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Trump’s staff heavily edited the transcript of his telephone call with Ukraine’s president in which he illegally extorted assistance with his reelection campaign. More than half of the transcript is missing:

https://www.newsweek.com/senator-king-suggests-least-20-minutes-are-missing-trump-ukraine-call-transcript-1462622

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/03/odd-markings-ellipses-fuel-doubts-about-rough-transcript-trumps-ukraine-call/

Text messages show that Trump and his staff pressured Ukraine’s government to assist Trump’s reelection campaign by investigating his political opponent:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/03/politics/us-envoys-trump-ukraine-investigate/index.html

There were many other questionable telephone calls that need to be examined:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/02/trump-transcripts-impeachment-inquiry-ukraine-nixon

Update: Trump’s chief of staff has admitted that Trump withheld nearly $400 million in U.S. military assistance to Ukraine unless it investigated his political opponent:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/us/politics/trump-mulvaney-ukraine.html

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/17/politics/mick-mulvaney-quid-pro-quo-donald-trump-ukraine-aid/index.html