McConnell encouraged Trump to release transcript of Zelensky call: report
By Tal Axelrod - 09/27/19 09:25 PM EDT
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) reportedly encouraged President Trump to release the memorandum of his controversial call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Two people familiar with the conversation told The Washington Post that McConnell encouraged the White House to release the reconstituted transcript to reinforce Trump’s claim that nothing improper happened during the conversation, explaining that speculation about the call had escalated too far.
McConnell’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.
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