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NEW: Two of Trump’s top envoys to Ukraine [Volker and Sondland] drafted a statement in Aug for President Zelensky to release that would have committed Ukraine to pursuing investigations sought by Trump into his political rivals [Biden].
by @nytmike #Maddow nyti.ms/2V9ih07
@nytmike The statement they wanted Zelensky to release would have committed Ukraine to investigating Burisma, which had employed Hunter Biden, as well as the debunked conspiracy that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election to benefit Hillary Clinton. JFC.
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@nytmike The texts between Volker, Sondland, Bill Taylor, and others make clear that Rudy Giuliani was running the Ukraine shakedown for Trump. US diplomats had to go through Trump's personal attorney re Ukraine foreign policy decisions. INSANE.
@nytmike .@ChrisMurphyCT: "Bill Taylor is a West Point grad, Vietnam vet, career public servant, and our chief diplomat in Ukraine and an expert on the country.

If Taylor believes the aid [to Ukraine] was withheld to get the interference, that’s big news."
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@nytmike @ChrisMurphyCT 9/1
TAYLOR: Are we now saying security aid & WH meetings are conditioned on investigations?
SONDLAND: Call me

9/8
 TAYLOR: The nightmare is Ze gives the [public statement drafted by Giuliani] & doesn't get US security aid. The Russians love it. (And I quit)
@nytmike @ChrisMurphyCT "As I said on the phone, I think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign," Bill Taylor, top US diplomat to Ukraine argued in a text to Gordon Sondland [who donated $1M to Trump's inaugural for his ambassadorship].
@nytmike @ChrisMurphyCT
@nytmike @ChrisMurphyCT 7/25
Volker: "Heard from WH—assuming President Z convinces Trump he will investigate/ "get to bottom of what happened" in 2016, we will nail down date for visit to Washington. Good luck!"

8/1
 Sondland: "I think POTUS really wants the deliverable."
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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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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.
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@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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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."
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BREAKING: Two of President Trump’s top envoys to Ukraine drafted a statement for the country’s new president in August that would have committed Ukraine to pursuing investigations sought by Mr. Trump into his political rivals nytimes.com/2019/10/03/us/…
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"Two of President Trump’s top envoys to Ukraine drafted a statement for the country’s new president in August that would have committed Ukraine to pursuing investigations sought by Mr. Trump into his political rivals."

ARE WE DONE YET??

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"The statement was drafted by Gordon D. Sondland, the United States ambassador to the European Union, and Kurt D. Volker, then the State Department’s envoy to Ukraine, according to the three people who have been briefed on it."
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BREAK THEM OF THEIR "HABIT"!!!!!!!!!
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A single call does not BEGIN to give an accurate depiction of the events that lead up to this. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
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