Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) read from a fake transcript of President Donald Trump’s July phone conversation with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky during his opening statement at a House hearing on Thursday.
Schiff said he used his own rendition of the phone call to emphasize “in sum and in character what the president was trying to communicate with the president of Ukraine.” The White House released a memo of notes taken during the call on Wednesday as Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire prepared to testify before the House Intelligence Committee. Schiff offered his own version of Trump’s response as …read more
Source:: The Washington Free Beacon
