https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/13/hearing-republicans-carry-forward-trumps-effort-make-lies-into-truths/
"Trump failed in his effort to extort Ukraine into manufacturing fake evidence to bolster his story lines. But he can’t let go of them — he seems to think his reelection depends on realizing this project — and he still has Republicans in Congress using the impeachment hearings to do it for him."