https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/pelosi-barr-doj-rogue
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) didn’t mince her words while describing what she believes the whistleblower complaint unveils about the conduct of the Justice Department and Attorney General Bill Barr: It’s a “cover up of the cover up.” . . .
More: https://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/dis-barr-by-bloggersrus.html
Attorney General Bill Barr, neck deep in Trump, is named multiple times in both the complaint and the call summary. Trump repeatedly informs Zelensky he'll have Bill Barr and his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, contact Ukrainian officials about investigating Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine. Barr’s Justice Department examined the whistleblower complaint and his Office of Legal Counsel determined it need not be turned over to Congress as the whistle-blower statute requires. Just weeks after intelligence officials asked the Justice Department and FBI to investigate the call, the department's criminal division decided there was insufficient cause to open an investigation:
"Department officials and career public integrity prosecutors reviewed a rough transcript of the call and verified its authenticity, but — because a case was not opened — took no other steps, such as conducting interviews, the officials said. They looked only at whether Trump might have violated campaign finance laws, not federal corruption statutes, even though some legal analysts said there seemed to be evidence of both . . . Under any conceivable ethical standard, Barr should have recused himself . . . . But Barr’s refusal to recuse creates a sort of legal cul-de-sac. It’s only the Justice Department, ultimately, that can prosecute potential federal crimes arising from this scandal. Barr’s ethical nihilism, his utter indifference to ordinary norms of professional behavior, means that he’s retaining the authority to stop investigations into crimes he may have participated in."
A deeper dive into the Trump-Ukraine documents
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/27/20885557/criminal-laws-trump-barr-giuliani-ukraine
The 4 possible crimes in the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower scandal, explained
More: https://www.salon.com/2019/09/27/7-of-the-most-alarming-claims-in-the-whistleblower-complaint-against-president-trump_partner/
https://www.vox.com/2019/9/27/20887217/whistleblower-complaint-report-trump-today-explained-podcast
Trump is lying
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/09/ukraine-timeline-shows-trump-lying.html
The Ukraine Timeline Shows Trump Is Lying
There is a word-for-word transcript of the Trump-Ukraine call. (Of course there is.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/what-the-whistle-blowers-memo-taught-me/598939/
The White House confirms that it transferred the Trump-Ukraine phone call onto a limited-access super-duper-top-secret server, as if that were business as usual. It was definitely NOT business as usual
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/27/1888378/-White-House-confirms-its-lawyers-ordered-moving-Trump-s-Ukraine-call-to-extra-super-secret-server
More: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/26/trump-lockdown-transcript-1514714
White House ‘lockdown’ of transcript would be highly unusual
We also learned that Trump used the same server to hide calls with other leaders. Guess who?
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/27/1888461/-CNN-Trump-calls-with-Putin-and-Saudi-crown-prince-put-on-hidden-server
CNN: Trump call transcripts with Putin and Saudi crown prince also hidden, kept from key staff
More: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kremlin-warning-russia-trump-putin-phone-call-transcripts_n_5d8e961be4b0ac3cdda8d496
Nervous Kremlin Warns U.S. Against Releasing Transcripts Of Trump’s Calls With Putin
That's for sure
Kremlin Hopes White House Doesn’t Release Putin-Trump Calls
More: https://www.thedailybeast.com/russias-fingerprints-are-all-over-trumps-ukraine-whistleblower-scandal
Russia’s Fingerprints Are All Over Trump’s Ukraine Whistleblower Scandal
When Trump met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergei Kislyak, we know that he revealed classified operations to them. We know that he told them that firing James Comey had "lifted the Russia cloud" off his mind. And now we learn that he also told them this
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/27/1888465/-Washington-Post-Trump-told-Russian-officials-he-wasn-t-concerned-about-Moscow-s-interference
'Trump told Russian officials he wasn’t concerned about Moscow’s interference'
Admittedly, this is a tough call, but given the whistleblower's allegations against the president, first the general counsel of the CIA, and then the Acting DNI, immediately took the allegations straight to the White House. What is wrong with this picture?
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cia-whistleblower-complaint-trump-ukraine-zelensk
More: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-the-white-house-and-doj-learned-about-the-whistleblower_n_5d8de725e4b0ac3cdda6f6e5
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/27/1888269/-White-House-knew-about-the-whistleblower-complaint-before-it-even-existed
The information suggests that the White House had both an inside track on the fact that the complaint was coming and a good idea of both the contents and the source of the complaints. And it responded by doing what this White House does: covering up. . . . [read on]
Rudy uses Fox News to concoct his "defense"
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/27/20887170/rudy-giuliani-text-messages-ukraine-fox-news-state-department-volker
Giuliani — who had posted screencaps of the text messages on Twitter a few hours earlier — seemed to be trying to implicate the State Department in the rapidly widening Ukraine scandal (in which he’s a central player), perhaps in hopes of covering his own behind. . . . [read on]
[NB: None of this makes what he was doing okay. It is in no way a defense. It just punishes others for not defending him.]
More: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/09/27/giuliani-trump-ukraine-005098
[Giuliani] ‘I’m the real whistleblower’
https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/27/giulianis-former-colleagues-think-he-broke-law/
Giuliani’s Former Colleagues Think He Broke Law
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/27/republicans-giuliani-congress-trump-1517400
‘I wish he would shut the heck up’: Republicans sour on Giuliani
Giuliani says he has attorney/client privilege with Trump, won't testify if Trump doesn't want him to
https://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/rudy-can-fail.html
Trump's personal lawyer said his work for the President should be protected by attorney-client privilege. "Ultimately, if I were to say yes and he were to say no, I can't testify," Giuliani said, adding that he has not talked to Trump about the possibility he would testify. . . .
Remember what Trump said? https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-no-problem-giuliani-testify-ukraine-congress
Trump Says He Would Have ‘No Problem’ Letting Giuliani Testify On Ukraine
Digby!
https://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/this-isnt-rudys-first-time-at-election.html
This isn't Rudy's first time at the election sabotage rodeo . . . It seems like a good day to remind everyone of Giuiani's earlier electoral interference. It's not as if he's a neophyte. I wrote this on the Friday before the election in 2016 . . .
Perfect timing, Rudy
https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/27/giuliani-to-be-paid-by-kremlin-backed-conference/
“Rudy Giuliani, whose actions as President Trump’s personal lawyer have helped set in motion an impeachment inquiry, is set to appear as a paid speaker at a Kremlin-backed conference in Armenia on Tuesday — an event expected to include the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin and other top Russian officials” . . .
[NB: Breaking news: under obvious pressure, he has cancelled.]
The first resignation. (The FIRST)
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/27/20887899/volker-resigns-ukraine-whistleblower
Kurt Volker, the US special representative for Ukraine negotiations, abruptly resigned Friday amid fallout over the whistleblower scandal . . . It’s not yet clear whether Volker chose to step down or whether he was pushed out. But over the past day, he’s been the focus of intense scrutiny — first, because he was mentioned in the whistleblower complaint itself, and second, because President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani read out texts he’d received from Volker discussing Giuliani’s outreach to the Ukrainian government on live television.
[NB: Now he can testify without being muffled by "executive privilege."]
300
https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/27/ex-national-security-officials-sound-alarms-over-trump/
“More than 300 former U.S. national security and foreign policy officials have signed a statement warning that President Trump’s actions regarding Ukraine are a ‘profound national security concern’ and supporting an impeachment inquiry by Congress to determine ‘the facts'” . . . “Many of the signers are former Obama officials. But the list includes others who served as career officials in both Democratic and Republican administrations, including Matthew Olsen, head of the Justice Department’s national security division under President George W. Bush . . .”
Senate Repubs are being super-careful in what they say about a possible impeachment trial -- and that's a good thing
https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/27/how-gop-senators-respond-to-whistleblower-report/
Reporter Laura Litvan says she gets three responses from Republican senators when she asks them about the whisteblower report:
1. “I haven’t seen the whistleblower report so I can’t comment.”
2. “I’m a potential juror if there’s a Senate trial so I shouldn’t comment.”
3. Radio silence, pursed lips, rapid escape
More: https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/27/extra-bonus-quote-of-the-day-520/
“There would be at least 35.”
— Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), quoted by Fox News, on the number of Republican senators who would vote to convict Trump if it was done anonymously.
I think it's fair to say that Nancy Pelosi has come around on impeachment
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/27/1888407/-Pelosi-to-Trump-You-have-come-into-my-wheelhouse
[Trump] was talking gun control with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and suddenly tried to segue into discussing the whistleblower complaint that reignited impeachment talk among Democrats. Pelosi cut him off. “Mr. President,” she said during the Tuesday phone call, "you have come into my wheelhouse.” [read on]
Russia’s Fingerprints Are All Over Trump’s Ukraine Whistleblower Scandal
When Trump met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergei Kislyak, we know that he revealed classified operations to them. We know that he told them that firing James Comey had "lifted the Russia cloud" off his mind. And now we learn that he also told them this
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/27/1888465/-Washington-Post-Trump-told-Russian-officials-he-wasn-t-concerned-about-Moscow-s-interference
'Trump told Russian officials he wasn’t concerned about Moscow’s interference'
Admittedly, this is a tough call, but given the whistleblower's allegations against the president, first the general counsel of the CIA, and then the Acting DNI, immediately took the allegations straight to the White House. What is wrong with this picture?
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cia-whistleblower-complaint-trump-ukraine-zelensk
More: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-the-white-house-and-doj-learned-about-the-whistleblower_n_5d8de725e4b0ac3cdda6f6e5
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/27/1888269/-White-House-knew-about-the-whistleblower-complaint-before-it-even-existed
The information suggests that the White House had both an inside track on the fact that the complaint was coming and a good idea of both the contents and the source of the complaints. And it responded by doing what this White House does: covering up. . . . [read on]
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/27/20887170/rudy-giuliani-text-messages-ukraine-fox-news-state-department-volker
Giuliani — who had posted screencaps of the text messages on Twitter a few hours earlier — seemed to be trying to implicate the State Department in the rapidly widening Ukraine scandal (in which he’s a central player), perhaps in hopes of covering his own behind. . . . [read on]
[NB: None of this makes what he was doing okay. It is in no way a defense. It just punishes others for not defending him.]
More: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/09/27/giuliani-trump-ukraine-005098
[Giuliani] ‘I’m the real whistleblower’
https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/27/giulianis-former-colleagues-think-he-broke-law/
Giuliani’s Former Colleagues Think He Broke Law
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/27/republicans-giuliani-congress-trump-1517400
‘I wish he would shut the heck up’: Republicans sour on Giuliani
Giuliani says he has attorney/client privilege with Trump, won't testify if Trump doesn't want him to
https://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/rudy-can-fail.html
Trump's personal lawyer said his work for the President should be protected by attorney-client privilege. "Ultimately, if I were to say yes and he were to say no, I can't testify," Giuliani said, adding that he has not talked to Trump about the possibility he would testify. . . .
Remember what Trump said? https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-no-problem-giuliani-testify-ukraine-congress
Trump Says He Would Have ‘No Problem’ Letting Giuliani Testify On Ukraine
Digby!
https://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/this-isnt-rudys-first-time-at-election.html
This isn't Rudy's first time at the election sabotage rodeo . . . It seems like a good day to remind everyone of Giuiani's earlier electoral interference. It's not as if he's a neophyte. I wrote this on the Friday before the election in 2016 . . .
Perfect timing, Rudy
https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/27/giuliani-to-be-paid-by-kremlin-backed-conference/
“Rudy Giuliani, whose actions as President Trump’s personal lawyer have helped set in motion an impeachment inquiry, is set to appear as a paid speaker at a Kremlin-backed conference in Armenia on Tuesday — an event expected to include the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin and other top Russian officials” . . .
[NB: Breaking news: under obvious pressure, he has cancelled.]
The first resignation. (The FIRST)
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/27/20887899/volker-resigns-ukraine-whistleblower
Kurt Volker, the US special representative for Ukraine negotiations, abruptly resigned Friday amid fallout over the whistleblower scandal . . . It’s not yet clear whether Volker chose to step down or whether he was pushed out. But over the past day, he’s been the focus of intense scrutiny — first, because he was mentioned in the whistleblower complaint itself, and second, because President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani read out texts he’d received from Volker discussing Giuliani’s outreach to the Ukrainian government on live television.
[NB: Now he can testify without being muffled by "executive privilege."]
300
https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/27/ex-national-security-officials-sound-alarms-over-trump/
“More than 300 former U.S. national security and foreign policy officials have signed a statement warning that President Trump’s actions regarding Ukraine are a ‘profound national security concern’ and supporting an impeachment inquiry by Congress to determine ‘the facts'” . . . “Many of the signers are former Obama officials. But the list includes others who served as career officials in both Democratic and Republican administrations, including Matthew Olsen, head of the Justice Department’s national security division under President George W. Bush . . .”
Senate Repubs are being super-careful in what they say about a possible impeachment trial -- and that's a good thing
https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/27/how-gop-senators-respond-to-whistleblower-report/
Reporter Laura Litvan says she gets three responses from Republican senators when she asks them about the whisteblower report:
1. “I haven’t seen the whistleblower report so I can’t comment.”
2. “I’m a potential juror if there’s a Senate trial so I shouldn’t comment.”
3. Radio silence, pursed lips, rapid escape
More: https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/27/extra-bonus-quote-of-the-day-520/
“There would be at least 35.”
— Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), quoted by Fox News, on the number of Republican senators who would vote to convict Trump if it was done anonymously.
I think it's fair to say that Nancy Pelosi has come around on impeachment
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/27/1888407/-Pelosi-to-Trump-You-have-come-into-my-wheelhouse
[Trump] was talking gun control with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and suddenly tried to segue into discussing the whistleblower complaint that reignited impeachment talk among Democrats. Pelosi cut him off. “Mr. President,” she said during the Tuesday phone call, "you have come into my wheelhouse.” [read on]
In investigation
news . . .
Trump says impeachment will help him politically. He's not acting like it
https://www.salon.com/2019/09/27/think-impeachment-will-help-trump-hes-sure-not-acting-like-it/
https://www.salon.com/2019/09/27/think-impeachment-will-help-trump-hes-sure-not-acting-like-it/
More: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/09/27/trump-impeachment-whistleblower-ukraine-004984
Trump’s road from wishing for impeachment to dreading it
Amanda Marcotte is smart, but this is wrong thinking. Yes, Trump deserves to be impeached, for Ukraine and Mueller and many more things even before that. But a multi-directional impeachment will go down a lot of paths, a lot of witnesses, and take a lot of time (which we don't have). It will overwhelm the public with complexity and provide countless opportunities for Trump defenders to confuse and distract. The Ukraine case is simple and clear and it goes directly to things Trump has personally said and done. It can be finished in a matter of weeks. Even then, it's not a slam-dunk, and Repubs are giving no signs (yet) of abandoning him. Nancy Pelosi is right (again): stay focused and disciplined and keep to the easy case. Let the Republicans vote, if they will, to say that it's OK for a president to personally solicit foreign interference in a U.S. election
https://www.salon.com/2019/09/26/impeach-trump-but-for-all-his-crimes-not-just-over-ukraine-scandal/
Impeach Trump: But for all his crimes, not just over Ukraine scandal
More: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/27/1888263/--Need-for-speed-or-going-deep-on-Trump-s-crimes-Democrats-search-for-balance
The case for impeaching Trump on THIS issue, even if the Senate refuses to convict
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/27/20885360/impeach-donald-trump-ukraine
Here it comes. . . .
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/house-subpoena-state-department-trump-impeachment-ukraine
House Ramps Up Impeachment Probe With Ukraine Doc Subpoena, Deposition Plans
An investigation into Hunter Biden will uncover. . . . nothing
https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2019/09/the-hunter-biden-timeline/
More: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-big-lie-about-joe-biden-hunter-biden-and-ukraine-falls-apart
The big lie spouted by Donald Trump and his allies in the unfurling Ukraine affair . . . is that former Vice President Joe Biden urged the Ukrainians to fire the Kyiv general prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, in order to save Biden’s son's hide. . . . Biden was not simply relaying the message pushed by the Obama administration, but that his position was supported by Ukrainian anti-corruption activists, European allies, and even groups like the International Monetary Foundation (IMF). As Tom Malinowski, former assistant secretary of state under Obama, recalled this week, “All of us working on Ukraine wanted this prosecutor gone, because he was NOT prosecuting corruption. So did the Europeans. So did the IMF. This didn't come from Joe Biden—he just delivered our message.” [read on]
https://www.salon.com/2019/09/26/impeach-trump-but-for-all-his-crimes-not-just-over-ukraine-scandal/
Impeach Trump: But for all his crimes, not just over Ukraine scandal
More: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/27/1888263/--Need-for-speed-or-going-deep-on-Trump-s-crimes-Democrats-search-for-balance
The case for impeaching Trump on THIS issue, even if the Senate refuses to convict
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/27/20885360/impeach-donald-trump-ukraine
Here it comes. . . .
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/house-subpoena-state-department-trump-impeachment-ukraine
House Ramps Up Impeachment Probe With Ukraine Doc Subpoena, Deposition Plans
An investigation into Hunter Biden will uncover. . . . nothing
https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2019/09/the-hunter-biden-timeline/
More: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-big-lie-about-joe-biden-hunter-biden-and-ukraine-falls-apart
The big lie spouted by Donald Trump and his allies in the unfurling Ukraine affair . . . is that former Vice President Joe Biden urged the Ukrainians to fire the Kyiv general prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, in order to save Biden’s son's hide. . . . Biden was not simply relaying the message pushed by the Obama administration, but that his position was supported by Ukrainian anti-corruption activists, European allies, and even groups like the International Monetary Foundation (IMF). As Tom Malinowski, former assistant secretary of state under Obama, recalled this week, “All of us working on Ukraine wanted this prosecutor gone, because he was NOT prosecuting corruption. So did the Europeans. So did the IMF. This didn't come from Joe Biden—he just delivered our message.” [read on]
The NRA-Russia link
https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/27/nras-ties-to-russians-detailed-in-new-report/
And now this . . .
https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/27/nra-pledges-support-for-trump-impeachment-defense/
“President Trump met on Friday with Wayne LaPierre, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association, to discuss how the NRA could provide financial support for the president’s defense . . . But in return for the support, Mr. LaPierre asked that the White House ‘stop the games’ over gun control legislation.”
Trump wants to escalate the China trade war AND piss off U.S. investors
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-27/white-house-weighs-limits-on-u-s-portfolio-flows-into-china-k12ahk4g
White House Weighs Limits on U.S. Portfolio Flows Into China
Trump used to have a Chief of Staff who limited the flow of "fake news" (the real fake news of right-wing maniacs and conspiracy theorists) into Trump's inbox. But with John Kelly gone, the flow of sewage into his consciousness was unabated -- and it played a big role in how the crazy Ukraine scheme got started
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/27/1888338/-Trump-s-whole-Ukraine-scheme-may-have-started-because-he-has-terrible-taste-in-news-sources
The impeachment issue is tearing Fox World apart
https://crooksandliars.com/2019/09/gabe-sherman-gives-lawrence-odonnell-rundown
Kellyanne really outdoes herself
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-impeachment-sexism-nancy-pelosi_n_5d8eb6c0e4b0e9e7604d0b57
“Nancy Pelosi finally capitulated to her angry mob,” Conway told reporters outside the White House. “She does the worst thing a woman in power can do, which is she just changes her mind because the men around her said, ‘Change your mind. We need an impeachment.’” . . .
In another sexist slant, Conway said that Trump wasn’t angry but “amused” by an impeachment inquiry launched by the woman who runs the House of Representatives. . . .
Pelosi responded dismissively: “Why would I have to comment on something she said?”
Think how different the dynamic would be over the growing Ukraine scandal if we still had daily press briefings
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-first-white-house-press-secretary-have-it-easy-during-scandal
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-27/white-house-weighs-limits-on-u-s-portfolio-flows-into-china-k12ahk4g
White House Weighs Limits on U.S. Portfolio Flows Into China
Trump used to have a Chief of Staff who limited the flow of "fake news" (the real fake news of right-wing maniacs and conspiracy theorists) into Trump's inbox. But with John Kelly gone, the flow of sewage into his consciousness was unabated -- and it played a big role in how the crazy Ukraine scheme got started
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/27/1888338/-Trump-s-whole-Ukraine-scheme-may-have-started-because-he-has-terrible-taste-in-news-sources
The impeachment issue is tearing Fox World apart
https://crooksandliars.com/2019/09/gabe-sherman-gives-lawrence-odonnell-rundown
Kellyanne really outdoes herself
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump-impeachment-sexism-nancy-pelosi_n_5d8eb6c0e4b0e9e7604d0b57
“Nancy Pelosi finally capitulated to her angry mob,” Conway told reporters outside the White House. “She does the worst thing a woman in power can do, which is she just changes her mind because the men around her said, ‘Change your mind. We need an impeachment.’” . . .
In another sexist slant, Conway said that Trump wasn’t angry but “amused” by an impeachment inquiry launched by the woman who runs the House of Representatives. . . .
Pelosi responded dismissively: “Why would I have to comment on something she said?”
Think how different the dynamic would be over the growing Ukraine scandal if we still had daily press briefings
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-first-white-house-press-secretary-have-it-easy-during-scandal
Bonus item: The clown in the White House posts a series of weird, typo-ridden tweets ridiculing CNN for a supposed "typo"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-mocks-cnn-typo-in-tweet-strewn-with-mistakes
Twitter has a field day: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-cnn-liddle-adam-schiff-tweet
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-mocks-cnn-typo-in-tweet-strewn-with-mistakes
Twitter has a field day: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-cnn-liddle-adam-schiff-tweet
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