Benjamin Wittes

"There is little prospect of congressional Republicans abandoning the president as long as this resilience in his job-approval numbers persists. So the key question is whether support for the president among Republican voters will meaningfully erode in the face of a more public presentation of the president’s behavior with respect to Ukraine."

"This is a lose-lose situation for the White House. Every time there is a release of information, ... the factual landscape gets worse for the president."