As the Campaign Legal Center noted, the transcript is not a complete accounting of the phone call, which may have included other discussions that did not make it into the final readout.
The White House immediately attempted to spin an interpretation of the transcript's contents, and in doing so, inadvertently sent out talking points to Democratic staffers on Capitol Hill, revealing their strategy.
Many ethics experts reacted similarly to Potter, rejecting assertions from Trump allies that because the call doesn't contain an explicit, quid pro quo criminal conspiracy that it isn't actionable by Congress. "Mr. Trump's meaning was perfectly clear: He wanted Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden," Noah Bookbinder, executive director of the good-governance group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington,in an op-ed Wednesday."Mr. Zelensky's reaction shows that he got the message. He assured Mr. Trump that he would be appointing a loyal prosecutor general and that"he or she will look into the situation.
Some of Trump's Republican defenders have sought to cast a high-bar for allegations of wrongdoing, but no such bar is required as it concerns Congress's oversight or impeachment powers. While the president is largely immune from the federal statues and ethics rules that govern the behavior of executive branch officials, Congress is able to apply comparable scrutiny of the president through its inherent authority as a co-equal branch of government.
Reports have suggested that, in the wake of the transcript's release, Democrats may seek to focus their upcoming impeachment investigation on this particular scandal. It is unclear if this strategy is backed by the entire caucus, but it appears to be spearheaded by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was a recent and reluctant convert to impeachment.
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