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BREAKING: Judge dismisses the lawsuit regarding Ukraine testimony from Bolton deputy Charles Kupperman, declares case moot.
Importantly, both the House and White House sought this outcome. Intel committee investigators withdrew their subpoena of Kupperman, trying to disentangle the case from legal fights amid impeachment proceedings. White House said Kupperman was “immune” from testimony.
Kupperman has asked for the case to continue because he could still face consequences if House reissued subpoena or held him in criminal contempt. Judge Leon said neither were going to happen.

And even if they did, the case would be right back in court.
Underscoring that point, Leon notes that the House’s article of impeachment charging Trump with obstructing Congress lists 9 officials who Trump blocked from testifying. Kupperman isn’t one of them.
THE LATEST: Leon’s ruling essentially closes the door on the last known legal loose end for the House’s Ukraine inquiry. It leaves an earlier DC district court ruling rejecting ‘absolute immunity’ as the only one standing. politico.com/news/2019/12/3…
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Kyle Cheney
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Those arriving to the press conference for impeachment managers include:

Schiff, Nadler, Jeffries, Demings, Jason Crow, Sylvia Garcia and Zoe Lofgren.
This list includes Dems from: CA, NY, FL, CO and TX.

Two members of the Intel Committee (Schiff and Demings)

Five members of Judiciary (Nadler, Jeffries, Demings, Garcia, Lofgren)

Crow is not on either committee, Demings on both.
Lofgren has been involved in impeachment proceedings for Nixon (as a staffer) and Clinton (as a lawmaker).

Nadler was a key figure for Dems in Clinton impeachment
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Kyle Cheney
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Looks like Robert HYDE, revealed as a texting partner of Lev Parnas during Yovanovitch smear campaign, was at the World Series game with Trump and MCCARTHY: instagram.com/p/B4KvliLlKNk/

Instagram suggests he was a regular at Trump hotels/golf clubs w/ access to Trump and his family
A few more examples, featuring Trump, Flynn, Tiger Woods and Lewandowski/Rand:
A couple here with Roger Stone.
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NEWS: The House revealed it has a slate of new evidence — collected since the impeachment vote on Dec. 18 — that it intends to make use of during the trial.

This includes material from LEV PARNAS.
The House released 50 pages of the evidence here, but it’s just a portion of the materials: intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/…

intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/…
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Whoa. Ex-Bolton deputy Charles Kupperman wants to add House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving as a defendant in his lawsuit.

Irving is the one who would carry out “inherent contempt”—the rarely-used authority to jail & fine witnesses who defy congressional subpoenas.
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It's crazy that I even have to consider that as a possibility, but let's be real. It's plausible. As Trump goes down, he'll grow more & more desperate.
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