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SCOOP: As Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani waged a public campaign this year to dig up dirt in Ukraine on Trump’s political rivals, he privately pursued hundreds of thousands of dollars in business from Ukrainian officials.
by @benprotess @WRashbaum @mrothfeld nyti.ms/2XUgHQR
@benprotess @WRashbaum @mrothfeld A federal criminal investigation into Giuliani is examining whether he sought to make money in Ukraine while running a campaign to oust Amb Yovanovitch––if he was doing the bidding of Ukrainians who wanted Yovanovitch removed for their own reasons.
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@benprotess @WRashbaum @mrothfeld One proposal, weeks after Giuliani met with then Ukrainian prosecutor Lutsenko and discussed the Bidens and Burisma, said Lutsenko would pay $200K to retain Giuliani and Trump allies diGenova and Toensing 'to advise on Ukrainian claims for asset recovery.'
@benprotess @WRashbaum @mrothfeld “In March, a document proposed that the Ukrainian justice ministry would hire Toensing and diGenova for asset recovery. But it said that the General Prosecutor’s office, run by Lutsenko, would pay $300,000 to *Giuliani Partners* [Giuliani's firm].”
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In Feb, 2 months after Parnas set up Europe meetings for Nunes and 3 aides, another Nunes aide, Patel, joined the NSC and then got involved in Ukraine matters in Apr – right after Pompeo called Nunes and Rudy gave the WH a Ukraine propaganda packet which Patel passed to Trump.
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BREAKING: Trump knew about the whistle-blower complaint when he released the aid to Ukraine in September. Of course he did!

White House lawyers told Trump about the complaint in late August.
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White House counsel office lawyers briefed Trump in *late August* about the whistleblower complaint, explaining that they were trying to determine if they were legally required to give the complaint to Congress.
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Trump learns of the whistleblower complaint in Aug but only releases the aid after Congress hears about it on ~Sep 9.

Sep 9: Plans are in motion for Zelensky to give the Trump-ordered interview.

Sep 11: Trump releases the aid; Zelensky cancels interview.
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BREAKING via @kyledcheney: Judge says Don McGahn MUST testify to the House Judiciary Committee.

McGahn may still invoke privilege claims but is not "absolutely immune" from testifying. Case will surely be appealed and main quesiton is whether a stay is issued.
@kyledcheney !! Federal judge rules that Don McGahn must testify to House impeachment investigators: "The subpoenaed official does, as a matter of law, have a duty to respond notwithstanding any contrary order of the President."

The Trump admin is expected to appeal.
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@kyledcheney The ruling that Don McGahn must testify could also have implications for other key witnesses, such as former NSA John Bolton who has refused to testify until a federal court weighs in on the conflict between Congress and the White House.
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Mona
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As Rudy Giuliani continues (even more vehemently) to deny any business in Ukraine, the truth continues to come out...showing that he tried-hard to get the business. #ThursdayMotivation
nytimes.com/2019/11/27/nyr…
2-"As Rudolph Giuliani waged a public campaign this year to unearth damaging information in Ukraine about President Trump’s political rivals, he privately pursued hundreds of thousands of dollars in business from Ukrainian government officials, documents reviewed by The NYT show
3-"Mr. Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, has repeatedly said he has no business in Ukraine, and none of the deals were finalized. But the documents indicate that while he was pushing Mr. Trump’s agenda with Ukrainian officials eager for support from the United States,
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Today, the Ohio Democratic Party released an updated timeline of @senrobportman 's intense involvement in the Ukraine crisis that is now the center of the impeachment inquiry.
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The bottom line is that as chair of the Ukraine Caucus, Portman didn’t only have a front row seat to the entire ordeal — it appears that he was directly engaged with all sides of what was a deeply problematic conversation as that conversation occurred.
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Portman owes Ohioans and all Americans a full and transparent account of what he knew, when he knew it and what steps he took once it became clear what Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani were up to.
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RUDY'S UKRAINE INVESTIGATOR: LEV PARNAS, the Ukrainian-born American businessman who worked with @RudyGiuliani to get damaging info about TRUMP rivals in Ukraine, was paid $22,500 by TRUMP-linked lobbyist BRIAN BALLARD on 9/21/18, @lachlan reveals. thedailybeast.com/trumpworld-lob… 1/
@RudyGiuliani @lachlan BALLARD's firm tells me the $22,500 check was for a referral of business from Parnas unrelated to Ukraine, RUDY GIULIANI or energy.
Ballard spox @RajShah84: "This transaction has nothing to do whatsoever with Mr. Parnas's reported efforts related to Ukraine & @RudyGiuliani" 2/
@RudyGiuliani @lachlan @RajShah84 RUDY GIULIANI's Ukraine efforts started mos. after this LEV PARNAS payment, making it unlikely the two are related.
*Rudy's Ukraine efforts also started mos. after we began researching Hunter Biden's work, but that hasn't stopped false accusations that Rudy planted our story. 3/
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#Trump campaign #BradPascale in #Romania makes me ponder a few questions:
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Romanian American diaspora
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As Romanian immigrants in America steadily increase, the population of Romanian voters might be heavily influenced by the strong ties to political and religious opinions held by leaders in Romania.
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Trump Hotels' website still lists Trump SoHo New York among its properties in the Our Hotels menu. Select its name though to access its page and there's a message about it being renamed

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