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Whistle-Blower Is a C.I.A. Officer Who Was Detailed to the White House — His complaint suggested he was an analyst by training with an understanding of Ukrainian politics. — WASHINGTON — The whistle-blower who revealed that President Trump sought foreign help for his re-election …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Attacks Whistle-Blower's Sources and Alludes to Punishment for Spies — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday morning told a crowd of staff from the United States Mission to the United Nations that he wants to know who provided information to a whistle-blower about his phone call …
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Eli Stokols / Los Angeles Times:
Trump at private breakfast: 'Who gave the whistleblower the information? Because that's close to a spy' — President Trump expressed disgust Thursday morning with the explosive whistleblower complaint, slamming the intelligence officer and the White House aides who helped him or her as “almost a spy” and suggested it was treason.
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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Rudy Giuliani: ‘You Should Be Happy for Your Country That I Uncovered This’ — When I last saw Rudy Giuliani for lunch, at the Trump International Hotel in Washington four weeks ago, his most pressing concern was that he had been locked out of his Instagram account.
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YouTube:
Listen: Trump slams whistleblower at private event — In this audio clip excerpt, President Trump expressed disgust Thursday morning with the explosive whistleblower complaint, slamming the intelligence officer ...
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Michael Warren / CNN:
Giuliani denies charges in whistleblower complaint, says details are ‘total nonsense’ — Dana Bash: The allegation is that this is a coverup — Washington (CNN)Rudy Giuliani tells CNN he has “no knowledge of any of that crap” in the newly released complaint from an American intelligence community whistleblower.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
$50,000 reward offered to out Trump whistleblower — Two Trump supporters are offering a $50,000 reward for information about the national security whistleblower at the center of the Ukraine phone affair. — Controversial conservatives Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl said they would pay the money for …
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CNN:
Lewandowski may lead White House impeachment team — (CNN)Corey Lewandowski, the political operative who helped elect Donald Trump, has had conversations with White House officials in recent days about potentially taking a position inside the administration to help the President confront a looming impeachment fight.
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New York Times:
Full Document: The Whistle-Blower Complaint — The President also praised Ukraine's Prosecutor General, Mr. Yuriy Lutsenko, and suggested that Mr. Zelenskyy might want to keep him in his position. (Note: Starting in March 2019, Mr. Lutsenko made a series of public allegations …
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Paul Szoldra / Task & Purpose:
Critics blast New York Times for outing whistleblower as CIA officer and giving clues to his identity — A New York Times report published on Thursday outed the anonymous intelligence community whistleblower at the center of a presidential impeachment inquiry as a CIA officer and provided clues …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
White House ‘lockdown’ of transcript would be highly unusual
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Complaint From So-Called ‘Whistleblower’ Is Riddled With Gossip, Blatant Falsehoods
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Ron Johnson troubled by whistleblower allegation of records ‘lock down’
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Molly Ball / TIME:
How Donald Trump Triggered an Unprecedented Impeachment Fight
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Kate Brannen / Just Security:
Whistleblower Says White House Took Unusual Steps to Limit Access to Ukraine Call Record
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Voter Support for Impeachment Grows Amid Ukraine Scandal — Backing for impeachment increases by 13 net points since the weekend — President Donald Trump pauses during a press conference on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 25 in New York City.
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Associated Press:
A first: Vermont GOP governor backs Trump impeachment probe — ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. — Vermont's governor has become the first Republican chief executive to support impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump but cautions that he wants to know more before any further actions are taken.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Support for impeachment jumps in new poll — Voters are now evenly split on whether Congress should begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, a marked increase in support for impeachment, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.
Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Public Support For Impeachment Grows After Nancy Pelosi Backs Inquiry — Here's the latest on polling on Trump, Ukraine, and impeachment — and why measuring public opinion about it all is so complicated. — Support for impeaching President Trump, especially among Democrats …
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Arren Kimbel-Sannit / Politico:
Cory Booker optimistic impeachment will get bipartisan support
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Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
Democrats, Please Don't Mess This Up. Impeach Trump for All His Crimes, Not Just for Ukraine.
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Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Republican governor throws weight behind Trump impeachment inquiry, becomes first to do so
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Impeachment Fervor Isn't Going Anywhere
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Wall Street Democratic donors warn the party: We'll sit out, or back Trump, if you nominate Elizabeth Warren — In recent interviews of several big-money Democratic donors and fundraisers in the business community, CNBC has found that this opinion is becoming widely shared as Warren surges against Joe Biden.
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U.S. House of Representatives Permanent …:
House Intelligence Committee Releases Whistleblower Complaint — f t # e — Washington, DC - Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released the declassified whistleblower complaint. The complaint can be viewed here, and the Intelligence Community Inspector General letter regarding …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
What did they all know about the whistleblower complaint, and when they know it?
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Acting DNI Joseph Maguire: Whistleblower “did the right thing”
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Top intelligence official defends whistleblower, handling of complaint
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Washington Post:
Trump's other Ukraine problem: New concern about his business — Zelensky recounted his stay at the president's N.Y. hotel in call with Trump. — Buried in the controversy over President Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was an effort by the Ukrainian leader …
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Shay Khatiri / The Bulwark:
Everything Bad About the Trump-Zelensky Call That Had Nothing to Do with Biden
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Taylor Telford / Washington Post:
Income inequality in America is the highest it's been since census started tracking it, data shows — In the midst of the nation's longest economic expansion, the separation between rich and poor is at a five-decade high — Last year, income inequality in the United States reached …
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Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
Census: Inequality grew, including in heartland states
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Theodore Olson, Conservative Stalwart, to Represent ‘Dreamers’ in Supreme Court — WASHINGTON — The young immigrants known as “Dreamers” have gained an unlikely ally in the Supreme Court. — Theodore B. Olson, who argued for robust executive power in senior Justice Department posts under …
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The Boston Globe:
The limits of Trump's ‘so what if I did?’ strategy — WASHINGTON — As news that he asked a foreign leader to investigate his political rivals rocked Washington, President Trump turned to a tried-and-true strategy: Embrace it.Trump took the unusual step of releasing a rough transcript Wednesday …
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
DOD Statement on Deployment of U.S. Forces and Equipment to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — Attributed to Chief Pentagon Spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman: — “In light of recent attacks on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and at their invitation, Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper announced today …
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Washington Post:
Former Ukraine prosecutor says Hunter Biden ‘did not violate anything’ — KIEV, Ukraine — A former top Ukrainian prosecutor, whose allegations were at the heart of the dirt-digging effort by Rudolph W. Giuliani, said Thursday he believed that Hunter Biden did not run afoul of any laws in Ukraine.
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Biden's brother touted Biden Cancer Initiative ties in investment pitch — James Biden suggested the former vice president's anti-cancer efforts could benefit potential investors, a litigant says. His spokesman denies it. — James Biden is accused of telling executives at a healthcare firm …
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Immigrant Population Growth in the U.S. Slows to a Trickle — The U.S. population gained immigrants last year at the slowest pace since 2008. President Trump's approach to immigration is seen as the likely cause. — The United States population gained immigrants at the slowest pace …
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