Day 999

[matt (Matt Kiser)]

1/ The White House's former top Russia adviser told impeachment investigators that Rudy Giuliani ran a shadow foreign policy in Ukraine that circumvented U.S. officials and career diplomats in order to personally benefit Trump. Fiona Hill, who served as the senior official for Russia and Europe on the National Security Council, testified for about nine hours before three House panels regarding a July 10th meeting she attended with senior Ukrainian officials, then-National Security Adviser John Bolton, and other U.S. officials in which the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, who was working with Giuliani, raised the issue to press Ukraine to investigate Democrats, Joe Biden, and his son. Hill said she confronted Sondland about Giuliani's actions, which were not coordinated with officials responsible for U.S. foreign policy. Hill resigned days before Trump's July 25 call with krainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. (Washington Post / Wall Street Journal / CNN / Associated Press / The Guardian / NBC News / Vox / NPR)

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2019/10/15/day-999/

[Pet_Proletariat]

@matt welcome back

[matt (Matt Kiser)]

Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not hold a full House vote for now to authorize a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, a congressional aide confirms to CNN, a step Republicans and defenders of the President have demanded.

Pelosi is not ruling it out.

Pelosi holding off on vote for impeachment inquiry

[Pet_Proletariat]

Tomorrow is your 1000th day. Any special plans?

[dragonfly9]

WATCHING the Democratic Debate - here are some ways to follow.

October Democratic Debate: Full Video and Analysis

October Democratic Debate: Live updates from Ohio

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2019-10-15/democratic-white-house-hopefuls-debate-in-ohio

[Pet_Proletariat]

Federal investigation of Rudy Giuliani includes counterintelligence probe

Federal investigation of Rudy Giuliani includes counterintelligence probe

For months, investigators looking into Rudy Giuliani’s business dealings in Ukraine have dug into everything from possible financial entanglements with alleged corrupt Ukrainian figures to counterintelligence concerns raised by some of those business ties, according to people briefed on the matter.

The counterintelligence part of the investigation indicates that FBI and criminal prosecutors in Manhattan are looking at a broader set of issues related to Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, than has been previously reported.

Kenneth McCallion, a New York attorney, says that investigators first approached him earlier this year to ask about Giuliani’s ties to Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two Giuliani associates indicted last week on campaign-finance related charges.

McCallion says FBI counterintelligence agents in February or March asked questions about some of Giuliani’s Ukrainian business dealings.

The counterintelligence probe hinges in part on whether a foreign influence operation was trying to take advantage of Giuliani’s business ties in Ukraine and with wealthy foreigners to make inroads with the White House, according to one person briefed on the matter.

"I was just asked whether I or any of my clients knew of any dealings that these two guys had with Giuliani," McCallion said. "They were on the radar with regard to possible counterintelligence issues."

[matt (Matt Kiser)]

Thanks! Three-day weekend with lots of news is kind of the worst time to jump back in!

[matt (Matt Kiser)]

@Pet_Proletariat

Any special plans?

No, not really lol

I do want to highlight all the amazing work this community has done over the course of these 1000 days

[dragonfly9]