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NEW: Energy Secretary Rick Perry says he'll cooperate with House Dems on their impeachment probe and answer Ukraine questions.

Perry has met with with Ukrainian President Zelensky on at least 3 occasions – including a Jun 4, 2019 dinner with Jared Kushner.cnn.com/2019/10/02/pol…
House Dems sent a letter questioning Rick Perry about a Jun 2019 dinner.

The Jun 4, 2019 dinner in Brussels was hosted by US Amb to the EU, Gordon Sondland, and attended by Zelensky and, among others, JARED KUSHNER, Rick Perry, and Ulrich Brechbuhl.
NEW: Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who told House Democrats he will cooperate with the impeachment inquiry, is expected to announce his resignation from the administration by the end of November.
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When people asked why Gordon Sondland, who had no qualifications as a diplomat beyond the $1M he’d given to Trump’s inaugural, was charge of Ukraine relations, he answered with two words:

“The president.
@gregpmiller @PaulSonne @GregJaffe @michaelbirnbaum wapo.st/2LLqhkE?tid=ss…
@gregpmiller @PaulSonne @GregJaffe @michaelbirnbaum This is a long piece bit so worth the read. Gordon Sondland is real piece of work – in the worst way possible.
@gregpmiller @PaulSonne @GregJaffe @michaelbirnbaum On July 21, Taylor voiced concerns about Ukraine being treated as a pawn in US “reelection politics.”

Sondland said that Taylor was failing to recognize how bending to Trump’s demands was the only path to improving the countries’ fraught relationship. Wow.
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Polly Sigh
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NEW: Weeks before the complaint became public, CIA's top lawyer made criminal referral to DOJ on the whistleblower's allegations about Trump's abuse of power, raising questions about why DOJ didn't open an inquiry.
by @KenDilanianNBC @JuliaEAinsley #Maddow nbcnews.to/2Io2o0A
@KenDilanianNBC @JuliaEAinsley The move by CIA's general counsel, a Trump appointee, meant she and other senior officials concluded a potential crime had been committed by Trump, raising questions about why DOJ closed the case without conducting an investigation.

Because, Barr.
#Maddow
@KenDilanianNBC @JuliaEAinsley NSC lawyers [whose chief legal adviser is John Eisenberg] directed WH officials to move Trump's Ukraine call transcript to the high security server.

It was also Eisenberg who alerted the DOJ about the whistleblower complaint [in which he was implicated].
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Polly Sigh
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NEW!! GOP Sen Ron Johnson said Trump ambassador Gordon Sondland told him in Aug that the status of the aid to Ukraine was tied to Trump's desire to have Kyiv investigate matters related to the 2016 US elections.
by @rebeccaballhaus @siobhanehughes #Maddow wsj.com/articles/trump…
@rebeccaballhaus @siobhanehughes 9 days later, Sondland denies any quid pro quo.

Taylor: “It’s crazy to withhold security aid for help with a political campaign.”

Sondland: “[Trump] has been crystal clear no quid pro quo’s of any kind. … I suggest we stop the back and forth by text."
@rebeccaballhaus @siobhanehughes
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