Conservative media are already advancing a remarkable take about Tuesday’s heavily damaging testimonies by White House national security aides during the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment inquiry: Their testimony confirms that the White House carried out U.S. policy in withholding military aid to Ukraine.

Such a hot take is a plainly fraudulent interpretation of what was said, and anyone who actually watched the hearing would have to be fully conscious that it is such. The attempted plot to force an investigation into Trump’s potential 2020 political opponent Joe Biden and his son Hunter is, to be blunt, exactly what the witnesses have been testifying about.

During Fox News’ Tuesday coverage of the impeachment hearings, chief White House correspondent John Roberts characterized the White House’s attitude about the day’s earlier proceedings.