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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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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Just How Corrupt Is Bill Barr? — Trump's attorney general is implicated in the Ukraine scandal, but refuses to recuse. — By now you have probably read the opening of the whistle-blower complaint filed by a member of the intelligence community accusing Donald Trump of manipulating American foreign policy for political gain.
Washington Post:
Effort to shield Trump's call with Ukrainian leader was part of broader secrecy effort — The White House has taken extraordinary steps over the past two years to block details of President Trump's phone calls with foreign leaders from becoming public, following embarrassing disclosures early …
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.
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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Bloomberg:
Trump's Attack on Whistle-Blower in Private Meeting Was Caught on Video
Trump's Attack on Whistle-Blower in Private Meeting Was Caught on Video
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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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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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Tom Nichols / USA Today:
Ukraine scandal: Trump's new impeachable offense is threatening the life of a CIA officer
Ukraine scandal: Trump's new impeachable offense is threatening the life of a CIA officer
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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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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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Wall Street Journal:
Giuliani Sits at the Center of the Ukraine Controversy — Ukrainian officials saw him as a direct conduit to Trump; former New York mayor featured in whistleblower complaint — A key figure at the heart of the burgeoning impeachment probe is former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani …
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Washington Post:
In gambit for Trump, Giuliani engaged parade of Ukrainian prosecutors — Rudolph W. Giuliani spent months cultivating current and former prosecutors in Ukraine with a particular goal: Help President Trump in next year's election by ensuring that Ukrainian authorities pursued allegations that could damage his Democratic rivals.
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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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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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Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
ABC's Bombshell Ukraine Story Falls Apart
ABC's Bombshell Ukraine Story Falls Apart
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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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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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Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Public Support For Impeachment Grows After Nancy Pelosi Backs Inquiry
Public Support For Impeachment Grows After Nancy Pelosi Backs Inquiry
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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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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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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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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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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Miami Herald:
Meet the Soviet-born businessmen tangled in Trump's impeachment inquiry. They live in Florida. — Two South Florida businessmen from the former Soviet Union could find themselves dragged into an impeachment inquiry targeting President Donald Trump over their political activities in Ukraine.
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Rudy's Ukraine Henchmen Made Big Donation to Pro-Trump PAC
Rudy's Ukraine Henchmen Made Big Donation to Pro-Trump PAC
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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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Abbey Marshall / Politico:
Hillary Clinton calls Trump a ‘clear and present danger’ to U.S.
Hillary Clinton calls Trump a ‘clear and present danger’ to U.S.
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