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The facts indeed have continued to emerge. Just today, @just_security reported on unredacted versions of emails we got through FOIA — showing OMB misled Congress about the Ukraine aid freeze: justsecurity.org/68614/exclusiv…
The unredacted emails also highlight the involvement of OMB general counsel Mark Paoletta — who has been reviewing redactions on released documents and was himself a central figure in the administration's efforts to withhold aid.
americanoversight.org/the-facts-are-…
More questions about the Ukraine scheme remain, including about the potential involvement of top Trump administration officials. The facts will come out in the end — and we haven't reached the end. americanoversight.org/the-ukraine-in…
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BREAKING: "Final decision rests with POTUS."

New Ukraine emails released to American Oversight tonight reveal that Pompeo, Esper, and Bolton agreed Ukraine security assistance should "continue as planned."
americanoversight.org/final-decision…
The August 26, 2019, email from a senior career Pentagon official states that there was “no interagency review process with respect to the [Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative]” — contradicting what OMB officials repeatedly told DOD about the aid freeze americanoversight.org/final-decision…
On July 25, 2019 — the day of President Trump's infamous call with President Zelensky — a top OMB official emailed DOD that the administration planned to "review assistance to Ukraine" and directed the Pentagon to withhold further funds "pending direction from that process."
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American Oversight
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As Trump moves to install loyalists and purge dissenters across the government, he's hired a college senior to help run the personnel office.
politico.com/news/2020/02/2…
We obtained the resume of the new operations director of the influential Office of Presidential Personnel, James Bacon, when he previously worked for Sec. Ben Carson at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. documentcloud.org/documents/4608…
In case you're curious about his qualifications, we have his resume: documentcloud.org/documents/4608…
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The administration’s efforts to hide the Ukraine pressure campaign from the public are well-known. We know of the secret backchannels, the shadow foreign policy, the obstruction of congressional investigations. There was also the misuse of FOIA redactions. americanoversight.org/when-the-gover…
Ukraine-related documents released to @publicintegrity in December contained heavy redactions — redactions later revealed to be discussions about the withholding of aid to Ukraine. publicintegrity.org/national-secur…
@publicintegrity The government says the obscured information is protected under the “presidential communications” and the “deliberative process” privileges. Here’s why many of those privilege claims are just plain wrong:
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Sen. Patrick Leahy
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While Senate Rs voted to blindfold the Senate to key docs & witnesses that Trump blocked the House from considering, thanks to #FOIA, more damning bits & pieces of the truth emerged late LAST NIGHT about Trump’s ILLEGAL Ukraine aid freeze.
(LINK: americanoversight.org/omb-releases-u…)
Despite RAMPANT abuse of FOIA exemptions & redactions (literal cover ups), the docs show WH staff laying the groundwork for the unlawful aid hold, the DAY BEFORE and EVEN DURING Trump's infamous call with Pres. Zelensky. Don’t Americans deserve the full story?
The FOIA'd docs also reveal that MULTIPLE Republican lawmakers reached out to the Trump admin concerned about the Ukraine aid hold. Where are those concerns from Republicans now?
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Paula Chertok🗽
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NEW >> Trump ordered #Ukraine aid freeze *an hour* after the “perfect” call. Emails also show he was asking about the military aid a month before the July call with Zelensky that went on to trigger the #impeachment inquiry. (Pretty sure Trump talked with Putin in late June too🤔)
Heavily redacted emails show Trump’s direct involvement in ordering aid freeze to Ukraine. Michael Duffey, OMB official (and potential #impeachment trial witness) wrote to the Pentagon saying he was tasked to follow up, adding to keep it quiet. apple.news/Ao1b1gFxoSO2_k…
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#ukraine #illegitimateimpeachment #sedition #seditiousconspiracy #coup

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Fact one: former ambassador Marie Yovanovich is actively helping Schiff’s coup. But does she have a MOTIVE outside of trump hate? Shes an obama holdover. She’s connected to 1/
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Fact Four: Ukraine has a CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION into Yovanovich for a) stealing ukraine aid (skimming money) 3/
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So are you sick of this fake Ukraine whistleblower story yet?

Don't worry!

There's more!
This person made a whole timeline. You can view it in Google Sheets format here. (I converted it and it's rough. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…)
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