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New reporting on September 20 made the Ukraine whistleblower complaint look far less like gossip and far more like a potentially serious abuse-of-power case. The allegation centered on Trump pressing Ukraine’s new president to investigate Joe Biden and his son, while the White House struggled to explain the timeline around the July call and a hold on military assistance.
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New reporting on September 20 made the Ukraine whistleblower complaint look far less like gossip and far more like a potentially serious abuse-of-power case. The allegation centered on Trump pressing Ukraine’s new president to investigate Joe Biden and his son, while the White House struggled to explain the timeline around the July call and a hold on military assistance.
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New reporting on September 20 made the Ukraine whistleblower complaint look far less like gossip and far more like a potentially serious abuse-of-power case. The allegation centered on Trump pressing Ukraine’s new president to investigate Joe Biden and his son, while the White House struggled to explain the timeline around the July call and a hold on military assistance.
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