By LEXINGTON | WASHINGTON, DC
WAS IT a nothing-burger after all? Many Democrats must have been anxiously asking themselves that question late on September 24th, after the White House abruptly promised to release a transcript of President Donald Trump’s controversial recent phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Trump administration’s erstwhile refusal to make the transcript public, even as damning reports of its contents had leaked out, was a major reason why Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives, had announced the launching of an impeachment inquiry into Mr Trump earlier that day. What if—as some conservative commentators asked—the transcript turned out to be less damaging to Mr Trump than Mrs Pelosi had been led to expect? Had she been drawn into a trap?
