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JUST IN: Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the Ukraine expert at the NSC who became a star witness in the House impeachment hearings, was escorted out of the White House, his lawyer said — adding that President Trump had "decided to exact revenge." trib.al/HbtD50Y
"There is no question in the mind of any American why this man's job is over, why this country now has one less soldier serving it at the White House. LTC Vindman was asked to leave for telling the truth," David Pressman of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP said. bit.ly/2SaILyu
NEW: The twin brother of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman was also fired from his job at the White House National Security Council on Friday, lawyer David Pressman said. bit.ly/2SaILyu
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2/ Janguear = “to hang out”

¿Estás ready para uno más? How about this phrase: deja el show
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Just in: The White House says it will not participate in the House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing on Dec. 4., White House Counsel Pat Cipollone says in a letter addressed to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler.
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“…More importantly, an invitation to an academic discussion with law professors does not begin to provide the President with any semblance of a fair process.”
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Breaking: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Friday night, after experiencing chills and a fever earlier in the day, the Supreme Court said in a statement.
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LIVE on @MSNBC: Lt. Col. Alex Vindman and Jennifer Williams publicly testify in impeachment inquiry.
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The focus is to distract American's from what Obama's administration did in February 2014 when Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych's government was overthrown for....Corruption. There were consequences for Obama's failure to deal with Russia's invasion of Crimea
Of course there was no pressure Mr President. They can't allow you to investigate the corruption, because American's will learn the extent of global money laundering. The democrats (some GOPe too) used USAID and CFPB as personal piggy banks.

Mr President not only should the Bidens testify, but many more should be investigated. #Ukraine was only a small part of the culture of corruption these bureaucrats have been running. Mr Nunes and the Republican's have a good starter list.
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Erik Prince an informal adviser to Trump, is in discussions to purchase a Ukrainian aerospace manufacturer that the U.S. is trying to prevent China from buying it. 🙄

Fun fact: Prince’s company is half owned by the Chinese. wsj.com/articles/secur…
Prince is the ED & DC of Frontier Services Group, a Hong Kong- & Beijing-based private security contractor.

He has traveled a number of times to Ukraine, visiting at least nine times since the start of 2014, the start of the country’s war with Russia.

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It's astonishing when you look at how many people have stepped forward -- defying the White House & complying w/ congressional subpoenas -- to tell what they know about Trump, Ukraine & a quid pro quo (weapons to fight Russia for an investigation into Biden).

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NEW: Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, director for European Affairs at NSC, insisted on going to work today, a day after he testified that he twice went to NSC’s top lawyer about his concerns about Trump & others wrongly pressuring Ukraine to investigate Bidens, a source familiar says
Source tells me Lt. Col. Vindman is willing to testify publicly to explain his concerns about Trump-Zelensky call & demands to have Ukraine investigate Bidens. Source also says Vindman is on detail to WH from Army. His family has been assured by Army that Army has his back.
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🚨BREAKING: American🇺🇸hero Lt. Col. Alexander #Vindman told House #impeachment investigators that the WH “transcript” of @realDonaldTrump’s #Ukrainegate call “omitted crucial words and phrases,” and that his attempts to restore them failed.🤬

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#Vindman said the OMISSIONS included Trump’s assertion that there were recordings of Joe Biden discussing Ukraine #corruption, and an explicit mention by Ukraine’s president of Burisma Holdings, the energy company whose board employed Biden’s son Hunter.🤬

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The WH released a MEMO, not a verbatim #transcript, of Trump’s #Ukrainegate call. The call lasted ~30 minutes, but the MEMO only covered ~11 minutes of discussion.🧐

WHAT DID TRUMP DISCUSS⁉️

@HouseDemocrats *must* get the RECORDING of the call‼️

#Ukrainegate #Coverup
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