Trump captured on tape demanding firing of ambassador to Ukraine, attorney says

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'That to me is the most chilling. ... This was a threat against an American citizen, a threat against an esteemed ambassador.' -Sen. amyklobuchar on new audio of Trump reportedly saying he wanted then-U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch fired.

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"Get rid of her!" a voice appearing to belong to Trump says on the recording, according to ABC News, which on Friday first reported its existence. "Get her out tomorrow. I don't care. Get her out tomorrow. Take her out. OK? Do it."CNN has not reviewed the tape.According to Parnas' attorney, Joseph Bondy, the recording was made by Fruman and shared with Parnas"shortly after it was recorded." An attorney for Fruman declined to comment.

Though Trump has repeatedly denied knowing Parnas or Fruman, he has been captured with the pair in interactions beyond the dinner, including in photos from Trump campaign rallies in 2015 and 2016, and at a White House Hanukkah party in 2018. In November, federal prosecutors questioned Bondy about whether his client had been operating on behalf of Ukrainians at the dinner with Trump when Parnas said the ambassador was bad-mouthing the President, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Yup... a year before Biden announcement to be President. She also told the Ukrainians not to listen to Trump because he was getting impeached. That’s why she was fired. FakeNews

Hey That black guy is out of wisdom. What would you say for someone wishing for bad things to happen to you? Someone wishing and probably crying for your impeachment? Are you kidding me?!. Get her out. President says Right! Now shes out. 🙏

greenjonathon75 😂😂😂😂😂yawn

So?

'Obama Fired All Of Bush’s Politically Appointed Ambassadors In 2008'

CNN is garbage

Was there anything illegal about a sitting president discussing the possibility of letting go of an ambassador who is to serve at his pleasure? I am pretty certain this is much ado about nothing. Is he the first president to fire an ambassador?

poor fake CNN, just can't help it! ALL ambassadors serve at the pleasure of the President! He can fire one for any reason! ALL PRESIDENTS have had this pleasure. CNN is nothing more then a host of drama queens stirring up BULLSHIT DRAMA! CNNisTrash

Word of advice CNN. Your popularity and ratings would go way up if you didn’t have anti Trump news. You aren’t a trustworthy news organization anymore. The hate has destroyed your credibility.

Since when does anyone in the US use the phrase 'take her/him out' to mean to fire someone. Please respond

He should have done what Obama did, fire all from previous administration day one!

Asked to fire her in 2018 BEFORE the Ukrainian scandal.

So what! President’s prerogative.

Don't ambassadors serve at the pleasure of the president? This means he can fire them at any time and for any reason.

😡

Was SecPompeo in that meeting as well?

And?

So what, it’s the President’s prerogative to put in people that represent his vision, Yovanovich did not meet the criteria. Where was CNN when Obama replaced ambassadors? This is why CNN is not a trusted news source.

Wait, you guys said this whole ordeal was about 'Biden.' So was this 'Biden' related too? In April of 2018? I'm starting to think you guys just aren't very consistent with your narrative.

The Democrat crew keep shooting themselves in the foot.... Timeline they just make up s***🤣🤣🤣

Africa your effort to lies effortlessly will and in vain effort! Your propaganda will promulgate you guyz to poverty! Africa same to you. You are the real enemy of US not Iran herslef. realDonaldTrump is a victory already

So what is your point! She serves at the pleasure of the President and I guess pleasure was over! Say goodbye!

Is it legal to record the affairs of state of a president ? If so all big corporate board room meetings across the US should also be public.

So what

Glad to hear it he needed to fire that dumbass should I've done that when he first got in office!!

Remember when Obama fires ALL ambassadors because he just wanted to. You didn’t give a shit then. Why now? If Trump wants to fire someone who isn’t onboard with his policy, he is 100% right and legally able to do so.

What do you goons want? A president who thinks the Ukraine is a Hawaiian musical instrument?

I live technology?

Sooooo! Really CNN!!!

Which is his right as President

Who cares?

So what? Reminder.

Ok America, let’s vote this asshole out of office n the rest of his cult in the senate out of office! 🤔, seniors votes, women’s votes, black Votes, n the rest of the minority votes, oh I almost forgot, the youth votes...let’s turn all the states blue! Vote Democrat all the way!

He was on a recording saying he grabs girls by their p*****s he still became your president 😂😝🤷‍♂️✌️

So? The ambassador serves at the pleasure of the President. President Trump is permitted to have ambassadors he can trust

When I see this I realize how badly the impeachment trial is going for Dems! New lies. We need new lies!

He WASN’T having dinner with them it was a fundraising dinner that they attended.

I thought realDonaldTrump didn’t know who Parnas was? 🤔

Ambassadors serve at the pleasure of the President. He obviously wasn’t pleased.

Give it up you will not succeed in removing our President from office. Cut the eternal BS!

I think Democrats and the Liberal media need to look up the term “serves at the pleasure of the President”.

Have you ever heard of 'at will employment'? A widely used concept used in the private sector and it might be a new concept for career government employees and politicans.

He was ordering a hit.

Hmmm, why aren’t you reporting facts from the Impeachment Trial? Doesn’t fit the narrative 🤷🏻‍♀️

Sounds like he wanted her murdered

Good for him!!! Trump 2020!!!

Parnas and Fruman could not fire Ms Yovanovitch! A president can fire whoever he wants... these men did not work for the government...

Grasping at straws now!? 🤣

And....

Purely a Mob move?

The President can fire any ambassador he wants.

He’s the President, he gets to hire AND FIRE ANYONE HE WANTS? Especially when the are an Obama follower

Uh... Trump can literally fire any ambassador he wants, when he wants.

President has a right to fire any ambassador he wishes. Osama fired most of Bush ambassadors.

Between the tape and the text messages. It's looking like Ambassador Yovanovitch was in grave danger all because of trump.

So?

So what?

She was doing a bad job. Why not?

He doesn’t know them?

She deserved it.

So? He had the right to fire anyone he wanted!

So? Is his prerogative.

Demand is your word. She was an obama holdover that realDonaldTrump graciously kept employed until she started with the 'impeachment' threats and turncoart activities. She should be grateful she wasn't fired on 1/20/17. Nothing but a proven obama grunt.

Wait a minute!!!! Trump said he didn’t know Parnas 😂

So what!

Why is he firing everyone he does not approve of, when he himself will not produce tax returns?

So he’s not allowed to hire or fire who he wants? Really? So then why do we have a President if the swamp thinks it can delegate who runs, who hires and fires people, then we don’t need a President, let’s have authoritarian rule governed by the deep state?

😂😂😂 So? He's ALLOWED to fire her.

So what......

OH NO!!!!! CNN, you may have uncovered the thing that may do Trump Presidency in once and for all. Unless of course the President can fire anyone on staff at will. Nice try though

Which he can do as potus

Flashback, 2008 They all serve “at the pleasure of the president”

Sounds about right

BREAKING: Trump wants to fire someone he has the authority to fire

Proudly replied a/o retweeted with the sole intention to promote the idea to relocate the Idiot in Chief and all the adult family members to a Mental Health Institute before History Text Books are filled with the horror of WWIII. IMPOTUS IMPOTUS3 IMPOTUS45 IMPOTUSthe3RD

And it happened a whole year later, who cares?

It is the President's privilege if he wants to fire anyone, he is the most senior executive. Besides, the whole damn government is full of anti-American subversives.

That is his right. She served at his pleasure.

Shocking when an executive hires and fires his own employees, eh?

Is it just me, but if the Republicans allow witness to testify I believe Trump will step down ala Nixon. He knows the evidence is damming and would not stand a chance if all the documents and witnesses were allowed to be seen and heard by the American people. Food for thought

So? Obama fired all Bush ambassadors at the start of his presidency. Wish Pres Trump did the same

Amen,

And your point is? That he was executing his right as President of the United States to appoint or fire his own people, and you find that appalling because he beat your Media at your own election games? Is this your triggered post for the day?

The president can fire anyone for any reason.

Good. That’s why I elected him. DrainTheSwamp

Lev Parnas exposed that the ambassador of Ukraine was a Clinton admin holdover who was protecting Biden’s corrupt business deals in Ukraine. Once Trump was made aware of this, he ordered her to be fired.. thank you President Trump

But republicans don’t care they just want the incompetent person to stay in office because there in fear of his actions against their decisions and there running to be elected next fall, but that holy grail of oath you signed when you took your office to protect our country

Your reachin and it’s hilarious

Joe Biden you mean

They associated her with a illegal campaign too get her out of the way so they could get a foreign government to interfere in our 20/20 election too help Trump to get reelected and that is a crime against the constitution.

Okay so WHY would Trump have LEV PARNAS fire Yovanovitch? Is Parnas suddenly a Federal HR Rep? What did Mobster Don really mean? She was warned to get out of Ukraine because she was in DANGER. 1+1=2 Maybe AC360 needs to ask Lev for a followup chat for clarification.

Taken out get rid of her sounds like Al Capone did he send a horse head to her too the guy is a criminal he has committed tax evasion take him out HouseDemocrats abcnews RepAdamSchiff RepJerryNadler SpeakerPelosi RepJeffries KamalaHarris JoeBiden

So now we’re going to impeach Trump because he was exercising the authority of the Office of the President. Dems are in a panic.

He’s the President. He can do that.

These are the facts💯💯💯💯

Funny..... This seems to says a lot when the 'President' publicly states that he does not know Parnas. It also leads one to believe that once again the 'President' is a LIAR

So what, we all know he fired her. We was going to say to someone. Jerks! How about when Obama came on Tv and badmouth the police when they had the St, Louis Riots. That’s worse..he said it on Tv to us all

HE DIDN’T SAY FIRE HER...HE SAIDTAKE HER OUT!

And guess what! He is the President of the United States of America...and he has every right to do that. She is a liberal who didn't share the President's visions..so she was removed! Great job MR. PRESIDENT.

Who tells someone who has no power to fire someone to “take her out” if they mean fire her unless they don’t really mean “fire her?” No one does. Because he didn’t mean “fire her.” We have a mob boss in the Oval Office.

I'd like to know when we'll have our Democracy back. Civilized world cannot afford this corrupt admin & US Senate.

Ordered firing on a career diplomat based on a comment from someone he says he doesn’t know . Scary . Erratic . Dangerous.

She was a barrier to their foreign policy so hardly surprising. Clearing out the old guard is the executive priveledge surely!

He wasn't ordering her 'fired' he ordered her 'dead'

Remove and lock him up!!!!!!

Wow! This is the evidence Schiff has been waiting for...Trump caught “red handed” legally firing an ambassador. He can no longer admit to the firing without evidence. We got him. Impeach now! 😂🇺🇸

Is the President not allowed to fire an Ambassador from another Administration and appoint one of his own? I think he is.

So?

Wow ! and Trump said he didn’t know Lev Parnas...

The president is in charge of diplomats. This includes the hiring and firing of them .

He’s the President.. he can do that.

More fake news from the Corrupt News Network.

He can fire when he wants to. Who cares

The story is how easily he was baited with a lie from in his words a “con man”

So what? Obama fired all of Bush's ambassators his first year in office.

And?

SpeakerPelosi should be filing more articles of impeachment ASAP-Next!

realDonaldTrFan realDonaldTrump Lies lies lies, yeaaahhhh. They’re gonna get you ~ Thompson Twins

It is his right to fire her

Are they in the StateDept firing section?

He can fire if he likes Obama fired all Bushe's ambassadors you people really need to get a grip on reality and quit all your crying and temper tantrums, grow up!

The President can fire ambassadors at will. She remained on the job for over a year so.... 🙄

Ummm, he has the right to fire any Ambassador who works for the US Government! You would have NO job at all if it weren’t for your noses SO far up Trump’s Ass!

A better question is 'Is Joe Biden a good father for allowing his son to get paid an obscene amount of money by a foreign company when he knows Hunter has an out of control drug habit'? Also knowing this, wouldn't it be easy to control Biden because you own his son?

Good. That means he's doing his job.

Oh my God, this is it. This is what brings the monster down. The orange man is... What's that you say? He has the right to fire any ambassador he wants? But not this one in particular though right? Oh he can fire her too? Are you sure? Well shit.

It was his rightful duty to fire the Ambassador and any other Ambassador that he wants to.

She undermined his authority. Good riddance!

Nothing burger

He is dog meat !

So

Sooo what

“Who is this Parnas guy?” DJT

So?

Why are you give Decal Patrick a town hall in NH but not Who’s polling at 0% and not Tulsi Gabbard who’s at 5 % In NH . What’s the Deal here ?

BFD deal !! He can fire ant Ambassador he wants. Whats going on with the NXVIM Trial How is Weinstein Trial going

The POTUS has broad CONSTITUTIONALLY ESTABLISHED POWER to determine the foreign policy of the USofA. The President has PLENARY AUTHORITY to fire/remove/recall/nominate foreign ambassadors! Amb. Yovanovitch was an “enthusiastic” supporter of Hillary & anti-Trump zealot!

Perfectly within his right to do so.

RubberD01 Hey cnn How does telling Lev Parnas & Igor Fruman to 'take her out' constitute having her fired? Neither of them work for the govt in any official capacity How the hell could they fire her? They COULD surveil her (they did) for the purposes of TAKING HER OUT trump ordered a hit

Fix this headline! He wasn’t instructing Lev and Igor to “fire” her, they don’t even work for the US government!!

He should have fired all of the Obama commies on day one.!

He should have fired her the day he took office, along with many others.

Means NOTHING. Any President has the right to hire or fire any ambassador they want. She’s NO DIFFERENT!!!

Did he break any law?

He was not demanding she be fired. He was clearly demanding something else. “Take her out” is not an ambiguous order.

How can anyone interpret THE person who can fire the ambassador telling two non govt thugs whi have no authority to “take her out” as him ordering her fired? That makes zero sense!

Are there tapes? ... get more popcorns ...

Well at this point it seems as though this impeachment might go down as a failure. But plenty of GOP leaders will be loosing seats they held for years come elections. Replace the ones who aide Trump with his abuse of power. Then when it's not enough to help him do the same

And a year later she was removed but still has a job in State Department!

So what? The only news here is that some putz recorded their private conversation.

According yet another liar?....lol

Obama Wtf lmaooo man let thats shyt go he’s been out of office theee years and had not one scandal. Firing someone to get political advantages is against the constitution of laws wtf is wrong with people.

I don’t know why your reporting he was caught on tape demanding she was fired it’s much worse. We already know she was told to leave the country because her well being was in danger these aren’t the words of someone wanting someone else fired “take her out”

An unverified tape, in an unverified location, with unverified context.

So what?

The Jig Is Up realDonaldTrump 😂😂😂

Thought he didn’t know them! Damn his lips were moving caught lying again!!!

So the president can’t fire an ambassador for doing a poor job ? Anybody underperforming in their role gets the sack , simple

It's not in the impeachment articles. You guys should seriously consider abandoning ship. Schiff is a stain in time that wont wash off easily. No crimes at all and all your trump bashing. Anger, hate and rage at all the wrong people. People who wish us all death, you idolize.

He was ordering a hit on her. “Take her out” doesn’t mean fire, it means murder.

I thought he didn't know Parnas 🤔

The only question here is does the President have the right to fire an ambassador? Yes he does so end of conversation.

She needed to go, Outstanding

And?

Don't the president have the power to fire ambassador? If yes, then your assertion of him seeking the help of others to fire her then is false.

And.....................? YourFired!

Good. That's his job.

Aaaaaannnd? So what

I wish someone would take CNN and the rest of the media whores out....

I think the President can fire an Ambassador if he/she wishes too.

Who cares? We know he fired her. So obviously he said it.

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Good

Thats his job.

CNN Democrats agenda Chanel crying over president Trump dismiss an Obama added lying ambassador!

He's got my vote!

Good.....what took him so long?

Sometimes the video evidence of impeachment managers negate their position

If I was her I would be more upset about being mistaken for a man everywhere you go

Nothing wrong with that. He decided to get rid of her. Trump the head man in charge. Elections have consequences, remember.

Trump should fire all Obama's lackeys!!! Get rid of all those traitors and leaker's.

How come NOBODY has actually heard this tape ? Oh and so what. The President can hire or FIRE ANY Ambassador for ANY reason. Still NOT impeachable.

As President he does not NEED ti ask any one to fire an ambassador. Its a misinformation I am sure.

Fired!!!

It doesn’t matter if you caught him on tape wanting to fire an ambassador who works for the executive branch. next

Please oh please, those of you defending Trump here must be bots! The evidence is a mile high, and you change topics to he can fire whom he chooses or he sees a lot of people...holy cow people!

POTUS can fire her if he wants.... for any reason but especially when she’s pulling the crap she was

SO? Maybe because he’s realDonaldTrump the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!

I, citizen of the USA demand the firing of thedonaldtrumpf LIAR in Chief

Uh, yeah, she obstructed an investigation so what's the problem?

This is CNN

Ya know.... He's the one that hires and fires ambassadors.

Oh but I thought Trumpy POTUS realDonaldTrump didn't know or speak with Parnas. Hmmm LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE Trumpy.

Is it possible Lev Parnas is the President secret thug who do the dirty work, well well well

Corrupt News Network the so called bullshit tapes were on 30 April 2018, funny then that Marie Yovanovitch as Ambassador was not terminated until 20 May 2019 aye corrupt News Network and POTUS can hire and fire who he likes

Obama got rid of almost all of Bush appointed ambassadors. Not uncommon.

Did trump say, fire her? Or, 'get rid of her'?

Bro, trump on tape means nothing to his supporters. The guy was in Heksinki siding with Russia over the United States. What else does anyone need to hear?

I’d bet my next paycheck that there’s more recordings.

So what. She should of been sacked when Obama left the office, all Obamas admin should of been sacked

Sounds like the Ukraine chapter of State Dept was a disaster. Apparently, she wouldn't even hang POTUS picture in the office. Sounds like she marched to her own beat, and it wasn't the U.S. I've served under multiple President's. Some I voted for and some I didn't. Your fired

If you aren’t a Russian “sympathizer”, you shouldn’t be in Trump orbit.

Get Putin out!

Surely you you meant allegedly? I would love for you to be real news but you're just not. It says in the article that you haven't reviewed the tape.

But Trump said he didn’t know Parnas 🤔😂

«« Republicans have spent the last few months demanding direct evidence. Here it is. »»

Stop Nonsense

The Trump family empire will crumble after he leaves office

Everyday more evidence, but 'he did nothing wrong', GIVE ME A BREAK. This Impeached CORRUPT President has to be removed now. Should be easily REMOVED on the evidence that already out there. No Documents or Witnesses needed. REMOVE NOW!

So, he has the right to place who sees fit in his administrative positions. It’s not like Obama didn’t do it 44 times.

I like Commanders-in-Chief who weren't captured on tape 💋🍊🤡🇺🇸🙏🚀🤳

akstanwyck Was it merely the firing of her? You can't say, so why pretend you can? It is just, if not more so, plausible he was ordering the murder of a U.S. Ambassador.

She should have been fired much sooner than that. A career hack with suspect loyalty.

amyklobuchar Good luck going on CNN with their obvious bias. I don’t think your negative outlook and cozying up to them will resonate with the Voters you are trying so hard to covet.

amyklobuchar She is still alive, and wasn't fired till 18 months after the recording. Making a mountain out of a mole hill and exaggerating his words.

amyklobuchar

amyklobuchar So what ? His the boss for crying out loud.

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