FiveThirtyEight
Nathaniel Rakich

Goldman, Democrats’ attorney, is establishing that the part of the call where Trump asks about “doing us a favor” was not part of the official talking points that Trump was given to guide the call.

Perry Bacon Jr.

Vindman implied that Zelensky brought up the word “Burisma” as if he was prepped by his staff to do so. Which supports the idea that Zelensky understood that Trump was ordering him to investigate Burisma and wanted to make sure that was clear.

Perry Bacon Jr.

Both of them seem to think the word “Burisma” was specifically mentioned on the call. They are pretty confident of that. But that was not in the summary of the call that was released to the public.


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