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121 " The degree of Russian penetration of the Trump campaign in the summer of 2016 can scarcely be overstated. In June, Trump’s son and campaign high command welcomed Putin’s representatives to hear dirt from them about Trump’s opponent; in August, a suspected Russian spy put forward a plan to consolidate Russian rule in Ukraine—with the implied offer of millions of dollars to Trump’s campaign chairman. And in between those two events, in July, Russian interests had convulsed the Clinton campaign by releasing emails hacked from the accounts of the Democratic Party. "
― Jeffrey Toobin , True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump
122 " It was notable, in light of subsequent defenses of Trump’s behavior on the call, that he made only two demands of Ukraine: to investigate CrowdStrike and the Bidens. Trump said nothing about the need for Zelensky to fight corruption in Ukraine or to defend his country against Russia. All Trump cared about was extorting this vulnerable nation for his personal electoral advantage. "
123 " Trump’s behavior was so wildly and obviously inappropriate—pressuring a foreign leader to help the president’s reelection—that two listeners that very morning went to John Eisenberg, the National Security Council lawyer, to complain. "
124 " As one justice explained, “The paramount destiny and mission of women are to fulfill the noble and benign offices of wife and mother. This is the law of the Creator. "
― Jeffrey Toobin , The Oath: The Obama White House and The Supreme Court
125 " The fake news industry was largely dependent on Facebook. The content farms’ websites generated little traffic on their own, so their owners depended on gullible readers sharing the stories on social media, which usually meant Facebook. "