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Gambit. that was the thesis state of the whistle-blower s complaint. you can t ask a foreign government, you can t ask a foreign entity even a foreign person for help in a u.s. election. the president doing so with a foreign government trying to get that foreign government to announce an investigation into his potential opponent in his re-election effort, i mean, you just can t do that. that s not legal. and so we get this whistle-blower from the intelligence community who blows the whistle on the fact the president was doing this, and then in fact the whistle-blower cites multiple u.s. officials as the source for his whistle-blower claim. i ve received information from multiple u.s. government officials and in fact multiple u.s. officials confirmed that it happened. and then the president confessed that he did it, and so now we re having a big impeachment. everybody s invited. but you might also remember that the whistle-blower had this complaint that laid out that basic allegation th ....
Restaurant in ukraine. an embassy staffer who was with sondland when he placed the call apparently overheard that conversation including overhearing president trump asking sondland about the investigations that he was pressing ukraine for. that was yesterday s revelation at the first impeachment hearing. now today the associated press was first to report that a second individual can corroborate that account. the ap saying it has learned that, quote, a second u.s. embassy staffer in kiev overheard a cellphone call between president trump and his ambassador to the eu discussing a need for ukrainian officials to pursue investigations. according to the ap the second diplomatic staffer also at the table was a foreign service officer based in kiev. a person briefed on what that officer overheard spoke to the ap on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter currently under investigation. it s important to note this ap report as they say is based on ....
Telling the washington post today, quote, ukraine is now kind of naked. we are alone confronting russia. david ignaceous excuse me that was in the new york times not the washington post. david ignaceous of the washington post raising much the same alarm today. trump s ukraine machinations have yielded the diminution of u.s. power and a corresponding increase in the leverage. the united states was an important backup for ukraine. losing that support puts kiev in a weaker bargaining position. how is the united states shaping events as ukraine is balanced now? america really isn t a player. trump said in september while meeting zelensky, quote, i really hope you and president putin can get together and solve your problem. we know we used to be your ally, we know we used to stand shoulder to shoulder with you so you never had to face russia ....
First filed, that bit about holding up the military aid to ukraine, that was filed separately in a classified appendix. when the whistle-blower knew even that complaint was getting delivered to congress which is what he or she wanted, till this bit the whistle-blower took steps to try to make sure that was treated with special care. that the president s order to hold up military aid yooto ukra, it would be held tighter, restricted more, fewer people that see that. why would the whistle-blower want to make sure that part of what the whistle-blower is alleging, this incredibly inflammatory allegation the whistle-blower is making about the president of the united states committing clearly impeachable and illegal acts in office to benefit himself politically at the expense of u.s. national security and our allies, the whistle-blower is willing to say a lot on page one of that complaint. but that bit about the president holding military aid to ukraine, ....
Inquiry. super interesting to me. the washington post is first to report tonight that an official named mark sandy is expected to testify to the impeachment committees. now, this is name we have not previously heard in conjunction with the impeachment. who is mark sandy? why is this important? excellent question, super interesting answer. i think this is fascinating. all right, you go back to the original whistle-blower s complaint, and you ll remember right at the top of the whistle-blower s complaint we got the core allegation that has led to the impeachment and will likely ultimately lead to the first article of impeachment against the president. it said right at the top, in the course of my official duties i have received information from multiple u.s. officials at the president of the united states is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 u.s. election. this interference includes among other things pressuring a foreign country t ....