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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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