As soon as President Trump hung up the phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25, his aides jumped into motion to address concerns about the conversation, including taking steps to put notes on the call in a password-protected, highly-classified vault, CNN reported.
National security officials immediately began discussing whether Trump had gone too far with his request for Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, per CNN. Some aides also discussed whether to alert senior officials — namely Attorney General Bill Barr who was named multiple times in the phone call — who were not privy to the …read more
Source:: TPM
