'It is shocking at another level that the White House would release these notes and felt that somehow this would help the president's case or cause because what those notes reflect is a classic mafia-like shakedown of a foreign leader,' said Rep. Adam Schiff.
"It is not part of his job to use taxpayer money to shake down other countries for the benefit of his campaign," the California Democrat said in a statement following the transcript's release."Either the President does not know the weight of his words or he does not care about ethics or his constitutional responsibilities."
The transcript revealed that Trump offered Zelensky the help of Attorney General William Barr and his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani when investigating the Bidens, and that Zelensky should speak with both men. Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler said Barr should now recuse himself from further handling the whistleblower complaint, which was reviewed by the department. DOJ declined to open a criminal investigation.
But Republicans and Trump loyalists pushed back against the notion of any quid pro quo, coming to the president's defense to say the transcript vindicated him and to accuse their Democratic counterparts of issuing"baseless accusations."
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