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skip fox

(19,356 posts)
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 06:27 AM Sep 2019

The full transcript of Trump's call to Ukraine exists! Probably even more damning.

Toward the bottom of page three of the whistle-blower's complaint he or she writes:

"In the days following the phone call, I learned from multiple U.S. officials that senior White House officials had intervened to “lock down” all records of the phone call, especially the official word-for-word transcript of the call that was produced—as is customary—by the White House Situation Room."

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/26/us/politics/whistle-blower-complaint.html


This transcript is different than the shorter abbreviated series of notes of the call, sometimes referred to as memos, that we were given. This is now, of course "locked down" in the computer files reserved to classified security documents.

Since we have the shortened version, can't we force the WH to turn over the full version, one that likely refers to Trump's favor 8 times and could be more explicit in about Trump's quid pro quo?

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empedocles

(15,751 posts)
1. The 'actual transcript', as opposed to notes, memo, doctored version, etc.
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 06:57 AM
Sep 2019

Wish the media would not use the misleading term of 'transcript'.

kentuck

(111,079 posts)
2. Well, it was reported that he asked for help 8 times?
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 07:49 AM
Sep 2019

We haven't heard what he said in those 7 other times?

We don't know the context and we don't know the language used.

It's a safe bet that the WH put out the least offensive of the bunch.

Sugar Smack

(18,748 posts)
6. Thank you. That's been my question all along.
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 09:41 AM
Sep 2019

The MSM dropped the issue and stayed focused on the one call, when he'd called multiple times? The ones not revealed are probably jammed with trump's malevolent intentions & blustering verbal salad. One damning half-sentence after another.

Vinca

(50,261 posts)
3. Congress has to get the complete transcript.
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 07:52 AM
Sep 2019

If it's worse than what they released it must include a direct offer of aid for dirt as well as the request for a favor.

CousinIT

(9,239 posts)
4. I'd think the intel committee could subpoena the original (if that's what they do, not sure)
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 07:56 AM
Sep 2019

It seems they could request it. Since it was not supposed to be on that server to start with, it seems they'd be able to get it. But nothing is as simple as it seems it should be these days.

skip fox

(19,356 posts)
5. In fact they released the "partial call record" so quick because they
Mon Sep 30, 2019, 09:33 AM
Sep 2019

had scrubbed any explicit quid pro quo from the document, and that's also why they were so surprised at the Democratic reaction.

This means AN EXPLICIT QUID PRO QUO EXISTS on the word-for-word transcript.

Find it and we'll find the smoking gun still in the suspect's tiny hands.

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