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Tomorrow's testimony from Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman promises to be explosive.

He plans to testify that he reported Trump's call w/ Zelensky to a superior out of a "sense of duty." nytimes.com/2019/10/28/us/…
Trump's request that Ukraine investigate Biden would "undermine U.S. national security,” he says.
This story reminds me that Trump wants to drastically reduce the number of NSC staff.

Why? Too many patriotic, hardworking, career professionals who know right from wrong.
Here's his full statement (thank you, @politico): static.politico.com/69/13/cdffb8a4…
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Kate Brannen
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It's astonishing when you look at how many people have stepped forward -- defying the White House & complying w/ congressional subpoenas -- to tell what they know about Trump, Ukraine & a quid pro quo (weapons to fight Russia for an investigation into Biden).

A running list:
Marie Yovanovitch,the US ambassador to Ukraine who was prematurely forced out because Trump & Giuliani thought she stood in the way of their agenda:
vox.com/policy-and-pol…
The former US special representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker, who had to resign amidst the scandal:
vox.com/policy-and-pol…
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Kate Brannen
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Senate Democrats charged with overseeing the Pentagon are seeking answers from DoD on the decision to hold Ukraine $$.
A new letter to @EsperDoD from @SenJackReed, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, & @SenatorDurbin, vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee: reed.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
Reed and Durbin ask: "Did any Department officials raise concerns with the OMB, the White House, or other Administration officials about the decision to hold up execution of the USAI funds?"
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Kate Brannen
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Question for the hive mind: Is there any formal statement from DOJ on the scope Durham's investigation?
I see this: Durham has been tasked w/ “exploring the extent to which a number of countries, including Ukraine, played a role in the CI investigation directed at the Trump campaign during the 2016 election,” DOJ spokesperson Kerri Kupec said in a Sept. 25 statement.
From this story: time.com/5693083/john-d…

But is that it?
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Karol Cummins
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🎃GameOn!🎃

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Confirmation of Ukraine quid pro quo allegations keeps piling up

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📌Impeachment is holding an elected president accountable.

Ex: If someone gets accepted to college then cheats while he is there, kicking him out isn’t reversing his acceptance.

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Dr. Dena Grayson
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🚨BREAKING: American🇺🇸hero Lt. Col. Alexander #Vindman told House #impeachment investigators that the WH “transcript” of @realDonaldTrump’s #Ukrainegate call “omitted crucial words and phrases,” and that his attempts to restore them failed.🤬

nytimes.com/2019/10/29/us/…
#Vindman said the OMISSIONS included Trump’s assertion that there were recordings of Joe Biden discussing Ukraine #corruption, and an explicit mention by Ukraine’s president of Burisma Holdings, the energy company whose board employed Biden’s son Hunter.🤬

#ReleaseTheTranscript
The WH released a MEMO, not a verbatim #transcript, of Trump’s #Ukrainegate call. The call lasted ~30 minutes, but the MEMO only covered ~11 minutes of discussion.🧐

WHAT DID TRUMP DISCUSS⁉️

@HouseDemocrats *must* get the RECORDING of the call‼️

#Ukrainegate #Coverup
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☇RiotWomenn☇
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"I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen, and I was worried about the implications" --

Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman of the Army & the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council

nytimes.com/2019/10/28/us/…
“I stated to Ambassador Sondland that his statements were inappropriate" & the “request to investigate Biden & his son had nothing to do w national security, and that such investigations were not something the N.S.C. was going to get involved in or push"

-- Lt. Col. Vindman
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman twice raised concerns with superiors over inappropriate pressure on Ukraine by Trump & his inner circle ... especially Sondland

Vindman was also on the Trump / Zelensky phone call

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Karol Cummins
@karolcummins
🔥LockHimUP🔥

Firtash really hates Biden.

Biden and others in 2014 and 2015 hit Firtash in the wallet, and badly,

In 2015 Biden called for reforms in UKR’s gas market—Firtash has seethed ever since.

Pence’s remarkable non-denial of a Ukraine quid pro quo
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“I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign gov’t inv a US citizen, & worried about the implications for the gov’t support of UKR,”

Alarmed Vindman twice registered internal obj abt how TeamTrump were treating UKR, out of a “sense of duty,”
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Colonel Vindman drafted a memo in mid-Aug that sought to restart security aid that was being withheld from Ukraine, but Trump refused to sign it.

Trump raised Biden with Xi in June call housed in highly secure server
#ChinaGate
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File411
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Holy Mother of all Lodestars...this is just sobering and a true reflection of how Trump continues to “abuse his office & power”

👇🏻Worthwhile & mandatory reading👇🏻
4 takeaways from Bill Taylor’s huge opening statement washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
Should you be inclined
Washington Post: Opening statement of Ambassador William B. Taylor washingtonpost.com/context/openin…
Bejesus...this paragraph is the entire nut and shell.
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Jake Morphonios
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Zelensky: Ukraine is ready to cooperate to get more weapons from the USA.

Trump: You need to do a favor for it. Work with my attorney general to help me get retribution for the Mueller investigation. "Whatever you can do, it's very important that you do it".
Zelensky: I am open to helping you if you help me. We've already spoken to Giuliani. I will hire people to help with your requested investigation. "You have nobody but friends around us."

Trump: Good.
Trump: The prosecutor who was looking into Biden's company was fired. I want my personal attorney & the US attorney general to work with you to go after Bidon and his son.
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