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TOP NEWS
Handwritten notes and What’sApp messages exchanged between Trump associates involved in Ukraine released by the House Intel committee show that U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was being surveilled by people working with Rudy Giuliani.
Among the notes is a letter previously undisclosed where Giuliani requests a meeting with the Ukrainian President and says that he is working with Trump in a personal (not official) capacity.
Top Ukrainian prosecutor Yuri Lutsenko was communicating with Giuliani associate Parnas and was offering cooperation in their effort to smear Biden in exchange for forcing out ambassador Yovanovitch.
Pelosi said that today she would name House Managers who will lay out the case for Trump’s impeachment trial
In the final debate before the Iowa caucuses, Warren and Bernie had different recollections about a claim made that Bernie said a woman could not win the Presidency. Biden mostly managed to avoid incoming fire from his rivals.
THE ELECTION
THE COMMENT
“It’s just that if you don’t make a decision about Madam — you are calling into question all my declarations. Including about B,” - Top Ukrainian prosecutor Yuri Lutsenko wrote to Giuliani associate Lev Parnas in a March 22 message on WhatsApp.
THE STRANGEST
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