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The revelation from Rice comes amid media reports and comments from political leaders that have painted the use of this top secret server as proof that Trump was trying to cover up the contents of his conversation with the Ukrainian leader, a full transcript of which the administration has now released to the public.



While Rice admitted that the Obama administration also used this server to protect sensitive presidential phone calls, she left open the question of whether the Trump administration used the server in this particular case to save the president from damaging, perhaps even impeachable, comments he made to Zelensky regarding investigations into political rival Joe Biden. - The Federalist

After President Trump was accused of a cover-up for moving details about his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a separate, highly secured computer system, former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice admitted thatThe difference? Rice says that Trump's conversation didn't meet the threshold to justify that level of classification, according to The Federalist " Rice said at the Texas Tribune Festival when asked how often the Obama administration engaged in this practice -Rice's revelation may soften arguments of a cover-up by the Trump administration to "lock down" the conversation.What's more, The Federalist notes that "reporting from ABC News shows that, after sensitive conversations with foreign leaders were leaked to the press."In an August 12 letter,, after the elder Biden bragged about forcing Ukraine to fire its lead prosector 'or else' $1 billion in US loan guarantees would be pulled. Moreover, Democrats have also pointed to the Trump administration pausing nearly $400 million in US military aid as a bargaining chip.Both Trump and Zelensky have denied that there was any pressure, which was made clear when Trump. In addition,, according to the New York Times' Kenneth Vogel in a Wednesday tweet.The Trump administration says the call with Zelensky was only added to the top secret server after guidance from a National Security Counsel attorney.