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Certain people are skeptical because it doesn't say what they thought/wanted it to say, just like the Mueller report before it.I think it is also important that we remember that part of the reason people are skeptical about the accuracy of the transcript and of the accounts being given by the administration is that they have demonstrably lied so many times before that people almost just expect it now, which is a sad state of affairs for the GOP.
They are constantly left scrambling to decipher Trump-speak and defend it, and they are constantly having to defend contradictory statements by the administration over the course of hours.
If you recall, on Sunday Trump sent out Pompeo and Mnuchin to the talk shows to say that the transcript would not be released because it would set a terrible precedent. GOPers were quick to agree.
48 hours later, Trump announced he was releasing it. Oh, crap, they had to turn about and say releasing it was good and would end this.
24 hours later it turns out it is not a transcript, its a summary.
And originally Trump said he held up the aid over corruption. Not a day later he said he held it up in protest to other countries not contirbuting enough. So it really should come as no surprise that no one, not even at this point GOPers, believe a single thing Trump says.
They'll keep on trying to make it say what they wanted it to say, see Adam Schiff, for example.