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The Telegraph pay wall is down! For one day only, to celebrate the 25th birthday of the website. If you have time on your hands and fancy a peruse, here are a few pieces from me which could be of interest...
I got to look round the Trump campaign HQ earlier this year and hear their plan for winning a second term. It's a juggernaut that is massively funded and a sharp contrast to Trump's 2016 push [where it was basically a small band of advisers / family].
telegraph.co.uk/politics/0/tru…
Theresa May's top team knew all the details of the explosive Christopher Steele dossier well before Trump himself knew.

Me and @rmendick reported how here: telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/1…

And wrote an inside story about how it all unfolded: telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/1…
For something a little more recent, I took a trip to Oklahoma City to see how Democrats in Trumpy areas were attempting to sell impeachment. In short, with difficulty. There's a real chance GOP could take back House seats like this next year. telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/10/1…
And two from colleagues...

@nickallen789 at Gettysburg finds Trump voters stand with the president's combative approach to impeachment.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/10/0…

@RozinaSabur talks to another intelligence official who knows what it's like to be outed.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/10/1…
@nickallen789 @RozinaSabur And if the spirit so moves you, you can subscribe to @Telegraph with 50% off over here. Until 7am Thurs. [First six months for only £25.]
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The new Trump-Zelenskiy transcript just released is vanilla. Put out, one suspects, to back up the W House narrative of nothing untoward. But remember Call 1 was not the one which triggered all the red flags. It was Call 2.
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Hello from a subzero Washington! Clear, crisp morning here on Capitol Hill and a momentous day to come. The first public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into Donald J Trump. Starts in 90 minutes. Here’s roughly what to expect...
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So @mkraju reporting a possible timeline for impeachment inquiry

- Public hearings next week+week after
- Thanksgiving week off as report written
- Articles drawn up / debated first 2 weeks of Dec
- Full House vote last week before Xmas

In other words, a Christmas impeachment.
@mkraju Under these timings [which aren't locked in / announced] then it would be over to the Senate for the blockbuster trial in January 2020.*

[*if the House voted to impeach as expected]
@mkraju CNN written report on the timings over here.
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