The reasoning will go like this for his supporters and maybe others: If the transcript makes him look guilty, why insist people read it? That makes no sense. Ergo, it is just a stunt by democrats and there is no reason to read it. Just trust the president.

However, President Donald Trump's latest defense in the impeachment inquiry is to call on people to "read the transcript" of his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

But legal experts say the transcript, which is actually a summary of the call and not a verbatim record, is one of the most damning pieces of evidence against Trump.

"This is not hearsay, these are his own words," Asha Rangappa, a lawyer and former FBI special agent told Insider. "What we hear him doing is using congressionally authorized aid as personal leverage for an e******n benefit."

Rangappa said Trump is trying to "normalize the call" and his insistence that the conversation was "perfect" amounts to a "Jedi mind trick."

resident Donald Trump has echoed this over and over in recent days while continuing to insist he's done nothing wrong amid the escalating impeachment inquiry.

Trump seemingly believes a memo the White House released on his July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is exonerating, but legal experts say it's an extremely damning piece of evidence and that releasing it could be the biggest mistake the administration has made in the escalating scandal.

The document, which contrary to Trump's characterization is not a verbatim transcript but a summary of the call, shows Trump urging a foreign leader to investigate a top political rival. This could constitute an abuse of power that undermines US national security.

The so-called transcript is also corroborated by other documents and witness testimony in the impeachment inquiry that Trump has sought to discredit. To put it another way, Trump handed investigators evidence that could potentially be instrumental in him becoming the third president to be impeached.

Asha Rangappa, a lawyer, former FBI special agent, and Yale lecturer, told Insider the White House summary on the call "is one of the most damning pieces of evidence we've received."

"This is not hearsay, these are his own words," Rangappa added. "And what we hear him doing is using congressionally authorized aid as personal leverage for an e******n benefit."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-wants-people-read-one-184800387.html

Your first paragraph makes no sense. So it's "trouble for Trump" if people DO NOT read all the transcripts, but better for the dems if the whole of the testimony is revealed. Hmmm ….

What the Republicans want is fairness and t***sparency. The dems are now allowing testimony of all future witnesses to be done in public …. but it makes all of us wonder why the first witnesses were deposed in secret. Even if the written testimony of those early witnesses is made public, it doesn't speak to the limitations placed on Republicans in their questioning or the potential witness coaching by shifty ….. nor does it allow the public to actually watch the witnesses respond … which is often more revealing than the verbal response itself.

None of this will matter when it gets to the Senate, because all of shifty's shenanigans will be exposed and the dems will be revealed for the sorry ass, biased, unethical, immoral, Trump-hating fools that they are … no transcripts needed for that revelation.

FYI He did end up reading the testimony (which should make you feel infinitely better), and his conclusion is that the administration’s Ukraine policy was too 'incoherent' for it to have orchestrated the quid pro quo that is at the heart of the probe.

His exact words were:

"What I can tell you about the Trump policy toward the Ukraine, it was incoherent. It depends on who you talk to. They seem to be incapable of forming a quid pro quo."

He did not call Trump stupid. While it obviously was not meant as a compliment, he appeared to be referring to the group of witnesses called by shifty and their "incoherent" testimonies.

YOU will produce transcripts. So you work for Schiff. And it isn't sad it's sickening that an Obama/Brennan/Biden/Democrat/socialist Party operative whose lawyer was tweeting in 2017 that "the c**p has started", "impeachment will follow ultimately" and "as one falls, two or more take their place". Wonder which one of those two this cabal member is. As the glaring evidence of this coordinated c**p attempt continues to pour out, you would think the obvious would become, well, obvious. But when you are a sore loser filled with h**e, it's impossible to be fair