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.@RepAdamSchiff accuses top intel official of illegally withholding 'urgent' whistleblower complaint

even after the intel community's inspector general characterized the complaint as credible and of "urgent concern." politico.com/story/2019/09/…
@RepAdamSchiff Trump Repeatedly Pressed Ukraine President to Investigate Biden’s Son

Interactions under focus amid whistleblower complaint on U.S. president’s dealings

Trump asked Ukraine president to investigate Joe Biden's son eight times in one phone call hill.cm/5zvHUNh
Hillary Clinton: "The president asked a foreign power to help him win an election. Again." hill.cm/VCuYv2e
A Ukraine legislator and former head of the country's domestic intelligence agency tells @annanemtsova the country will likely reopen an investigation into the energy company whose board included Hunter Biden thedailybeast.com/ukraine-likely…
J. Cofer Black also joined Burisma's Board of Directors in 2017

White House attorneys directed sealing of phone transcript

apnews.com/ec576ac2faa942…
Whistleblower alleged White House officials moved records of Trump's call with Ukraine's president to an electronic system meant for highly sensitive materials.

Former NSC officials say that move would be highly unusual and a misuse of classified systems. npr.org/2019/09/27/764…
Trump’s Ukraine call sparks new questions over the firing of DNI Coats
theguardian.com/us-news/2019/s…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was on July call between Trump, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy abcnews.go.com/Politics/secre…
WaPo reports the State Dept. intensifies Hillary Clinton probe amid news that Pompeo was on Ukraine call washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Parnas and Kislin have been subpoenaed by the House of Representatives buzzfeednews.com/article/mikesa…
Amid an impeachment inquiry centered around request of Ukraine to investigate the Bidens, President Trump openly recommends that China also investigate the Bidens. nbcnews.to/2LJaOlq
Bill Taylor, top U.S. diplomat to Ukraine, wrote that he thought it’s “crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign” in newly disclosed text messages shared with lawmakers. abcn.ws/2Mh4aSu
.@ErinBanco and @maxwelltani got a page from the State Department oppo dossier that Rudy fed to Pompeo. It appears to show John Solomon sending an advance copy of one of his Ukraine stories to Joe diGenova, Victoria Toensing, and Lev Parnas thedailybeast.com/biden-ukraine-…
Giuliani on Ukrainian prosecutor Lutsenko in May, when seeking charges against Biden: a “much more honest guy” than Kremlin-aligned predecessor

Giuliani now, after Lutsenko found no Biden wrongdoing: “exactly the prosecutor Biden put in to tank the case” nbcnews.com/politics/trump…
Trump ordered the removal of the ambassador to Ukraine after months of complaints from allies, including Rudy Giuliani, that she was undermining him abroad and obstructing efforts to persuade Kyiv to investigate Biden. cnn.com/2019/10/03/pol…
CIA's top lawyer made 'criminal referral' on complaint about Trump Ukraine call

Experts are raising questions about why the Justice Department did not open an investigation.

nbcnews.com/politics/trump…
Trump raised political opponents Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren with China's leader Xi in June call housed in highly secure server cnn.com/2019/10/03/pol…
As Rudy Giuliani was pushing Ukrainian officials to investigate Biden, Giuliani associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman planned to steer lucrative contracts from a Ukrainian gas deal to Trump allies apnews.com/d7440cffba4940…
"the effort to install a friendlier management team at the helm of the gas company, Naftogaz, would soon be taken up with Ukraine’s new president by U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, whose slate of candidates included a fellow Texan who is one of Perry’s past political donors."
Rick Perry announced his plan to resign by year's end amid Ukraine scandal nytimes.com/2019/10/04/cli…
Attorney representing whistleblower who sounded the alarm on Pres. Trump’s dealings with Ukraine tells @ABC News he is now representing a second whistleblower who has first-hand knowledge of events. abcn.ws/30PZ4BF
The Trump administration has blocked Gordon Sondland, Trump's ambassador to the EU, from testifying before Congress Tuesday.
npr.org/2019/10/08/768…
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman are in custody, a spokesperson for the US attorney's office in Manhattan has confirmed. buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Lev Parnas helped raise significant sums of money last year for Ron DeSantis as he campaigned to become Florida’s governor amp.miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
Ousted ambassador Marie Yovanovitch tells Congress Trump pressured State Dept. to remove her
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Shepard Smith unexpectedly announces that he is leaving Fox News amid Trump's criticism over negative coverage regarding Biden and Ukraine at Fox News nbcnews.to/2MwCr05
This announcement comes after a recent meeting between William Barr and @rupertmurdoch vanityfair.com/news/2019/10/w…
September 24th: Shep Smith Seemingly Calls Out Fox News Colleagues on Biden-Ukraine ‘Conspiracy Theory’

thedailybeast.com/shep-smith-see…
In the summer of 2018, Parnas and "Fruman visited Israel as part of a delegation of right-wing Jewish and evangelical Christian supporters of Trump. The group was led by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee." haaretz.com/us-news/.premi…
"During their visit to Israel, Parnas and Fruman were photographed together with [David] Friedman, who was involved in religious right-wing activism in support of Israeli settlements in the West Bank before he was narrowly confirmed as ambassador in 2017."
"Another person receiving an award from Young Israel that night was Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who happens to be among the politicians who received donations from Parnas and Fruman."
Kislin cooperating with impeachment inquiry, lawyer says hill.cm/xFrWXdD
Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland intends to testify Trump told him in the Oval that Ukraine requests had to go through Giuliani & that Rudy wanted a written statement promising Biden probe. Giuliani says Sondland "was in charge." washingtonpost.com/investigations…
Pence refuses House request to provide documents related to Ukraine call nbcnews.com/politics/trump…
Giuliani won't comply with congressional subpoena nbcnews.com/politics/trump…
Ex-Pompeo adviser tells Congress he resigned over Trump's attacks on Yovanovitch

Michael McKinley became the latest official to testify behind closed doors in the impeachment inquiry. politico.com/news/2019/10/1…
Fiona Hill told impeachment investigators she viewed Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the E.U., as a potential national security risk because he was so unprepared for his job, according to two people familiar with her testimony. nytimes.com/2019/10/16/us/…
Mulvaney Acknowledges Quid Pro Quo In Trump Ukraine Call, Says ‘Get Over It’

The acting White House chief of staff told reporters, "We do that all the time," when asked about withholding aid for political help. huffpost.com/entry/mick-mul…
3 Ukrainian lawmakers, Oleg Voloshyn, Valentyn Nalyvaichenko and Andriy Derkach, doing Trump’s dirty work in Ukraine scandal

Voloshyn, who calls Manafort his friend, says his investigation would be helpful for Manafort to “clear his good name.” kyivpost.com/ukraine-politi…
"Oleg Voloshyn (R), lawmaker with the Opposition Platform-For Life, a pro-Russian political party, smiles as he talks to Viktor Medvedchuk, one of the party leaders, in parliament on Oct. 2. Medvedchuk is a close friend of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin."
Randy Perkins donated $500,000 to America First Action a day after his company won federal money as part of a contract. The same PAC was dubbed “Committee 1” in a federal indictment alleging illegal donations from two Rudy Giuliani associates.

propublica.org/article/the-pr…
Ann Pierce...the Deputy Finance Director of BOTH America First Policies & America First Action. AFP employed Paul Manafort & Rick Gates. Run by Mike Pence's Chief of Staff, Nick Ayers, employed Brad Parscale, Sebastian Gorka, & KellyAnne Conway.
A U.S. State Department investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of state has found no evidence of deliberate mishandling of classified information by department employees, much to Pompeo's dismay.
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Rick Perry will not comply with congressional subpoena for documents covering his role in Ukraine as part of their impeachment probe into President Donald Trump, a department official said in a letter on Friday. reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Blavatnik is now the largest single donor for @GOPLeader's "McCarthy Victory Fund" for this election cycle

Putin and Hungary’s Orban helped turn Trump against Ukraine, to dismay of WH officials who hoped Trump would help Zelensky rather than try to exploit him. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Mr. Morrison told me that the call “could have been better” and that "President Trump had suggested that President Zelenskyy or his staff meet with Mr. Giuliani and Attorney General William Barr." nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2…
Judge orders State Department to release Ukraine records in 30 days

cnn.com/2019/10/23/pol…
The two arrested Giuliani associates were at the inauguration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and were added to a list of VIPs designated for reserved seating near the front of the celebration.

tampabay.com/florida-politi…
Trump's Russia Director To Leave National Security Council Amid Impeachment Inquiry
npr.org/2019/10/30/774…
NEW >>> White House lawyer moved transcript of Trump call to classified server immediately after WH adviser warned: 'the President did something wrong' washingtonpost.com/politics/white…
Vindman says White House omitted Trump's reference to Biden tapes in public transcript of Zelensky call

cnn.com/2019/10/30/pol…
Trump is tapping his vast fundraising network [to bribe] a handful of loyal senators facing tough reelection bids in 2020. Each of them has signed onto a Republican-backed resolution condemning the inquiry as “unprecedented and undemocratic." politico.com/news/2019/10/3…
House Passes Resolution Formalizing Impeachment Inquiry

npr.org/2019/10/31/774…
The Pentagon warned the White House this summer that the Ukraine money needed to be released by Aug. 6, otherwise DoD wouldn't be able to spend it in time.

The White House ignored the warning.
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Key White House witness to Trump-Zelensky call was told to keep quiet by WH lawyer. Part of broader effort to "lock down" evidence of what Trump had said. washingtonpost.com/politics/white…
Yovanovitch says she was told to tweet praise of Trump to save her job

nbcnews.com/politics/trump…
Gordon Sondland, Trump's ambassador to the EU, reversed himself in new testimony to House impeachment investigators, saying he does believe Ukraine military aid was contingent upon the launch of politically motivated probes.
politico.com/news/2019/11/0…
John Bolton told Bill Taylor he was working with the 2 Secretaries (presumably State and Defense) as well as CIA Director Haspel to get the hold on military assistance aid to Ukraine reversed, Taylor testified. docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG…
The whistleblower's lawyer said President Trump's "rhetoric and activity" puts the whistleblower in physical danger. newsy.com/stories/cnn-wh…
Donald Trump says he lifted his freeze on aid to Ukraine on Sept. 11, but the State Department had quietly authorized releasing $141 million of the money several days earlier
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
"The State Department decision, which hasn’t been reported previously, stemmed from a legal finding made earlier in the year, and conveyed in a classified memorandum to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo."
Pence aide said Trump's July 25 call with Ukraine was political and not a normal diplomatic call
cnn.com/2019/11/07/pol…
Two political supporters of U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry secured a potentially lucrative oil and gas exploration deal from the Ukrainian government soon after Perry proposed one of the men as an adviser to the country’s new president. apnews.com/6d8ae551fb8843…
Trump has discussed firing the inspector general for the intelligence community, Michael Atkinson. The president believes Atkinson was disloyal when he deemed the whistleblower's complaint credible and reported it to Congress. nytimes.com/2019/11/12/us/…
The Republican party’s game plan includes calling for witnesses who could bolster their narrative and hammering away at the anonymous whistleblower whose account launched the inquiry in the first place trib.al/T5RTyv8
Sergii Leshchenko: Republicans keep lying about me at impeachment hearings

kyivpost.com/article/opinio…
Sondland testifies Giuliani made demands on behalf of Trump, confirms quid pro quo

cnn.com/videos/politic…
Sondland Says 'Everyone Was In The Loop' Over Ukraine Investigation Requests

npr.org/2019/11/20/778…
Lev Parnas Helped Rep. Devin Nunes’ Investigations

thedailybeast.com/lev-parnas-hel…
Fiona Hill criticized lawmakers and Trump allies who believe "a fictional narrative" that Russia did not interfere in the 2016 election but Ukraine did, while David Holmes testified about overhearing Trump ask about "investigations" he wanted from Ukraine npr.org/2019/11/21/778…
American intelligence officers have informed the Senate in recent weeks about a years-long Russian intelligence campaign to promote allegations of Ukrainian meddling in 2016. The same accusation Fiona Hill made Thursday. nytimes.com/2019/11/22/us/…
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