Trump wants people to 'READ THE TRANSCRIPT' of the Ukraine call to prove his innocence, but it's a damning piece of evidence

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• 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 election benefit."
• Rangappa said Trump is trying to "normalize the call" and his insistence that the conversation was "perfect" amounts to a "Jedi mind trick."
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"READ THE TRANSCRIPT."

President 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. 

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