By Maanvi Singhin San Francisco (now) and Joan E Greve in Washington (earlier)
The House intelligence chair, Adam Schiff, pushed back against Republicans’ defense of the president in an interview with NPR
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In the memo, posted on CNN, Democrats rebut each of the four arguments the Republicans put forth in their internal memo in the impeachment inquiry.
The July 25 call summary — the best evidence of the conversation — shows no conditionality or evidence of pressure;
President Zelensky and President Trump have both said there was no pressure on the call;
Source: Schiff ahead of public hearings: Trump tried to scheme with Ukraine – as it happened
