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Documents released late Friday show President Trump s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was in contact with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the months before the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was abruptly recalled.The State Department released the documents to the group American Oversight in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. They show that Pompeo stanley website talked with Giuliani on March 26 and March 29.Austin Evers, executive director of American Oversight, said the documents reveal a clear paper trail from Rudy Giuliani to the Oval Office to Secretary Pompeo to facilitate Giuliani s smear campaign against a U.S. ambassador. Last week, former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch told House impeachment investigators she felt kneecapped by a smear campaign Giuliani led against her. She was withdrawn from her post in Ukraine in May.The documents released Friday also include a report, that appears with Trump hotel stationery, that appears to summarize a January 23, 2019, interview with Ukraine s former prosecutor general, Victor Shokin. The summary says Giuliani and two business associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, were present. Parnas and Fruman were arrested last month on a four-count indictment that includes charges of conspiracy, ma stanley spain king false statements to the Federal Election Commission and fa stanley cup lsification of records. The men had key roles in Giuliani s efforts to launch a Ukrainian corruption investigation against Democratic pres Lpik Gang Of 14 Split On Alito
The White House Correspondents Dinner usually is the one time a year Washington gets to ogle celebrities. But this year Hollywood came to gawk at Washington. Tom and Katie, Demi and Ashton, Tyra Banks, Jon Bon Jovi and Sting were all at the dinner. President Obama, however, was squarely at the top of the A-list. stanley mug The celebs at the Washington Hilton turned out Saturday night not just to be seen, but to see him ndash; and, fingers crossed, meet him. Even for stars who ve already shaken Obama s hand, his presence left them struck. When Obama entered the room, actor Christian Slater, who has met the president twice, stopped mid-sentence, faced the dais and said, in a near trance, Whoa. Okay. Oh my goodness. This is great. Obama teased out his own appeal factor in his remarks. I strongly believe my next 100 days will be so successful I will finish them in 72 days, Obama said. And on the 73rd day I will rest. Obama s administration members, too, are enjoying fame by proximity. Members of Obamarsquo administration, too, are enjoying fame by proximity. One giddy dinner guest was nearly jumping up and down after she got a photo of herself and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers worked the red carpet. But Obama was the focus of the pre stanley cup -parties in the Hilton s basement ballrooms - and the dinner that drew 3,000 people afterwards. At stanley website the ABC News, National Journal and The |
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