AMERICA IS IN 'SERIOUSLY DARK TIMES' WHEN TRUMP CLAIMS THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH UKRAINE QUID PRO QUO: EX-WHITE HOUSE ETHICS CHIEF

https://www.newsweek.com/america-seriously-dark-times-when-trump-claims-theres-nothing-wrong-ukraine-quid-pro-quo-1469512

Ahead of another week of closed-door depositions on the Hill, the president launched fresh attacks on the probe into his July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, which he has dismissed as another "witch hunt."

The president's Sunday evening tirade branded the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Adam Schiff, "a corrupt politician." Trump speculated that Schiff might amend records of closed-door testimony to incriminate him and "suit the Dems purposes."

Trump suggested that Republicans involved in the hearings "should give their own transcripts of the interviews to contrast with Schiff's manipulated propaganda," adding that Schiff is "a proven liar, leaker & freak who is really the one who should be impeached!"

The president then said that any suggestion of a proposed quid pro quo with Zelenskiy "doesn't matter" and claimed "there is nothing wrong with that, it is not an impeachable event."