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Article snippet: MORE spent the outset of a campaign rally Wednesday evening railing against House Democrats, accusing them of pursuing a “deranged, delusional, destructive and hyperpartisan impeachment witch hunt.” "It’s all a hoax. It’s a scam," Trump told a cheering crowd at the Monroe Civic Center in Louisiana. "I had a perfect phone call, a totally perfect phone call," he added, referring to his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump also continued his attacks on the credibility of the anonymous whistleblower who raised alarm about the call, accusing the individual of making a “horrible statement” about the call and claiming without evidence that the person had “disappeared” after the White House released a transcript of it. Trump then asserted Democrats were “rip[ping] the guts out of our country” and suggested they are engaged in an “illegal act.” House Democrats are quickening their inquiry centered on Trump’s call with Zelensky and plan to take their hearings public next week. The White House earlier Wednesday brought on two new aides to handle impeachment messaging. House committees over the last few days have released a number of transcripts from closed-door depositions with witnesses that have offered insight into the unusual driving role Trump’s personal attorney MORE played in the administration’s policy efforts with respect to Ukraine. Democrats have also collected a growing body of evidence that the administration held up military ai... Link to the full article to read more