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NEW: Ukraine’s Zelensky bowed to Trump's extortion and planned to make an announcement in a Sep 13 interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria until luck spared him – word of the military aid freeze leaked and Congress was in an uproar so Trump released the funds.
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Zelensky aides decided that US military aid and support for peace talks outweighed the risks of appearing to take sides in US politics so they set up an interview for Zelensky to announce the politically motivated investigations Trump had demanded.
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~Sep 9: As plans are in motion for Zelensky to give the public statement Trump had demanded, Congress learns of the freeze on Ukraine military aid

Sep 11 [2 days before Zelensky's scheduled interview]: Trump releases the funds; Zelensky’s office quickly cancels the interview
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“Zelensky needed to go to a microphone and basically there needed to be three words in the message.”

George Kent told impeachment investigators that Sondland relayed that Trump “wanted nothing less than Zelensky to go to microphone and say investigations, Biden, and Clinton.”
George Kent: Then-Ukraine prosecutor Lutsenko had met in private with Giuliani in NY, where Lutsenko’s purpose was to “throw mud” at then-Amb Yovanovitch and Kent himself. The two men essentially waged a “campaign of lies” about Yovanovitch.
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Kent: Volker expressed discomfort to Ukraine officials that Zelensky was open to investigating his former political rival, Poroshenko. Zelensky’s aide replied: "What? You mean the type of investigations you’re pushing for us to do on Biden and Clinton?”thedailybeast.com/ukrainian-offi…
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BREAKING: Trump to pay $2 million to settle New York Attorney General civil lawsuit against Trump Foundation and his children, alleging "persistent" violations of charities law, including unlawful coordination with Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.cnn.com/2019/11/07/pol…
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Background THREAD on the New York AG's lawsuit against Trump; the Trump Foundation; and Don Jr, Ivanka, and Eric, alleging their foundation engaged in “a pattern of persistent illegal conduct for more than a decade.”
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SCOOP: Trump wanted Barr to hold news conference saying that Trump broke no laws in the call when Trump extorted Ukrainian President Zelensky to investigate a political rival.

Shockingly, Barr declined to do so.
by @mattzap @jdawsey1 @CarolLeonnig #Maddow wapo.st/32rim14
@mattzap @jdawsey1 @CarolLeonnig Trump's request [around Sept 25 –– after he released the "transcript"] traveled to White House officials and eventually to DOJ.

Trump has whined about Barr’s declination in recent weeks, saying he wished Barr would have held the news conference.
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Zelensky Bowed to Trump’s Demands, Until Luck Spared Him nyti.ms/2JX94TY
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