Some aides in the Trump administration wonder why the transcript was released at all. And the document's rollout has been viewed in some corners as a disaster
One month, more than a dozen witnesses and a formal vote on impeachment proceedings later, the move is still a sore spot. Some aides wonder why the transcript was released at all. And the document's rollout has been viewed in some corners as a disaster.But if the resentments are still percolating, the precedent was set. As the impeachment crisis enters a new phase, Trump has established himself as the sole architect of his defense.
If they do refuse to testify -- even after receiving subpoenas -- they will prove the exception. A White House legal strategy that sought to limit appearances by administration officials largely collapsed, much to Trump's frustration. The muddled efforts to curtail the investigation through legal means, along with a host of other irritants, have caused internal rifts between White House counsel Pat Cipollone and acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.
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