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Trump says he’s confident Turkey will uphold what it’s supposed to uphold. He doesn’t specify what he thinks it’s supposed to uphold. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump has begun his press conference with Erdogan. “Turkey, as everyone knows, is a great NATO ally,” he says. — PolitiTweet.org

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Republican Rep. Will Hurd asked Kent if we ever saw the Ukrainian "anti-corruption statement." (That's how Sondland described the proposed statement about Biden and the 2016 campaign.) Kent responded, "That was not an anti-corruption statement." — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked if he's a Never Trumper, as Trump keeps alleging, Taylor says, "No sir." Asked if he's a Never Trumper, Kent says he's a career professional who carries out the policies of both Democratic and Republican presidents. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @pdmcleod: Taylor says President Zelensky almost did bow to military aid pressure. “His staff were making plans to have him make some k… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jeremyherb: @arogDC David Holmes, who has been scheduled for a Friday deposition, is the aide Taylor was referencing who heard the phon… — PolitiTweet.org

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Kent says he does not think what Biden did in trying to get Ukraine to fire prosecutor Shokin is the same as what Trump did. Kent says Shokin was a "corrupt prosecutor general...who had undermined" a US anti-corruption initiative involving US taxpayer money. — PolitiTweet.org

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It was very unclear how Castor was defining the word "outlandish" during this segment of the questioning. https://t.co/fWd9s6MEGA — PolitiTweet.org

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Nunes claimed that Obama sent Ukraine only "blankets." While Obama refused to authorize lethal aid, he sent military aid including drones, armored Humvees, counter-mortar radars, night vision devices and medical supplies. From @rabrowne75 @HolmesLybrand: https://t.co/7yfZfw1oLR — PolitiTweet.org

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After saying he didn't watch, Trump said, “I see they’re using lawyers that are television lawyers. They took some guys off television." Democrats' committee counsel Daniel Goldman spent 10 years as a federal prosecutor in New York. He has also been a NBC/MSNBC legal analyst. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump, appearing with Erdogan, on the hearing this morning: "I did not watch it. I’m too busy to watch it. It’s a witch hunt, it’s a hoax. I’m too busy to watch it. So I’m sure I’ll get a report." — PolitiTweet.org

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Kent said Joe Biden was acting in accordance with official US policy in his dealings with Ukraine. Asked if there is any factual basis for allegations of wrongdoing, he said, "None whatsoever." Trump has repeatedly claimed that Biden's actions were corrupt. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: George Kent, senior State Department official in charge of Ukraine: "To be honest, I had not heard of Crowdstrike until… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HayesBrown: Goldman: Did Kyiv feel pressured at the time? TAYLOR: "I know that the Ukrainians were very concerned about the security a… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sambrodey: Taylor explains the "public box" comment: "I understood that to mean that President Trump through Amb. Sondland was asking… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RiegerReport: House Democrats’ lawyer DANIEL GOLDMAN: Have you ever seen another example of foreign aid conditioned on the personal or… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Phil_Mattingly: This, from William Taylor’s prepared remarks, is new: https://t.co/ZM4P2vknV6 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AndrewDesiderio: TAYLOR says Sondland “said that President Trump wanted President Zelensky ‘in a public box’ by making a public stateme… — PolitiTweet.org

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Contrary to Nunes' suggestion, there was no Schiff goose chase for the pranksters' "photos." He was told there was compromising material about the president out there, told there was evidence of people discussing this, and said it'd be great for the FBI to get that evidence. — PolitiTweet.org

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Nunes claimed Democrats tried to get nude photos of Trump from Russian pranksters. The pranksters told Schiff they had recordings of people discussing such photos. Schiff told them he would welcome copies of the recordings but emphasized he would contact the FBI about this. — PolitiTweet.org

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I won't be live-checking or live-tweeting -- will be watching for particular claims to check in non-real-time. https://t.co/CqROAZOqpB — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's the link to CNN's live updates on today's impeachment inquiry hearing. There will be many updates. https://t.co/MFWyzqL28t — PolitiTweet.org

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The best part is Tucker trying to relate to Don Cherry by fondly discussing...Quebec — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's Trump's public schedule for tomorrow, featuring a joint press conference with Erdogan. (Public schedules don't include all of a president's activities.) https://t.co/glrLzwHcny — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's Trump's response to a question on how he thinks about risk when it comes to trade policy and climate change. (After pronouncing himself "an environmentalist" and "very much into climate," he eventually said, "I think the biggest risk is the election, I'll be honest.") https://t.co/dBqfKZkHqk — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's the transcript of Trump's response to a question about the trade war hurting sectors of the economy. https://t.co/xhdh4EZSYl — PolitiTweet.org

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This “highlight” is entirely false. Trump’s own Council of Economic Advisers noted in 2018 that the US had won 86% of the WTO cases it had brought since 1995, slightly above the global average. The US isn’t suddenly winning because the WTO is afraid of Trump pulling out. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lomikriel: How is Roberts so confused on such an important point? One of the attorneys in court today, who himself has DACA, literally… — PolitiTweet.org

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It's rare that Trump gets a critical question in front of a big crowd. Here's how he responded: https://t.co/pxfcIGwq24 — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump on the election and people who dislike him but have to vote for him anyway: "You have no choice. Because the people we're running against are crazy." Laughter and applause from the New York business crowd. — PolitiTweet.org