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White House Knew of Whistle-Blower's Allegations Soon After Trump's Call With Ukraine Leader — The whistle-blower, a C.I.A. officer detailed to the White House at one point, first expressed his concerns anonymously to the agency's top lawyer. — WASHINGTON — The White House learned …
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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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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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New York Times:
‘Spies and Treason’: Read a Transcript of Trump's Remarks Related to the Whistle-Blower — President Trump addressed a crowd from the United States Mission to the United Nations on Thursday. Mr. Trump discussed a range of topics, including a whistle-blower complaint against him that says he tried …
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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 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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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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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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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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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Barr and Giuliani's Excellent Trump Adventure
Barr and Giuliani's Excellent Trump Adventure
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Michael Crowley / New York Times:
Whistle-Blower Shines Light on Potential ‘Abuse’ of Secret N.S.C. Computer System
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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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
$50,000 reward offered to out Trump whistleblower
$50,000 reward offered to out Trump whistleblower
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Washington Post:
Effort to shield Trump's call with Ukrainian leader was part of broader secrecy effort
The Daily Beast:
Trump Ponders Violent Retribution as the White House Projects Impeachment Calm
Trump Ponders Violent Retribution as the White House Projects Impeachment Calm
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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 — According to Gabriel Sherman of Vanity Fair, the looming prospect of President Donald Trump's impeachment proceedings is taking a rough toll on the management of Fox News, with squabbling …
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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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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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Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Biden accuses Trump of trying to ‘hijack an election’ by pushing Ukraine investigation
Biden accuses Trump of trying to ‘hijack an election’ by pushing Ukraine investigation
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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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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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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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Washington Post:
Democrats eye quick impeachment probe of Trump as freshmen push for focus on Ukraine
Democrats eye quick impeachment probe of Trump as freshmen push for focus on Ukraine
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Americans Split on House Impeachment Inquiry
Poll: Americans Split on House Impeachment Inquiry
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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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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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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.
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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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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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Rudy's Ukraine Henchmen Made Big Donation to Pro-Trump PAC — We set out to trace money from Giuliani's Kiev connections to a top Trump group, and stumbled down a rabbit hole of high-dollar Miami real estate deals. — BEAST INSIDE — In the summer of 2018, two Soviet-born businessmen who've served …
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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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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton: Trump is an ‘illegitimate president’ — Hillary Clinton dismissed President Trump as an “illegitimate president” and suggested that “he knows” that he stole the 2016 presidential election in a CBS News interview to be aired Sunday. — The former secretary of state …
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