Washington, DC
September 25, 2019
In an effort to get a complete picture of what transpired
during the now infamous telephone call between U.S. president Donald Trump and
Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelensky, the Democratic leadership of the House
Judiciary Committee took the extraordinary step of asking the Russian
government to turn over whatever tapes, transcripts, or analyses that it may
have collected from the call.
“May have? Come
on, this is their back yard. They probably
had more bugs in that room than … than … well, more bugs than in my back yard.”
“But aren’t you satisfied with the transcript that the
White House produced?”
“Transcript?
Please. Did you notice how they
show Trump speaking in whole sentences?
Give me a break.”
“I see what you mean.
But still, do you expect the Russians to comply? After all, a lot of people think they see President
Trump as an intelligence asset.”
“After this the Russians no longer see President Trump as an intelligence asset.”
“What makes you say that?”
“One of our agents in Moscow reported that Putin called
Trump a ‘horse’s ass’ in a call with Medvedev yesterday. He didn’t even bother to use a secure line.”
