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On the recordOctober 15, 2019
the President discharged the American ambassador to the Ukraine because that individual refused to play ball and was somehow impeding this scheme to put pressure on the new Ukrainian president to interfere in an American presidential election.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline explains the circumstances surrounding the removal of the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.

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