Really legal work? is that something a lawyer does or is he really just an opposition researcher digging for dirt on potential opponents? it s troubling to senate republicans, the sort of traditional types, several of who are on the senate committee, richard burr, marco rubio. they see this and they have long been on the moscow side of this argument. they re the ones to sort of watch in the next few weeks or months if there is going to be any sort of crumbling between senate republicans over this issue. beyond that, what rudy giuliani says is the pro-russia side of this. putin always said ukraine did this, not russia. that s been completely debunked. then the president on the call is asking for this crowd strike server. it s a wacky conspiracy theory at best. it s a different reaction than what we saw in the mueller report. you re seeing the president adopt a playbook saying it s the
States spreading conspiracy theories from the oval office after his staff, u.s. government officials, have briefed him on the nature of these allegations and that they re completely false. remember we have the transcript because trump s own officials put them out because trump himself put this transcript out in which it s clear that he s referring to this completely untrue allegation that somehow the crowd strike server ended up in ukraine. this is an extraordinary development. we have a president who is personally spreading conspiracy theories, despite having been told the actual facts by his own administration. these are his own officials. i believe that s very significant testimony. i think we re going to find out a lot more information in the course of this investigation, and, you know, again, we just, as a system, as a country, are we really prepared for the idea that we have someone in the oval office who is willing to stake his presidency on a completely