Leon Panetta actually said...

That transcript is a smoking gun that points to a President having used his office and his responsibilities as commander in chief in dealing with military aid, having used that as leverage to try to get the president of the Ukraine to investigate a political opponent.

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Panetta describes the released transcript as evidence of the President's misuse of power.

09/24/2019

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