[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #684: Trump valt getuige aan

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Op vrijdag 15 november 2019 21:23 schreef Sjemmert het volgende:

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Eng mannetje ja.

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Op vrijdag 15 november 2019 21:01 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Ah, Floris_Stempel. Dat kon er ook maar eentje zijn.

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Op vrijdag 15 november 2019 21:29 schreef heywoodu het volgende:
Klaar voor vandaag dus, Schiff nu aan het woord voor de pers. Als het goed is Jordan zo ook.

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Op vrijdag 15 november 2019 21:32 schreef Fir3fly het volgende:

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Ik heb even een artikeltje getikt en in de submit gegooid met wat meer feiten, kijken of het ook verschijnt !

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Op vrijdag 15 november 2019 21:34 schreef heywoodu het volgende:

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Ik zie hem staan, het gros heb ik volgens mij al in het bericht gezet wat net online is gekomen? Even kijken of ik nog iets gemist heb en uit je submit erbij toe kan voegen. Bedankt in elk geval, als ik niet zelf net al een bericht over dit onderwerp online had gezet zou ik je submit één op één overgenomen hebben.

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Op vrijdag 15 november 2019 21:35 schreef heywoodu het volgende:

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Wel lekker geschreven overigens, ik hoop zo'n submit nog eens te zien. Laat het even weten, ik post het graag.

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Op vrijdag 15 november 2019 21:44 schreef DuizendGezichten het volgende:
Die Stefanik is niet op haar mondje gevallen en heeft haar talking points goed voorbereid.

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Op vrijdag 15 november 2019 22:38 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Waarom liet ze zich zo gebruiken door de Reps? Zij is gewoon gebruikt voor een kansloze stunt.

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Op vrijdag 15 november 2019 17:54 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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davidfrum twitterde op vrijdag 15-11-2019 om 03:12:08 The @:pagesix story makes clear Don Jr. didn't bulk-purchase his book to push it up the NYT list. The Republican National Committee did, using donor money contributed to win elections to salve Don Jr's ego. reageer retweet

Mag dat wel?

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op vrijdag 15-11-2019 om 23:50:29 Trump's former deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates will have a court hearing to determine his potential prison sentence on December 17, according to a court filing. https://t.co/tfhP0epG3w reageer retweet

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Embassy Official Confirms Trump Asked About Ukraine Investigations (NYTimes)

A United States embassy official in Kiev confirmed that he overheard President Trump speaking with an ambassador about investigations in Ukraine, and was told Mr. Trump cared more about them than about the country.

WASHINGTON — An official from the United States embassy in Kiev confirmed to House impeachment investigators on Friday that he overheard a call between President Trump and a top American diplomat in July in which the president inquired about investigations he wanted from Ukraine, according to three people familiar with the testimony.

The official, David Holmes, testified privately that he was at a restaurant in Ukraine’s capital when he heard Mr. Trump during a cellphone call loudly asking Gordon D. Sondland, the American ambassador to the European Union, if Ukraine’s president had agreed to conduct investigations into his political rivals. Mr. Sondland, who was in Kiev for meetings with top Ukrainian officials at the time, replied in the affirmative.

After the call ended, Mr. Holmes said, Mr. Sondland told him that the president did not give “a shit” about Ukraine, according to two of the people, who described his testimony on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly. The ambassador added that Mr. Trump cared about the investigations because they affected him personally.

The call took place on July 26, one day after Mr. Trump personally pressed President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his son, Hunter, as well as unproven allegations that Ukraine conspired with Democrats to interfere in the 2016 election.

The existence of call between Mr. Trump and Mr. Sondland was first revealed on Wednesday during public testimony from Mr. Holmes’s boss, William B. Taylor Jr., the top American envoy in Ukraine. Mr. Taylor said then that he had only learned of the incident recently.

Mr. Sondland did not mention the incident to investigators when he answered their questions in private last month. He will almost certainly be asked about it when he appears for public testimony before the House Intelligence Committee next week. He has already revised his initial testimony once, admitting to the panel last week that he told a top Ukrainian official that the country would likely not receive a package of nearly $400 million in security assistance unless it committed publicly to the investigations Mr. Trump sought.

On Thursday, two people familiar with the matter said that a second embassy official, Suriya Jayanti, also overheard the call and could corroborate Mr. Holmes’s account. It is unclear if investigators will call her to testify, as well. On Friday, Mr. Holmes indicated there was a third person present who would have overheard it, as well.

Mr. Holmes described sitting at a table in a restaurant with Mr. Sondland in Kiev when the president called. The president was speaking so loudly, he said, that Mr. Sondland held the phone away from his ear and Mr. Holmes and others could hear Mr. Trump’s voice.

In addition to discussing the investigations, Mr. Trump asked Mr. Sondland about A$AP Rocky, an American rapper imprisoned in Sweden at the time.

Mr. Holmes described the incident during an extended opening statement. It was not immediately clear if Democrats would call Mr. Holmes to testify in public.

Mr. Holmes is a career foreign service officer who currently serves as the political counselor in the American embassy in Kiev.

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dsamuelsohn twitterde op vrijdag 15-11-2019 om 23:29:58 NEWS: Rick Gates will be sentenced Dec. 17 by Judge Amy Berman Jackson for pleading guilty on conspiracy and false statement charges. https://t.co/gzLdmDEApt reageer retweet

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dsamuelsohn twitterde op vrijdag 15-11-2019 om 23:35:06 Michael Flynn’s sentencing is tentatively set for the next day Dec. 18 before Judge Sullivan. reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 00:15 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 00:35 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Hiervan kan Sondland toch moeilijk gaan beweren dat hij dat 'vergeten' was. Ik ben benieuwd naar zijn verklaring om dit niet te melden.

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 00:37 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Ik ook wel... als hij het uberhaupt erkent. Hij kan altijd zeggen het zich niet te herinneren natuurlijk... maar ja, dat zou niet bepaald geloofwaardig zijn. Immers zijn het 2 onafhankelijke getuigen tegenover iemand die bereid was 7 cijfers te doneren voor Trumps campagne.

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DanLamothe twitterde op zaterdag 16-11-2019 om 00:32:11 SCOOP: @realDonaldTrump followed through today on his plans to intervene in three military justice cases today involving war-crimes allegations, issuing pardons in at least two.The troops involved were notified by Trump by phone, say one of their lawyers and a U.S. official. reageer retweet