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Taylor: "Are we now saying that [Ukraine] security assistance and WH meeting are conditioned on [Biden] inviestigation?"

Sondland: "Call me."

I'd advise them to call a good defense lawyer. And cooperate.
Hey I just met you. And this is crazy.
No, really, "I think it’s crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign."
But call me, maybe.
nytimes.com/2019/10/03/us/…
You just have to read it all for yourself. I can't do this justice.
So damning.
Taylor (and maybe Volker) knew exactly what they were doing: protecting themselves by documenting the crimes for this moment.
foreignaffairs.house.gov/_cache/files/a…
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2-1 decision by DC Circuit to enforce House subpoena on Trump financial records.
After skimming, I find Judge Reo’s dissent reasonable: the House needs to invoke its impeachment powers for such a subpoena, not the legislative pretext.
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2. The full opinion linked here.

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Senator @brianschatz says out loud what many of us have been thinking.

Why didn’t Mueller subpoena taxes, documents, and pursue these obvious leads? Is it all just spun off to SDNY and under Barr?

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The DOJ has asked SCOTUS to give the president unprecedented powers to fire independent agency heads.

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In advance of Sondland’s upcoming deposition, let’s recreate the scenario regarding his late-night texts.

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New York Times report from May on Biden, Ukraine and Burisma Holdings:

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