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Business Insider/Reuters: Putin and Hungary reportedly 'poisoned' Trump’s view on Ukraine and reinforced his belief that the country was 'hopelessly corrupt'
* Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban reportedly reinforced Trump's view that Ukraine was a "hopelessly corrupt" country.
* Current and former US officials told The Washington Post that Putin and Orban, along with Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, reinforced negative views of Ukraine.
* Trump discussed investigating his political rival former Vice President Joe Biden during a July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
* During the call, Trump also pushed an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory about Ukraine's involvement in efforts to undermine him during the 2016 election.
* His conversation with Zelensky and the possible solicitation of foreign influence in the election are at the center of the House impeachment inquiry against Trump.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged President Donald Trump to adopt a "hostile view" of Ukraine which helped reinforce the notion that the country was "hopelessly corrupt," The Washington Post reported on Monday.
Current and former US officials told The Post that Trump's conversations with Putin, Orban, and others in recent months appeared to strengthen Trump's view that Ukraine was a corrupt country and put him at odds with White House officials who struggled to dissuade Trump from exploiting the country for political purposes.
Describing a May phone call between Trump and Putin, a US official with knowledge of the conversation told the Post that Putin "did what he always does" and disparaged Ukraine.
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Update #1: Putin and Hungary’s Orban helped sour Trump on Ukraine (Washington Post)
Update #2: Washington Post: Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister disparaged Ukraine to Trump (CNN)
WNU Editor: Being one who has a lot of family in Ukraine, and who has also lived there for a few years, I can say this without reservation. Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries in the world. If Russian President Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Orban both told President Trump the same thing, I would say that they are doing a favour and service to the U.S..
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Putin telling anyone anywhere that some other nation is corrupt...and if it is, so what?
Taylor testimony does not even mention corruption but a quid pro quo
Mitch McConnell denies telling Trump his Ukraine call was "perfect" or "innocent." // Asked whether Trump is lying about this too: "You'd have to ask him."
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Trump has been informed that he will be impeached.His small inner circle is quietly coming to grips with the reality that impeachment is happening and a majority of Americans support it.
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A Virginia political consultant who served as the treasurer of multiple Political Action Committees (PACs) pleaded guilty today to lying to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) about more than $32,000 in payments of PAC money that he directed to himself and a close friend.
Scott Buchanan Mackenzie, 66, of Arlington, Virginia, pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to the FEC before U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady of the Eastern District of Virginia. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Feb. 21, 2020, before Judge O’Grady.
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Imaad Zuberi, who donated $900,000 to Trump’s Inaugural Committee, will plead guilty to faking records to hide his work as a foreign agent while lobbying U.S. officials.
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Former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Tuesday said she left office because "saying no" and refusing to do things that others in the administration wanted was "not going to be enough."
"There were a lot of things that, there were those in the administration who thought that we should do, and just as I spoke truth to power from the very beginning, it became clear that saying no, and refusing to do it myself was not going to be enough, so it was time for me to offer my resignation," she said at FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit.
So what are we impeaching trump on?
Using the power of the presidency for personal political gain.
if you do not know by now, then go back to sleep
Personal political gain? What is this?
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