There are transcripts, and there are transcripts.

[guillaumeb]

There are verbatim transcripts, which literally contain every word and sound that the speakers make, and there are non-verbatim transcripts.

A non-verbatim transcript is a condensed, edited version of what was said.

And as we all saw when Barr released his own version of the Mueller Report, what is left out is generally critical.

All of the Trump nonsense about releasing the transcript is meaningless. It is another diversion from the facts because the revealed facts are overwhelming in that they all support that Trump used attempted bribery and extortion to attack a political rival.

[htuttle]

1. "That time Nixon released doctored transcripts during Watergate"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/09/25/trump-ukraine-that-time-nixon-released-doctored-transcripts-during-watergate/

[guillaumeb]

2. Thank you for the reminder.

One assumes that Trump hopes people will confuse his edited distortion of the truth with some type of legal transcript.

[crickets]

10. Excellent article. Thanks for posting that! nt

[Botany]

3. Trump says he will release (HIS) transcript of his first call with Ukraine president Thursday

n/t

[guillaumeb]

5. And of course we all know that Trump lies.

Any edited transcript will bear zero resemblance to what witness testimony has already revealed.

[Botany]

7. We still haven't seen the full transcript from the 1st call and the Mueller report too.

The 1st call to the Ukrainian President must have been damning because Trump's lawyers
hid it as did Bill Barr w/the Mueller report.

[guillaumeb]

8. On a restricted server no less.

If Trump were truly innocent, there would be no need to hide literally everything about his dealings with everyone.

[Botany]

9. Or would he have sent Barr and Rudy all over the world looking for a way to discredit the ...

... the Mueller report. It has to be damning.

https://themoscowproject.org/explainers/trumps-russia-cover-up-by-the-numbers-70-contacts-with-russia-linked-operatives/

[flying_wahini]

4. Well don't forget about all of the notes that Pompeo and Barr are sitting on, too.

Obstruction of Justice

[guillaumeb]

6. Agreed.

They are willing co-conspirators in this, as is Pence.