The administration's first strategy was to throw Rudy Giuliani under the bus, since he's the one who starting all this by spilling his guts on CNN:
"Rudy — he did all of this," one U.S. official said. "This s---show that we're in — it's him injecting himself into the process."
WaPo: Giuliani pursued shadow Ukraine agenda as key foreign policy officials were sidelined
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But then Rudy saw the writing on the wall and said he had evidence on his phone that he had orders from the State Department:
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Then we got reports that as many as 30 Republican Senators could vote against Trump simply because they loathe him and the control he has over them:
And some Republican Senators are already breaking from the "nothingburger" talking points the White House distributed:
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We already knew Pence was mixed up in the Kievan Ruse:
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But a sinking Trump just went on television and made it clear he's dragging Pence down with him:
Trump and his advisors are betting on the fact that many Republicans may be willing to go against him if that just meant ending up with Mike Pence, but they're certainly not going to want to replace him with President Nancy Pelosi.
The best case scenario is the noose continues to tighten around everyone, Trump, Pence, Barr, Pompeo, Mulvaney, Giuliani... but even if that's the case how many Republican Senators would vote to convict both Trump and Pence?
"Rudy — he did all of this," one U.S. official said. "This s---show that we're in — it's him injecting himself into the process."
WaPo: Giuliani pursued shadow Ukraine agenda as key foreign policy officials were sidelined
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But then Rudy saw the writing on the wall and said he had evidence on his phone that he had orders from the State Department:
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Then we got reports that as many as 30 Republican Senators could vote against Trump simply because they loathe him and the control he has over them:
And some Republican Senators are already breaking from the "nothingburger" talking points the White House distributed:
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We already knew Pence was mixed up in the Kievan Ruse:
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But a sinking Trump just went on television and made it clear he's dragging Pence down with him:
Trump and his advisors are betting on the fact that many Republicans may be willing to go against him if that just meant ending up with Mike Pence, but they're certainly not going to want to replace him with President Nancy Pelosi.
The best case scenario is the noose continues to tighten around everyone, Trump, Pence, Barr, Pompeo, Mulvaney, Giuliani... but even if that's the case how many Republican Senators would vote to convict both Trump and Pence?
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