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Trump news – live: Released impeachment testimony describes Ukraine quid pro quo, as White House chief of staff called to testify – The Independent, Independent

Trump news – live: Released impeachment testimony describes Ukraine quid pro quo, as White House chief of staff called to testify – The Independent, Independent


                                                                         

A key witness has agreed to cooperate with congress ’impeachment inquiry, as the president faces increasing congressional scrutiny over his behavior.

                                                                                                                                                                                                     Lev Parnas, an indicted businessman who has been linked to theUkrainescandal is prepared to provide testimony and records to congress, his lawyer said.                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Mr Parnas has close ties toRudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer.

                                                                                                                                                                        

  

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A top US diplomattold impeachment investigators thatDonald Trump’sdealings withUkraineinvolved a quid pro quo, and that the receipt of military aid was dependent upon Kiev launching a corruption probe ofJoe Bidenand his son.

In testimony released on Capitol Hill as part of the Democratic-ledimpeachment investigation,the United States ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland, said he was aware that US aid to Ukraine was dependent on such an undertaking. He also said he suspected the parallel outreach undertaken byRudy Giuliani, the president personal lawyer, may have been illegal.

Meanwhile, testimony from another diplomat, the former special envoy for Ukraine,Kurt Volker,revealshe told investigators he thought the threat to withhold military aid, intended to help support Ukraine against Russia, was “unusual”.

    

       

                                                    

  

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Donald Trump is calling his base “Club 45 “while thanking his voters for their support in a new tweet –

    

       

                                                    

  

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Gordon Sondland remembered his own interactions with an aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after reading transcripts from other impeachment witness testimonies –

    

       

                                                                                         

  

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Here’s Senator Lindsey Graham once again effectively echoing Donald Trump’s morning comments about the drug cartels in Mexico:

    

       

                                                    

  

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The latest news surrounding Summer Zervos and her accusations of sexual assault against Donald Trump also follows a judge ordering earlier this year that the president be deposed in the defamation lawsuit:

    

       

                                                    

  

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Here’s the official congressional request to depose Donald Trump’s chief of staff –

    

       

                                                                                         

  

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Gordon Sondland claimed he was not aware from the offset that Donald Trump was asking Ukraine to launch investigations into the Bidens: “I don’t recall when I finally — when the light finally went on that Burisma and the Bidens were connected, but certainly not early on at all. I can’t tell you the day that finally I said, oh, Burisma equals Biden. I have no idea when that was. “

“I think I said that I didn’t know what was in the call until I saw the call record. I had no idea that he had brought up the Bidens in the call until I saw the call report,” he added. “I don’t recall when I finally put it together. I don’t recall what the date was or the place was or the time was. I don’t recall.”

    

       

                                                    

  

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Gordon Sondland suggested that he never found requests from the White House for Ukraine to launch investigations was “proper,” saying it doesn’t “sound good”.

He said he went to the president and asked: “What do you want from Ukraine?”

“I want no quid pro quo, “the president reportedly responded. “I want Ukraine to do the right thing.”

    

       

                                                    

  

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Investigators asked Gordon Sondland if it was “fair to say that because there were added conditions to this meeting that Ukraine desperately wanted and that you wanted to make happen, that that meeting wasn’t going to happen unless Ukraine played ball in meeting the demands of the President and Mr. Giuliani? “

To which Mr Sondland responded: “Well, that expression came up in previous testimony, and I’d never heard the term “play ball.”

“But you understand what that means, right?” investigators asked.

“If you mean that those conditions would have to be complied with prior to getting a meeting, that was my understanding,” he replied.

    

       

                                                                                                                                             

  

                                                    

  

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We now have excerpts from Gordon Sondland’s testimony online provided by the House committees spearheading an impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump. Here are some of the most explosive quotes:

“You know, this whole thing was sort of a continuum, starting at the May 23 rd meeting, ending up at the end of the line when the transcript of the call came out. And as I said to counsel, it started as talk to Rudy, then others talk to Rudy. Corruption was mentioned. Then, as time went on — and, again, I can’t nail down the dates — then let’s get the Ukrainians to give a statement about corruption. And then, no, corruption isn’t enough, we need to talk about the 2016 election and the Burisma investigations. And it was always described to me as ongoing investigations that had been stopped by the previous administration and they wanted them started up again. That’s how it was always described. And then finally at some point I made the Biden-Burisma connection, and then the transcript was released. So I can’t tell you on that continuum when, what dates, but that’s kind of what happened. ”

“ It kept — it kept getting more insidious as [the] timeline went on, and back in July, it was all about just corruption. ”

    

       

                                                    

  

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Breaking: Here are two pretty explosive excerpts from the release of the Gordon Sondland transcripts showing the diplomat essentially confirming that Donald Trump wanted Ukraine to publicly announce investigations into Joe Biden and his son in order to have a meeting with the president at the White House:

    

       

                                                                                         

  

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Here’sThe Independent’sAndrew Buncombe with more on the release of the high-profile transcripts:

    

       

                                                    

  

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Reports indicate the transcripts for Gordon Sondland and Kurt Volker are about to be released – we’ll continue providing live updates and analysis as they come in:

    

       

                                                    

  

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Here’s some background on other evidence seemingly supporting Summer Zervos’ claims: Excerpts of (Donald Trump) ‘s private calendar from a dozen years ago appear to show he was at a Beverly Hills hotel around the same time a formerApprenticecontestant alleges he assaulted her there.

Email exchanges from 2007 also released on Thursday show that (Summer Zervos) had sought a lunch meeting with Mr Trump in (New York) Around the time she claims he kissed her inappropriately in that city.

The calendar record s and email correspondence came to light in court filings related to Ms Zervos’ ongoing (defamation) lawsuit against Mr Trump in New York state court.

Ms Zervos is one of about a dozen women who accused Mr Trump of sexual misconduct shortly before the 2016 election, and her case could reach its conclusion before voters return to the polls next year.

    

       

                                                                                         

  

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A new report indicates Donald Trump contacted Summer Zervos at least six times by phone following accusations from the former Apprentice contestant that she was sexually assaulted by the president in 2007.

Donald Trump has alleged all accusations of sexual misconduct.

    

       

                                                    

  

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(Netflix) has introduced a button that lets viewers skip jokes about US president Donald Trump on a new comedy special fromSeth Meyers.

The comedian and chat show host’s new comedy special, titledLobby Baby, sees him take aim at the president, whom he previously branded a “ racist gargoyle ”.

Meyers toldCNN Businessthat it was his idea to introduce the feature, deeming a politics joke-avoiding button as “a funny and innovative way” to “take advantage of the Netflix experience”.

    

       

                                                    

  

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Donald Trump is continuing to encourage Republicans in states holding elections today to go out and vote after visiting Kentucky last night for a rally in support of the local GOP candidates:

    

       

                                                                                         

  

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Donald Trump is tweeting about new reports of a power-sharing agreement in Yemen that could lead to an eventual end to the massive conflict engulfing the country:

    

       

                                                    

  

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One year from the2020election, Donald (Trump) ***** (Trails some potential) Democraticrivals in head-to-head matchups, with his national support level fixed at about 40 per cent, according to aWashington PostABC Newspoll.

The new poll highlights the degree to which most of the country already has made a judgment about the president’s performance and its voting preferences next year. Among the 39 per cent of registered voters who approve of Mr Trump’s job performance , Mr Trump is winning at least 95 per cent support against each of five possible Democratic opponents. But among the 58 per cent of voters who disapprove of Mr Trump, he receives no more than 7 per cent of

Former vice president JoeBiden, senator Bernie (Sanders) and senator ElizabethWarrenrun strongest against the president nationally, with Mr Biden leading by (points) 56 per cent to 39 percent), Ms Warren by (points) 55 per cent to 40 per cent) and Mr Sanders by (points) 55 per cent to (per cent).

    

       

                                                          

        

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