I’m pretty sure if he declassifies he loses those 7 squishes in the Senate. Then you’re getting into pretty close removal territory.
In fact, I think many of the squishes like Burrito and Mel Tillis, let alone new squishes like Minion, WANT him to declassify so they can use it as a wedge to pry away some of Trump’s more “solid” supporters like Barasso, Ernst, Cochran.
For the left/RINOs it’s all about creating enough cover that the squishes can feel secure in removing Trump.
If he only plays defense he is crushed in 2020, if he survives 2019. He becomes a punching bag even more feeble than George W. Bush was at the end. Impeachment will not make him heroic, like it did for Clinton, he doesn’t have the media, he doesn’t have the culture behind him, he doesn’t even have his own party with him. He is crushed if he plays only defense.
He needs to burn the house down, or all of us are going to live under Marxism for the rest of our lives.
Who is Minion? Romney?
I have a hard time seeing any Republican who wants to be re-elected voting for removal, apart from a few fanatical Trump-haters like Romney (who has a guaranteed lifetime seat), unless something new turns up and that is extremely unlikely.
Removing a President because of the unsupported claim of his former lawyer that he directed him to pay hush money to a porn star not to talk about a tryst that probably never happened? Only by torturing the law is what Cohen did a felony, and it's only his word that Trump told him to do it.
I guess he might have taped Trump...or have a tape which can be doctored to make it appear that Trump is directing him to make the hush money payment.