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was one of many who said Mueller has lost his fast ball: EFTA00046482 Trump's director of strategic communications, and a former Vice President Pence aide, sought to spin the Mueller testimony by playing with some acronyms: The former world chess champion and a leading Russian dissident, who cha

justice — and why EFTA00046464 the former special counsel refused to draw a conclusion from the evidence his team gathered. Carol D. Leonnig and Tom Hamburger report: "Mueller failed to deliver a clear answer to either — frustrating Democrats who hope to spotlight what they consider ample proof of Trump'

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president was removed from office by the Senate. Vice President Pence would take over, and she thinks he might more ef

o try to Page 17426 EFTA00046937 discredit one of the key witnesses in the inquiry by questioning his motives and his loyalty to the president," Tom Hamburger, Carol Leonnig and Rachael Bade report. "Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) suggested in a letter released Monday that Vindman fits the profile of `a signi

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to wait us out — to stall this proceeding — when the facts are already overwhelming.' ... Several key figures, including [Mulvaney], Vice President Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former national security adviser John Bolton and [Giuliani], have declined to cooperate with the impeachment inquir

the decision and a debate over whether the delay was legal, according to three people familiar with the records. Josh Dawsey, Carol D. Leonnig and Tom Hamburger scoop: "The research by the White House Counsel's Office ... includes early August email exchanges between acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and

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ation officials to dump Trump's nominee for ambassador to Qatar and replace her with someone else in late 2018. Josh Dawsey, Rosalind S. Helderman, Tom Hamburger and Devlin Barrett scoop: "Trump had nominated a career Foreign Service officer to ... a key post in a Middle Eastern country with tricky regional

HAPPENING TODAY: -- Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, European affairs director at the National Security Council, and Jennifer Williams, Vice President Pence's special adviser on Europe and Russia, are testifying this morning. They are the first public witnesses who heard Trump's July 25 call with Zelens

ational Security Council, and Jennifer Williams, Vice President Pence's special adviser on Europe and Russia, are test

signaling that they plan to try to discredit one of the key witnesses in the inquiry by questioning his motives and his loyalty to the president," Tom Hamburger, Carol Leonnig and Rachael Bade report. "Sen. Ron (R-Wis.) suggested in a letter released Monday that Vindman fits the profile of 'a significant n

to wait us out — to stall this proceeding — when the facts are already overwhelming.' ... Several key figures, including [Mulvaney], Vice President Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former national security adviser John Bolton and [Giuliani], have declined to cooperate with the impeachment inqui

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-- A congressional panel grilled former Trump associate Felix Sater for more details on the president's failed Moscow project. Karoun Demirjian and Tom Hamburger report: "Sater met privately with House Intelligence Committee staffers investigating interference in the 2016 EFTA00043097 presidential election

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udi Arabia. Months later, however, the country's efforts to continue influencing U.S. policy remain strong. Beth Reinhard, Jonathan O'Connell and Tom Hamburger report: "Since fall 2018, high-powered lobbyists and lawyers have reaped millions of dollars for assisting the kingdom as it works to develop nucl

r and Morrison appeared together on an afternoon panel after the testimony of Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and Jennifer Williams, Vice President Pence's special adviser on Europe. Williams said she thought the July 25 call was "unusual" because "it involved discussion of what appeared to be a domes

estion a top executive at Ukraine's state-owned gas company about his encounters with those associates as the pair pursued energy deals in Ukraine. Tom Hamburger and Roz Helderman report: "The executive of the Ukrainian company, Andrew Favorov, an American citizen, agreed to meet with prosecutors for the Sout