‘Largely verbatim’: Situation Room CIA veterans say Trump transcript likely complete and accurate

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Two former CIA officers who were veterans of the Situation Room said that the system in place at the White House ensured that the transcript of President Trump’s conversation with the Ukraine president was “likely verbatim.”

The White House took the rare step of releasing a transcript of a president’s call with a foreign leader on Wednesday after a whistleblower complaint sparked an uproar over whether President Trump improperly pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his potential 2020 election rival Joe Biden.

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