Journalists: Stop Calling it a “Transcript”

The Trump-Zelensky memorandum is not verbatim

Mark Weiss
Nov 7 · 3 min read

One day after Nancy Pelosi announced the beginning of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, the White House released a memorandum containing much of the key information about the President’s phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky.

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