How did he absolve him??
We have a document produced by the WH that clearly shows Trump asking the Ukranian president to open or reopen an investigation into Biden and his son. It's not hearsay, it's not he said/she said. It's a transcription of the President's own words. Whether there was pressure or any quid pro quo is irrelevant - he asked a foreign leader to investigate a political rival. That's illegal in and of itself.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/30121
Opposition research is a "thing of value"; if it had no value, why was he asking for it?
This isn't over yet, not by a long shot. |