
The full text of the whistleblower complaint, with some context


More background on the Ukraine scandal


We read some key passages from the complaint that Alex highlighted on Twitter, namely this one, this one, this one, and this one.


Zack’s close read of the “transcript”


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