Awkward: Trump Admin Official Met With Rep For Company At Center Of Biden Smears | Talking Points Memo

In an ironic twist, President Donald Trump’s recently ousted special envoy to Ukraine met last year with a top official at Burisma Group, the Ukrainian energy firm that Trump and his allies have used as a political cudgel against Joe Biden’s presidential run. Kurt Volker was the administration’s special representative for Ukraine negotiations until Friday, when he resigned.


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Awkward doesn’t begin to describe the Trump crime family…

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Maybe someone should be looking into Burisma kickbacks to Volker…

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“little evidence” is a weasel phrase. “Only false evidence” is better, or maybe “No real evidence” is best.

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hooboy https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-involved-pence-in-efforts-to-pressure-ukraines-leader-though-aides-say-vice-president-was-unaware-of-pursuit-of-dirt-on-bidens/2019/10/02/263aa9e2-e4a7-11e9-b403-f738899982d2_story.html

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Literally, every accusation made by any of these nut jobs on the right turns out to be projection of their own misdeeds. Yet they are picked up at face value completely unsourced by the media and published without a shred of evidence.

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All the dots are being connected far faster than this White House can ever catch up with them. The facts line up only with Trump and Putin.

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Kurt Volker was the administration’s special representative for Ukraine negotiations until Friday, when he resigned.

Mr. Volker, a Mr. Nadler on line 2 for you, sir. And Mr. Schiff on line 3.

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Yup, we’re well into Pilot-Induced Oscillation - this should end well…

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giphy%20(1)|nullxnull

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You’re right

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There’s a man on the wing!!

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C’mon, it’s been obvious from Day 1 that Trump’s just winging it…

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Rudder he is or not, he’s sure aileronateing everybody.

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It looks like Donnie set it up to pull the house down with him.

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Dad puns.

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Yaw correct, he’s still trying to roll us, but his pitch is getting old…

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The plot thins!

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This gives all the more import to Volker’s upcoming testimony.

The article is light on details, but we’ll get an idea of how consequential this meeting was from how Rudy and Pompeo behave over the next few days and the vociferousness of their denials. Little ripples leading to big waves.

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And the smell. It makes me say a pee ewe.

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