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The Inquiry Testimony of State Dept Official George Kent was released today.
Here are some of the highlights, thanks to these Associated Press reporters:
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER, AP News — Nov 7, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — There were three words President Donald Trump wanted to hear from the Ukraine president: Investigations, Biden, Clinton.
That’s according to the transcript, released Thursday, of an impeachment inquiry interview with career State Department official George Kent.
“Potus wanted nothing less than President Zelenskiy to go to the microphone and say investigations, Biden and Clinton,” Kent testified. “Basically there needed to be three words in the message, and that was the shorthand.”
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Clinton, [Kent] explained, was “shorthand” for the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. It was a reference to Trump’s view, pushed by his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani but outside of mainstream U.S. intelligence, that Ukraine played a role interfering in the election.
Kent also raised concerns about Giuliani’s “campaign of lies” against Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and the Trump administration’s firing of the veteran diplomat.
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Remember, when Biden turned Rudy Colludy into an internet Meme, with just these 3 words: “Noun, Verb, 9-11”?
Seems like it may be time to update that three-word Meme, eh?
Investigations, Biden, Clinton.
President Z, think of it as your own personal “Betelgeuse” (better known as Beetlejuice) — just repeat them Live on TV, and you’ll be BFF with Trump — for as long as he needs you.
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