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New York Times:
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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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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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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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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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
The Whistle-Blower Is Not a Traitor, Mr. President — Trump's appalling suggestion shows yet again that he is his own worst enemy. — Until Thursday afternoon, President Donald Trump's impeachment struggles were going slightly better than expected. Then Trump himself, as is his habit …
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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.
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New York Times:
‘Spies and Treason’: Read a Transcript of Trump's Remarks Related to the Whistle-Blower
‘Spies and Treason’: Read a Transcript of Trump's Remarks Related to the Whistle-Blower
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Political Wire
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
White House ‘lockdown’ of transcript would be highly unusual
White House ‘lockdown’ of transcript would be highly unusual
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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
Critics blast New York Times for outing whistleblower as CIA officer and giving clues to his identity
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Barr and Giuliani's Excellent Trump Adventure
Barr and Giuliani's Excellent Trump Adventure
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Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
The whistleblower complaint doesn't do Democrats any favors
The whistleblower complaint doesn't do Democrats any favors
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New York Times:
Full Document: The Whistle-Blower Complaint
Full Document: The Whistle-Blower Complaint
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Washington Post:
Trump's other Ukraine problem: New concern about his business
Trump's other Ukraine problem: New concern about his business
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CNN:
Lewandowski may lead White House impeachment team
Lewandowski may lead White House impeachment team
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
$50,000 reward offered to out Trump whistleblower
$50,000 reward offered to out Trump whistleblower
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Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
ABC's Bombshell Ukraine Story Falls Apart
ABC's Bombshell Ukraine Story Falls Apart
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Washington Post:
Trump writes the GOP impeachment playbook: Scorched earth. But will it work?
Trump writes the GOP impeachment playbook: Scorched earth. But will it work?
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Washington Post:
The whistleblower adds to the case that Trump offered Ukraine's president a quid pro quo
The whistleblower adds to the case that Trump offered Ukraine's president a quid pro quo
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Giuliani Won't Say if He Has a Security Clearance
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Complaint From So-Called ‘Whistleblower’ Is Riddled With Gossip, Blatant Falsehoods
Complaint From So-Called ‘Whistleblower’ Is Riddled With Gossip, Blatant Falsehoods
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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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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 …
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.
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Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Republican governor throws weight behind Trump impeachment inquiry, becomes first to do so
Republican governor throws weight behind Trump impeachment inquiry, becomes first to do so
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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.
Democrats, Please Don't Mess This Up. Impeach Trump for All His Crimes, Not Just for Ukraine.
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
Polls show support for impeachment rising amid Trump-Ukraine scandal
Polls show support for impeachment rising amid Trump-Ukraine scandal
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“It's Management Bedlam”: Madness at Fox News as Trump Faces Impeachment — The Republicans mounting primary challenges to __Donald Trump__ are not exactly the Never Trump movement's top draft picks. With little hope of defeating an incumbent president dependably popular inside his party …
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Fox News in ‘management bedlam’ as top brass fights and frets over Trump's future: report
Fox News in ‘management bedlam’ as top brass fights and frets over Trump's future: report
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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.
John Solomon / The Hill:
These once-secret memos cast doubt on Joe Biden's Ukraine story — Former Vice President Joe Biden, now a 2020 Democratic presidential contender, has locked into a specific story about the controversy in Ukraine. — He insists that, in spring 2016, he strong-armed Ukraine to fire …
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Washington Post:
Former Ukraine prosecutor says Hunter Biden ‘did not violate anything’
Former Ukraine prosecutor says Hunter Biden ‘did not violate anything’
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
'I'll stand with Joe': Democrats rally around Biden after Trump attacks
'I'll stand with Joe': Democrats rally around Biden after Trump attacks
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Washington Post:
Democrats eye quick impeachment probe of Trump as freshmen push for focus on Ukraine — House Democratic leaders are eyeing a fast-paced investigation into the possible impeachment of President Trump, instructing the committees handling the probe to wrap up their findings within weeks in hopes of concluding before the holiday season.
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Americans Split on House Impeachment Inquiry
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:
A Nonsense QAnon Conspiracy Theory Ended Up In Donald Trump's Call To the Ukrainian President — And The Impeachment Investigation — The White House released the record of a call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday.
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Jared Holt / Washington Post:
How far-right conspiracy theories informed Trump's Ukraine call
How far-right conspiracy theories informed Trump's Ukraine call
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Abbey Marshall / Politico:
Hillary Clinton calls Trump a ‘clear and present danger’ to U.S. — Hillary Clinton is calling President Donald Trump a “clear and present danger” to the U.S. amid the latest scandal engulfing his administration, and says that her defeat in the 2016 presidential election was like “losing to a corrupt human tornado.”
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton: Trump is an ‘illegitimate president’
Jessica Campisi / The Hill:
Hacker changes Seattle road sign to say ‘Impeach the bastard’
Hacker changes Seattle road sign to say ‘Impeach the bastard’
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Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
Everyone In Washington Is Reading the Whistleblower Complaint — Except Senate Republicans — The document dominating the news Thursday was still unknown to many GOP lawmakers — A nine-page whistleblower complaint might have been the most-read document in Washington on Thursday—but not among Senate Republicans.
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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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CNN
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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Raw Story