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Top State Department Official Worried About A 'Quid Pro Quo,' Texts Show

Text messages released Thursday night show top state department officials discussing the U.S.-Ukraine relationship, including concern by the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine that President Trump was engaging in a “quid pro quo” by conditioning military aid on investigations that could benefit him politically.

Here & Now‘s Tonya Mosley speaks with NPR White House Correspondent Franco Ordonez (@FrancoOrdonez) for more.

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