House Democrats Ask Putin for Call Transcript

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.”