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Bolton was worried about leaving Trump alone in a room with Putin "because I did not know what he would say" Bolton tells ABC.
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New: A stack of messages from foreign leaders to President-elect Joe Biden are sitting at the State Department but the Trump admin is preventing him from accessing them, sources say. Traditionally State supports all communications for the President-elect.
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"We don't know where Donald Trump has borrowed that money from," says Andrew McCabe. "If that money is from foreign sources then it really opens a Pandora's box about foreign influence issues with the President of the US. It does not get any more serious than that."
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About a dozen busses carrying Afghan interpreters and their family members arrived at the Fort Lee military base in Virginia today around 7 am. Without fanfare, the busses pulled into the gates marked with the sign: Welcome to Fort Lee.
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The US flag was raised today over the US Embassy in Kyiv, to mark the official resumption of US Embassy Kyiv operations.
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Horrific new OSCE report on the atrocities by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, including 25 girls aged 14-24 were kept in a basement in Bucha and gang-raped by Russian troops, resulting in nine becoming pregnant, per Ukraine's commissioner for human rights.
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Big news: President Biden will announce on Thursday a requirement that all federal employees & contractors be vaccinated against the coronavirus, or be required to submit to regular testing and mitigation requirements, per a source with direct knowledge
@Phil_Mattingly
reports.
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A billboard style placard in the State Department lobby showcasing the professional ethos developed by former SecState Pompeo came down this afternoon as the State Department prepared for the incoming Biden team to arrive.
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When asked if the US would consider recognizing Crimea or any territories in eastern Ukraine as part of Russia as a diplomatic way out to avoid a larger war Blinken says plainly: "No," on CBS.
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The US remains in regular contact with Pres Zelensky through a secure satellite phone that the US gave the Ukrainian govt last month before the invasion occurred, per a US official familiar with the matter. The phone allows Zelensky to remain in contact w/ US while he’s mobile.
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Pompeo today: "We don't have certainty about whether it began in the lab or whether it began someplace else." This after he said there was "enormous evidence" that the novel coroanvirus originated in the Wuhan lab over the weekend.
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"Putin is pretty much betting that the [U.S.] midterm elections will undermine Biden and that by 2024, the US will be in a great big mess," writes Fiona Hill. "It’s not just Jan. 6. It’s this idea that the US is out of control. Putin feeds on this."
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NSA O’Brien said even though Trump wasn’t briefed on the Russian bounty intelligence, the CIA put the info out to US & coalition forces. So there was a threat to US forces, originating from the Russians, substantial enough to alert them — but commander in chief wasn’t briefed.
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🚨 After sending a tweet saying President Trump was unfit for office & was to blame for the mob attack on the capitol, State Dept official Gabriel Noronha was fired today by the White House, per 2 sources. Noronha worked the Iran portfolio at State for the last few yrs.
President Trump fomented an insurrectionist mob that attacked the Capitol today. He continues to take every opportunity to obstruct the peaceful transfer of power. These actions threaten our democracy and our Republic. Trump is entirely unfit to remain in office, and needs to go.
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The Trump administration has not made any substantial statement on the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, in sharp contrast to European reaction, despite Trump saying Thursday that Pompeo was looking into it.
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The Kremlin cancelled its daily press briefing today & tmrw after this
@clarissaward
reporting which tracks how the Russian Security Service followed Navalny & his team throughout a trip to Siberia just prior to his poisoning in August. Amazing report:
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The world is watching:
A team of OSCE intl election observers called Trump’s claims of voting irregularities “baseless” & said they “harm public trust in democratic institutions.”
They complimented the voting itself, calling it “competitive & well managed.”
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As a kid
@BernieSanders
dreamed of being on a MLB field, didn't think he would be giving a speech. But here he is:
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Joint Chiefs Chairman General Milley & Joint Chiefs of Staff are preparing a msg for the entire military force reiterating a tone of reassurance, and reminding them that their obligation is to support & defend the Constitution & reject extremism, per
@barbarastarrcnn
&
@OrenCNN
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New: The Biden admin is expected to announce sanctions related to election interference as soon as next week, 3 admin officials tell me. They didn't disclose details related to the expected sanctions but said that they'll target multiple countries including Russia, China & Iran.
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This land is your land this land is my land closes
@BernieSanders
rally -juxtaposition to Trump rally very obvious
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After Trump described the Beirut explosions as an attack, Lebanese officials raised concerns w/ US diplomats about the use of the word attack at this point, two State Dept officials tell me. & Pentagon officials told CNN there’s no indication of an attack.
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Several journalists including a CNN stringer have been injured after Israeli forces surrounded & attacked Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, leaving one in critical condition. Per TRT bureau chief in Jerusalem, Israeli tanks launched a “targeted attack” on several journos.
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“I was wrong," GOP Sen John Kennedy admits to
@ChrisCuomo
, more than 24 hrs later. "The only evidence I have, & I think it's overwhelming, it was Russia who tried to hack the DNC computer. I've seen no indication that Ukraine tried to do it.”
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Tonight Kim Yong Chol & his delegation will stay at a hotel about a mile from the White House. It’s the first time in over 18 yrs that North Korean officials have spent the night in Washington. Here they are arriving this evening:
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Engel & Lowey say Sec Pompeo is being investigated by the Office of Special Counsel for violating the Hatch Act when he delivered his RNC speech from Jerusalem. This is the 2nd file the OSC opened into Pompeo in recent wks, due to potential Hatch Act violations.
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“Ukraine & the people of our state are absolutely clear. We don’t want anyone else’s territory and we are not going to give up our own,” Zelensky tells
@jaketapper
when asked about some asserting that Ukraine should give up the Donbas.
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The American flag at the US embassy in Kabul has been taken down, marking a final step in the embassy evacuation, source tells me. State Dept Spox said on Thurs that the US drawdown of diplomats was not an evacuation. Now, 3 days later, the evac is on the verge of completion.
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Sec Blinken: “We call on Burmese military leaders to release all government officials and civil society leaders and respect the will of the people of Burma as expressed in democratic elections on November 8... The military must reverse these actions immediately.”
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This is incredible reporting on the outskirts of the Kabul airport by
@clarissaward
that shows the disconnect btw what the US is saying - they’ll get out Afghan SIVs/refugee applicants etc & the Taliban are allowing safe passage to the airport - & what’s happening on the ground.
Shots ring out behind
@clarissaward
- as she stands less than 200 yards from the entrance of the Kabul airport.
"It's definitely chaotic, she says. "It's definitely dangerous."
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Biden’s pick for SecState, Tony Blinken, is unlikely to get a confirmation hearing before inauguration day, per senate aides. Would be 1st time in at least 10 transitions the incoming president’s pick for SecState won't have a conf hearing, or be already confirmed, by Jan 20.
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Sec Blinken says he's convinced that Russia will try to overthrow Kyiv, on ABC.
He also says on CBS that it's clear that Putin has ambitions beyond Ukraine, citing his ambitions to "reconstitute the Soviet Empire" or "reassert a sphere of influence" w old Soviet bloc countries.
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This is a good point: “What if John Bolton called CNN tomorrow and says I'd like to spend an hour with Anderson Cooper?”
@SenAngusKing
said to
@JaxAlemany
. “Or he calls The Washington Post and said, I'd like to sit down with your editorial board. That could change everything.”
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Kurt Volker, Trump's frmf top envoy to Ukraine, told House investigators that he warned Ukraine’s leadership not to interfere in US politics in a convo that followed the call btw Trump & Zelensky, according to sources familiar with the testimony,
@mkraju
&
@jeremyherb
report.
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Russian troops will be withdrawn from Belarusian territory after the joint Russia-Belarus military exercises end, the Kremlin said Tuesday, without giving further specifics or a timeline.
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Biden’s NSA calls for Navalny to be released immediately:
Mr. Navalny should be immediately released, and the perpetrators of the outrageous attack on his life must be held accountable. The Kremlin’s attacks on Mr. Navalny are not just a violation of human rights, but an affront to the Russian people who want their voices heard.
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Confirmed: The Biden admin has paused arms sales to Saudi Arabia & the UAE as it conducts a wider review of agreements worth billions of dollars made by the Trump admin, sources familiar w/ the matter told CNN. Could signal a change in approach by the Biden admin v. Trump admin.
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Trump says he would like Zelensky to get together with Putin to solve their problems.
Reminder that Putin illegally ordered his military to sieze Crimea from Ukraine and then illegally annexed Crimea in 2014. That’s why Russia was kicked out of the G7 (then G8).
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The Foreign Service officer corps at State has lost 60 percent of its Career Ambassadors since January-->
NEW: Foreign Service Officer union
@afsatweets
pres warns "ranks..being depleted at a dizzying speed" by Trump admin
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"Initially, no one understood the magnitude of this crisis," NSA O'Brien to
@vmsalama
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Sec Pompeo heads to France, Turkey, Georgia, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia on Friday.
Pompeo has not recognized president-elect Joe Biden’s victory but the leaders in all of the 7 countries that he will visit on this trip have congratulated Biden.
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To 4,755 in MI
@BernieSanders
talks abt his YUGE crowds. Then: "I can't use that word anymore." Substitute: V large
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President Biden says he gave Putin a list of 16 critical infrastructure elements that should be off-limits when it comes to cyberattack. They also tasked experts with figuring out a joint understanding of what is "off limits" for these cyber attacks, Biden says.
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"Just 100 days to mask, not forever," President-elect Joe Biden tells
@jaketapper
he will make that ask -- for Americans to wear masks for 100 days -- when he gets into office. "And I think we'll see a significant reduction," he said.
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Details in this new OSCE report are horrific:
> a Ukrainian interpreter held in captivity for 9 days by Russian forces in an icy cellar, beaten w/ an iron bar & rifle butts, tortured w/ electricity.
> 500,000 Ukrainians forcibly deported to Russia & some put in filtration camps.
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SCOOP: Trump administration has withdrawn all assistance from Northwest Syria -- demonstrates the administration's intent to briskly exit the country once ISIS is fully defeated.
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New: A DOD IG investigation earlier this yr found no evidence that ousted State IG Linick or anyone in his office shared information with the media pertaining to an alleged leak -- undermining a central reason the admin offered for his dismissal.
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Amb Yovanovitch’s lawyer says it is “disturbing” that new docs show Guiliani associates appeared to be tracking her movements & calls for an investigation.
“We trust that the appropriate authorities will conduct an investigation to determine what happened,” Larry Robbins writes.
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Who is David Holmes? The Diplomat who overheard Trump and Sondland discussing “investigations.” He’s a sharp foreign service officer, colleagues say. He’s been vocal about his policy disagreements before, he got an award for constructive dissent in 2014.
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Former 4-time US Amb who worked for Sec Pompeo says when he releases Clinton’s emails “Pompeo will have all but completed the politicization of the State Department, arguably bringing it to its lowest point since the 1950s. The damage may be generational.”
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Sec Blinken on NBC: "Based on public reports, the time that it would take Iran to produce enough fissile material for nuclear weapon is down to we think a few months."
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New: The Biden admin is having an internal debate over whether or not to call the military takeover in Myanmar a coup, sources tell
@Kevinliptakcnn
& me. Officially declaring it a coup would legally bind the U.S. to cut off foreign assistance to the country.
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Ousted State IG Steve Linick confirms 3 other ongoing probes involving Pompeo's office, which were previously unreported: audit of Special Immigrant Visas, an ongoing review of Intl Women of Courage Award, an ongoing review of individuals in protocol office, in intv w lawmakers.
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Sec Pompeo says “there will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration” when asked about engaging with the Biden team on a transition.
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New: Biden admin preparing to impose sanctions on Russia over the poisoning & jailing of Navalny this week, sources say. The rollout will happen in coordination w/ the EU & there are plans to tackle a broader set of challenges posed by Russia coming wks.
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Dem & GOP Sens blasting the admin for not supporting the transfer of fighter jets to Ukraine.
Romney: “I believe there is a sentiment that we are fearful about what Putin might do & what he might consider as an escalation. It is time for him to he fearful of what we might do.”
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Pentagon press secretary John Kirby tells CNN that DOD will potentially relocate up to 30,000 Afghan SIV applicants into the US, per
@brikeilarcnn
@CNNValentine
. This the firmest # we have gotten from the Biden admin thus far on this. Now getting flights out is the challenge.
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State often encourages world leaders to accept the results of elections. & conduct fair elections. Pompeo, when asked if those efforts are discounted by Trump failing to concede, says it is a ridiculous Q. But American diplomats have told me they are fearful abt this exact thing.
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Scoop: Confrontational & tense is how sources describe the mtg btw
@US4AfghanPeace
& President Ghani that happened tonight in Afghanistan. Khalilizad was told Trump's comments - Afghanistan would "be wiped off the face of the Earth" if he wanted to win the war - were unacceptable
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The day after the Trump admin used military police at Lafayette Park to violently push back peaceful protestors so he could walk to a Church, Secretary Pompeo condemns Hong Kong authorities for denying permission for Hong Kongers to hold a Tiananmen Vigil.
It starts; so soon. For the first time in 30 years, Hong Kong authorities denied permission to hold the
#TiananmenVigil
. If there is any doubt about Beijing’s intent, it is to deny Hong Kongers a voice and a choice, making them the same as mainlanders. So much for two systems.
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Pompeo's wife asked State staff to send personal family Christmas cards, as 1st reported by McClatchy & a source tells me State OIG has those emails as pt of an investigation into potential misuse of taxpayer resources. Pompeo called criticism pathetic.
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Trump promised his company wouldn't pursue new foreign deals when he took office, but Trump's family has gone forth on projects in India, Indonesia, Uruguay & the Philippines that were in the works before he was sworn in, great
@MarshallCohen
story
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US Park Police spox called it a mistake to deny using tear gas earlier this wk. Acting chief then again denied using tear gas. Barr today on CBS makes clear they want the debate: “there were not chemical irritants. Pepper spray is not a chemical irritant.”
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SFRC not going to simply accept no Khashoggi report from the admin:
“The law is clear. It requires a determination and report in response to the letter we sent with Corker. The President has no discretion here. He’s either complying with the law or breaking it,” says
@JuanPachon_
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The evacuation of US diplomats from the US embassy to the Kabul airport foe their flights back to the US is underway, per two sources. Helicopters are now continuing to shuttle personnel from the embassy to the airport. Flights back to the US have started.
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Russia offered Taliban $ to kill US or UK troops in Afghanistan,
@npwcnn
confirms NYT story. Biden said Trump’s “this is beyond the pale. It’s a betrayal of the most sacred duty we bear as a nation–protect & equip our troops when we go into harm’s way.”
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UN Sec General speaking at an emergency UNSC meeting: I only want to say from the bottom of my heart, President Putin stop your troops from attacking Ukraine, give peace a chance, too many people have already died.
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Bolton left a message with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell before he put out today's statement saying he would provide testimony to the senate if he is subpoenaed, a source tells me. The White House was not alerted before the statement was blasted out on twitter.
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New Belarus sanctions, announced by Sec Blinken, will target dozens of Belarusian individuals & entities in response to the forced diversion of the Ryanair flight to arrest journalist/activist Raman Pratasevich. They are rolling out today alongside the EU, UK & Canada.
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The UN Security Council is expected to convene an urgent meeting tonight at 9 pm at the request of the Ukrainians, two UN diplomats tell CNN. This will be an open session where member nations – including the Russians and the US – are expected to make statements.
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“I think it's extremely important-- that everyone, of course, including and maybe in the first of all, President of United States, to be very against using chemical weapons in the 21st Century,” Navalny said on
@60minutes
. He has noticed Trump’s silence on his poisoning.
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The Biden admin believes that Russia will threaten to kill the families of Ukrainian soldiers if they do not surrender, a US official says. This as today FM Kuleba also said there could be Russian false flag operations that erroneously "accuse Ukraine of alleged inhuman actions."
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“I responded no comment and that is what I will do with you,” Bolton said this morning when asked about the AP report that the Russian bounty threat was in Trump’s PBD in 2019 and that Bolton briefed Trump on it in March of 2019.
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Worth noting: Sec Blinken previously promised “a swift & firm response” from the US & allies & partners if Russia recognizes Ukraine’s breakaway regions as part of Russian territory, called such a move a “gross violation of international law.” No comment yet from State today.
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“A top adviser to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) said there is “zero” chance the secretary would take a phone call from the president or his advisers. Raffensperger is expected to certify the statewide result Friday, as required by law.”
Trump uses power of presidency to try to overturn the election and stay in office - The Washington Post
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"A lot of people have complained that he has a short attention span, and he doesn't focus," Bolton says of Trump. "I want to say when it comes to re-election, his attention span was infinite. It's just too bad there wasn't more of that when it came to national security."
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New: Woody Johnson, an NFL owner & Trump's Amb to the UK, investigated for making racist & sexist remarks and using his position to promote Trump's personal business, sources tell us, w/
@jmhansler
&
@NicoleCNN
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Today Sec Blinken announced a new “Khashoggi Ban” which includes visa restrictions on 76 Saudi individuals believed to be involved in “threatening dissidents overseas, including but not limited to the Khashoggi killing,” he said in stmt after the ODNI report was declassified.
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Now Bolton's attorney produces an email he sent to the NSC regarding Bolton's book, saying they not believe any of that information in the book "could reasonably be considered classified." With Bolton potentially testifying next wk on Ukraine they need the review results asap.
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Fiona Hill: "The Ukrainian Government did not interfere in
the U.S. election. The Ukrainian Government did not do that.
The Ukrainian Special Services also did not interfere in our
election."
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General John Kelly on Lt Col Alexander Vindman: “We teach them, ‘Don’t follow an illegal order. And if you’re ever given one, you’ll raise it to whoever gives it to you that this is an illegal order, and then tell your boss.’”
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"I was clear with President Putin that we could have gone further, but I chose not to do so. I chose to be proportionate," Biden says re Russia actions the admin took today. "If Russia continues to interfere with out democracy I am prepared to take further actions to respond."
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"Armed protests are being planned at all 50 state capitols from 16 January through at least 20 January, and at the US Capitol from 17 January through 20 January," says an internal FBI bulletin obtained by CNN.
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The best guess is that there are between 5,000 and 10,000 Americans in Afghanistan,
@PentagonPresSec
says on
@NewDay
.
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Sec Blinken on Holocaust Remembrance Day: "My stepfather was just a boy when he lost his entire family to the Nazis. He spent nearly four years in labor & death camps before he managed to escape – & was later rescued by American troops."
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New: Russia has covertly transferred over $300 mil dollars to foreign political parties around the globe since 2014, per a new review by the US intelligence community, a SAO tells reporters. The new info is being made public less than two months before the US midterm elections.
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Latino man breaks into tears professing
@BernieSanders
support. Another says "we love you we honestly love you"
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This first US-China meeting already off to a fiery start. After both sides give opening remarks, where China blasts US for a
#of
things including recent HK sanctions,
@SecBlinken
tells the cameras, which are leaving, to stay. Says he has more to add before they get down to work.
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Now another Inspector General gets involved:
@StateDept
IG requests an urgent closed-door mtg w/ key committees on Ukraine tmrw. Was "highly unusual & cryptically worded," source says. Came 1 hr after Pompeo's said house dems were bullying State officials.
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Reeker expected to tell lawmakers he was an advocate of an internal push for
@StateDept
to put out a stmt of support for Yovanovitch, but other top State officials under Pompeo forbid the kind of stmt he thought necessary, w/
@jeremyherb
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SCOOPLET: The Trump administration's new Iran sanctions will target Iran’s industrial metals, sources say. Metals are a huge source of foreign exchange earnings for Iran. This is expected to be another big blow to Iran’s economy.
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The Gaza building w/ AP & Al Jazeera offices destroyed by Israel over the weekend contained the “electronic department of the military wing of Hamas,” a sr Israel Defense Forces officer told journalists today. The US said intel was shared w them, hasn’t commented on the details.
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SFRC chairman Sen. Menendez: “The United States must immediately freeze all aspects of our cooperation with Saudi Arabia, including any arms sales and security cooperation beyond what is absolutely necessary to defend U.S. personnel and interests."
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@BernieSanders
overflow of 3,000+ in Fresno, CA: check out the kid on the right screaming his lungs out
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There are questions about NSA O’Brien bypassing task force mtgs, delegating to his deputy & not flagging early threats to trigger govt readiness. "Initially, no one understood the magnitude of this crisis," O'Brien told us. A deep dive w
@vmsalama
.
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“The president is firmly in control,” NSA O’Brien reiterates multiple times this am. He also says that “days 7 and 8 are the crucial days” when it comes to the virus, to
@margbrennan
. We don’t know when day 7/8 would be exactly, as we don’t know when Trump last tested negative.
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Last night police responded to reports of smoke at the Chinese consulate in Houston. Local media shared video of what looked like officials inside the compound burning documents. The US ordered the embassy to be closed, State spox points to Chinese spying.
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Bolton says “it looks bad if Russians are paying to kill Americans and we are not doing anything about it” & that’s why Trump is tweeting about it, saying “it’s not my responsibility, nobody told me about it,” to
@jaketapper
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White House spox says there is “no consensus" & "there are dissenting opinions" about intelligence that the Russians offered bounties to the Taliban to kill US & UK soldiers. She does not say reports are false about the existence of this intelligence.
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