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Trump’s attempt to extort Ukraine's leader followed a months-long fight inside the admin that sidelined national security officials and empowered Trump loyalists — like Rudy Giuliani and Victoria Toensing — to exploit US' relationship with Ukraine.
#Maddow wapo.st/2lly8eD
The sequence involved the abrupt removal of the US ambassador to Ukraine, the circumvention of senior NSC officials, and the suspension of $400M of aid — all as key officials struggled to piece together Giuliani’s activities from news reports.
#Maddow
Recall from May: Trump allies have been attacking US Ambassador to Ukraine, career Foreign Service officer Marie Yovanovitch, as part of their ongoing effort to link Ukraine to Joe Biden to help Trump's 2020 reelection effort.
#Maddow
MORE: This summer on multiple occasions Giuliani briefed US diplomats Kurt Volker [the “main one” in terms of his State Dept contacts] and Gordon Sondland re his his efforts to pressure Ukraine Pres Zelensky to investigate the Bidens.
by @ErinBanco #Maddow thedailybeast.com/impeachment-in…
@ErinBanco U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, who Giuliani briefed on his efforts to pressure Ukraine Pres Zelensky to investigate the Bidens, covertly donated $1M to Trump's inaugural fund before Trump nominated him to an ambassadorship.
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Polly Sigh
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June 5, 2019: "While in Brussels, Mr Zelensky also met Jared Kushner, son-in-law and senior adviser to US president Donald Trump."

Funny how Trump didn't mention that during his presser yesterday, @lrozen.

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@lrozen Jun 4, 2019: Jared Kushner met with Ukraine President Zelensky at an event hosted by US Amb to the EU, Gordon Sondland – who Giuliani briefed on multiple occasions re his efforts to pressure Ukraine into investigating Biden.
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Polly Sigh
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The intelligence officer whistleblower raised alarms not only about what Trump and Ukraine President Zelensky discussed in a phone call, but also about how *the White House handled records of the conversation differently than normal protocol.* Oh?
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The whistleblower identified multiple White House officials as witnesses to potential presidential misconduct who could corroborate the complaint re Trump's pressure on Ukraine to open inquiries into Biden.
by @nytmike @charlie_savage @julianbarnes #Maddow
@nytmike @charlie_savage @julianbarnes via @K8brannen: When Trump's call with Zelensky was over, senior WH officials pulled the verbatim transcript out of the system it's traditionally stored in and put it into a separate system reserved for extremely sensitive/highly compartmented programs.
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NEW: Acting DNI Maguire threatened to resign if the White House tried to block his testimony to Congress on Thursday about the explosive whistleblower complaint re Trump extorting Ukraine for dirt on Biden.
by @gregpmiller @karoun @shaneharris #Maddow wapo.st/2lMaJTz
@gregpmiller @karoun @shaneharris Acting DNI Maguire, who Trump thrust into the top intelligence post last month, warned the White House that he was not willing to withhold information from Congress re the whistleblower complaint about Trump.
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@gregpmiller @karoun @shaneharris via @julianbarnes ➡︎➡︎ Acting DNI Maguire disputes @washingtonpost's reporting that he threatened to resign if the White House tried to block his testimony to Congress.

That's unfortunate.
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