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#TrumpExtorted

BREAKING: Lordy there are tapes (actually WhatsApp messages that reveal Ukraine clearly inderstood the extortion and bribery scheme):

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"In a flurry of WhatsApp messages and meetings in Ukraine’s capital, Kiev, over several days, senior aides debated the point. Avoiding partisan politics in the United States had always been the first rule of Ukrainian foreign policy, but…
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…the military aid was vital to the war against Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, a conflict that has cost 13,000 lives since it began in 2014.

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By then, however, Mr. Zelensky’s staffers were already conceding to what seemed to be the inevitable, and making plans for a public announcement about the investigations."

nytimes.com/2019/11/07/wor…
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"Aides were arguing in favor of “bowing to what was demanded,” said Petro Burkovskiy, a senior fellow at the Democratic Initiatives Foundation who has close ties to the Ukrainian government. They…
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…were willing to do so, he said, despite the risk of losing bipartisan support in the United States by appearing to assist Mr. Trump’s re-election bid. “The cost was high.”"

nytimes.com/2019/11/07/wor…
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"A tug-of-war ensued between a senior aide to Mr. Zelensky, Andriy Yermak, and another of Mr. Trump’s envoys to Ukraine, Kurt Volker, over the wording of the proposed public statement. Mr. Volker went so far as to draft a statement"

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"The trade soon became explicit. They were approached in September by Mr. Sondland, …, he explained in blunt terms to Mr. Zelensky and Mr. Yermak, there was little chance the aid would be forthcoming until they made the public statement on the investigations."
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“I said that resumption of the U.S. aid would likely not occur until Ukraine provided the public anticorruption statement that we had been discussing for many weeks,” Mr. Sondland said in sworn testimony"

nytimes.com/2019/11/07/wor…
#TrumpExtorted

The whistleblower and our media narrowly averted this extortion and bribery scheme! With only 2 days to spare!

"Two days before the scheduled interview, the Trump administration released the assistance and Mr. Zelensky’s office quickly canceled the interview."
#TrumpExtorted

…the military aid was vital to the war against Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, a conflict that has cost 13,000 lives since it began in 2014.

nytimes.com/2019/11/07/wor…
#TrumpExtorted

"By then, however, Mr. Zelensky’s staffers were already conceding to what seemed to be the inevitable, and making plans for a public announcement about the investigations."

nytimes.com/2019/11/07/wor…
#TrumpExtorted

"Aides were arguing in favor of “bowing to what was demanded,” said Petro Burkovskiy, a senior fellow at the Democratic Initiatives Foundation who has close ties to the Ukrainian government. They…

nytimes.com/2019/11/07/wor…
#TrumpExtorted

…were willing to do so, he said, despite the risk of losing bipartisan support in the United States by appearing to assist Mr. Trump’s re-election bid. “The cost was high.”"

nytimes.com/2019/11/07/wor…
#TrumpExtorted

"A tug-of-war ensued between a senior aide to Mr. Zelensky, Andriy Yermak, and another of Mr. Trump’s envoys to Ukraine, Kurt Volker, over the wording of the proposed public statement. Mr. Volker went so far as to draft a statement"

nytimes.com/2019/11/07/wor…
#TrumpExtorted

"The trade soon became explicit. They were approached in September by Mr. Sondland, …, he explained in blunt terms to Mr. Zelensky and Mr. Yermak, there was little chance the aid would be forthcoming until they made the public statement on the investigations."
#TrumpExtorted

“I said that resumption of the U.S. aid would likely not occur until Ukraine provided the public anticorruption statement that we had been discussing for many weeks,” Mr. Sondland said in sworn testimony"

nytimes.com/2019/11/07/wor…
#TrumpExtorted

The whistleblower and our media narrowly averted this extortion and bribery scheme! With only 2 days to spare!

"Two days before the scheduled interview, the Trump administration released the assistance and Mr. Zelensky’s office quickly canceled the interview."
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