But it also illustrates in a backhand way just how unconvincing any effort to sanitize away Trump’s corrupt motives must inevitably be. It also requires accepting the spectacularly absurd idea that the investigations Trump actually did ask for were not just motivated by a general desire to fight corruption but also benefited Trump politically out of pure coincidence. But it was legitimate for Trump to hesitate in granting them, because his request for those investigations was reasonable. But then the report brazenly cites Trump’s concerns about Ukrainians opposing him in the 2016 election as grounds for Trump’s dim views of Ukraine! Yet the GOP report claims concerns about Biden’s corruption were reasonable.

Source: Washington Post December 03, 2019 14:24 UTC