'It's the selective release, that the courts will say, 'is he really serious about executive privilege?'' Andrew Napolitano pointed out.
The July 25 call is at the center of the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry against the president. An anonymous government whistleblower filed a formal complaint about the call and the president's efforts to pressure Ukrainian leaders to open investigations into unsubstantiated claims against Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, as well as into a debunked conspiracy theory that Democrats worked with Ukrainians to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.
Trump initially said that the transcript of his first call with Ukraine's president, which was reportedly a congratulatory conversation after Zelenskiy won the country's presidential election earlier this year, would be released last week. It's unclear why the release was delayed and what new details—if any—the call could bring to light.
Thus far, multiple credible witnesses—including Trump-appointed diplomats and national security officials—have corroborated the details of the original whistleblower complaint. Furthermore, they have testified that the president essentially blackmailed Ukraine with a quid pro quo, temporarily withholding nearly $400 million in military aid to pressure the Eastern European nation's leaders to open the investigations he desired.
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C. as he departs for Tuscaloosa, Alabama on November 9Napolitano has repeatedly criticized Trump and his administration's actions towards Ukraine, as well as the defenses that Republicans have used to push back against the allegations.
Republicans"have seen the transcripts [of witness depositions] and have dropped their 'no quid pro quo' argument, and now make the legally absurd contention that all evidence derived from witness interviews conducted in secret—with Republican House members present and participating—is somehow tainted and should be thrown out,"that"the impeachment process is not only lawful, it's constitutional," Napolitano added later,"under the Constitution the Democrats...
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