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Jim Acosta
7 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 9:12pm
Amid growing dissatisfaction with the messaging effort at the WH for dealing with the impeachment inquiry, some advisers to the president are urging the WH to beef up the communications team to respond to the proceedings, a source familiar with the matter said.
Jim Acosta
11 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 5:33pm
Kremlin readout of Assad Putin phone call: "The Syrian President thanked Vladimir Putin and expressed his full support for the results of the work, as well as the readiness of the Syrian border guards to enter the Syrian-Turkish border together with the Russian military police.”
Jim Acosta
13 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 3:06pm
RT @brianstelter: The book is titled "A WARNING." It will come out on November 19. "An unprecedented behind-the-scenes portrait of the Trump presidency from the anonymous senior official whose first words of warning about the president rocked the nation's capital." https://t.co/b63HrMLjMH
Jim Acosta
14 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 2:17pm
Russia and Turkey just agreed to a deal on northern Syria https://t.co/aYO0TEpgSV
Jim Acosta
15 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 1:37pm
RT @NewsHourArts: NewsHour’s Gwen Ifill memorialized with USPS Forever stamp https://t.co/i2PQqOO4V8 https://t.co/5PYBxfLP07
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Jim Acosta
15 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 1:35pm
RT @Sonia_Dridi: @LindseyGrahamSC on #lynching “African-Americans were lynched, other people have been lynched throughout History (...) that’s exactly what’s going on in the US House of Representatives right now”. https://t.co/tYiHF4EnBi
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Jim Acosta
17 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 10:50am
RT @ToluseO: Nov. 20, 2018 Trump: ‘It’s a shame’ Mississippi senator is being criticized over ‘hanging’ comment https://t.co/aubTZKPqsd via @usatoday
Jim Acosta
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 1:25pm
Trump gripes about no Doral G7: “you people with this phony emoluments clause.” (Fact check: it’s in the constitution)
Jim Acosta
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 1:09pm
RT @donie: #BREAK Biden a top Russian target online, new Facebook data shows https://t.co/Bu9Kb13ALV
Jim Acosta
3 days ago: Saturday Oct 19 - 7:31pm
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Jim Acosta
3 days ago: Saturday Oct 19 - 7:31pm
On Doral, worth recalling what Trump’s lawyer said 1/11/17: “He further instructed that we build in protections that will assure the American people the decisions he makes and the actions that he takes as president are for their benefit and not to support his financial interests”
Jim Acosta
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 6:38pm
RT @amandacarpenter: John Kasich just told CNN he's "across the Rubicon" and that President Trump should be impeached. "I say it with great sadness."
Jim Acosta
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 5:09pm
RT @BTP1960: Best line of the day, courtesy of CNN White House reporter @Acosta : - "Clean up in Aisle 1600."
Jim Acosta
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 2:14pm
RT @KFILE: 2014 photo of Trump and indicted Giuliani associate took place at Ivanka Trump hosted fashion show during a golf tournament at Trump Doral. The event was also attended by Eric, Don Jr. and Jared Kushner. https://t.co/KMQmlmL5qj
Jim Acosta
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 1:07pm
RT @karentravers: Notable: @Acosta asks Trump "Do you want to clarify what Mick Mulvaney said yesterday" "I think he clarified it," Trump says & quickly pivots ("And I do have to say this. We yesterday had a tremendous day in Texas.) Never comes back to Mulvaney quid pro quo, doesn't defend him
Jim Acosta
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 12:58pm
Putting everything in DC aside this was quite something as Trump was speaking live with astronauts on first all-women space walk. https://t.co/eZGKlpBEsX
Jim Acosta
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 12:55pm
Trump also latched on to reports about career diplomat George Kent concerns regarding Joe and Hunter during the Obama admin. The president was sitting next to his daughter Ivanka as he made the comments. Ivanka sat and listened. https://t.co/EktPUou3Rx
Jim Acosta
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 12:48pm
I asked Trump about Mulvaney’s comments. His response: “he clarified.” Trump then went on to defend his moves in Syria and walked out of room.
Jim Acosta
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 12:32pm
Happening now - Trump to astronauts on Space Station: “Station this is President Donald Trump can you hear me?”
Jim Acosta
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 9:23am
RT @BBCJonSopel: Wow. #Erdogan tells news conference the letter sent by @realDonaldTrump telling him not to be a ‘tough guy’ wasn’t in line with diplomatic or political customs. He said they wouldn’t forget the lack of respect. “When the time comes necessary steps will be taken” https://t.co/PU9062krr6
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Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 8:22pm
@joelockhart @farhip I’ll be here all week
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 8:21pm
Trump was not happy with Mulvaney’s performance in the briefing room today, I’m told.
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 8:09pm
RT @billritter7: a turn of phrase that should be used for any administration that finds itself in trouble. "clean up in aisle 1600." that's what @Acosta just said. it's clever - no matter which president finds him/herself in trouble going forward.
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 6:28pm
RT @ShimonPro: More reaction: A source familiar with the reaction inside the president's legal team adds: "I think people are a bit stunned." @Acosta
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 6:08pm
Fact check: Mulvaney already said it. https://t.co/PrCHZLIJ9u
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 5:55pm
Mulvaney statement cleaning up his briefing comments: “Let me be clear, there was absolutely no quid pro quo between Ukrainian military aid and any investigation into the 2016 election.” https://t.co/iMNZ0DuH6X
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Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 5:19pm
Muchas gracias! Salud! https://t.co/BkJAXXSF7M
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 4:42pm
Energy Secretary Rick Perry notified the president today that he plans to resign two administration sources familiar with the matter tell WH pooler @finnygo
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:57pm
RT @EggerDC: https://t.co/tmEVieHOJm https://t.co/udKErgqe83
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Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:31pm
Trump outside attorney Jay Sekulow to CNN: "The legal team was not involved in the Acting Chief of Staff's press briefing."
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:16pm
The source questioned what Mulvaney was talking about when he acknowledged a quid pro quo, tying the aid being held up for Ukraine to investigating the DNC and the 2016 election.
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:15pm
Source familiar with discussions inside Trump's legal team was baffled by Mulvaney's performance in the briefing room. "It was not helpful," the source said.
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 1:57pm
"Mr. Mulvaney was referring to Mr. Trump’s discredited idea that a server with Hillary Clinton’s missing emails was being held by a company based in Ukraine." https://t.co/Kfi38urqn2 https://t.co/hQZ7K3hwS8
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 1:33pm
Mulvaney refusing to take a question from CNN = badge of honor. Thanks Mick!
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 1:27pm
RT @oliverdarcy: "This has become the catch-us-if-you-can administration," @Acosta says on CNN.
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 10:38am
I hear there’s also a briefing room available as well. https://t.co/O3jkDK4J8A
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 9:19am
Elijah Cummings: “when we are dancing with the angels, the question will be asked, in 2019, what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy in tact.” https://t.co/bQEZQ83191
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 9:09am
RT @cspan: Rep. Cummings: Those in the highest levels of the government must stop invoking fear, using racist language and encouraging reprehensible behavior. It only creates more division among us and severely limits our ability to work together for the common good. https://t.co/5KDP8TbL9N
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Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 6:11am
RT @intenseCA: "I think the President is playing a game of red light, green light, as we played as kids. The President gave green light 4 Erdogan to go into Syria, then this letter is a red light. Turkish military didn't get the letter. This happened before w/ this admin." Jim @Acosta on @CNN
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 6:08pm
Pelosi went after Trump on Syria during WH meeting, accusing him of once again advancing Putin’s interests: "All roads with you lead to Putin," Pelosi said, according to a senior Democratic aide.
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 4:17pm
Pelosi says Trump was having a “meltdown” during their meeting at WH.
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 1:39pm
Trump explains his Turkey policy: “The PKK, which is a part of the Kurds as you know, is probably worse at terror and more of a terrorist threat in many ways than ISIS... So it’s a very semi-complicated, not too complicated if you’re smart, but a semi-complicated problem.”
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 1:36pm
RT @MarshallCohen: These quotes are from Trump, moments ago, but they mirror talking points from Erdogan, Putin and Assad. "The PKK... is probably worse at terror and more of a terrorist threat in many ways than ISIS." "Russia hates ISIS as much as the United States does." "Syria hates ISIS."
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 1:33pm
Trump on DOJ probe of 2016 election: “Maybe it goes right up to President Obama. I happen to think it does.” (Fact check: There is no evidence of this)
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 1:20pm
Trump on the Kurds: “who is an angel? There aren’t too many around.”
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 12:11pm
RT @barbarastarrcnn: POTUS just said OUR SOLDIERS ARE NOT IN HARM'S WAY (facts: there are hundreds of US troops still in a high threat environment in Syria)
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 12:02pm
Trump comments on this: “My meeting with the family was really...it was beautiful in a certain way. They did not want to meet with the person in question. But we had a very good meeting. They’re very nice people.” https://t.co/naYul24CEa
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 11:57am
RT @ddale8: Trump: "Syria's pulling in. Syria probably will have a partner of Russia, whoever they may have. I wish 'em all a lot of luck."
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 11:38am
RT @jdawsey1: "It's not our problem," Trump says in Oval Office of Turkey's invasion into Syria. He adds that the Kurds are "not angels." Also, he says this: "They've got a lot of sand over there.... There's a lot of sand they can play with."
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 10:39am
Trump's national security adviser heaped pain and grief on parents of British teenager killed in car crash by trying to hold meeting at WH between them and U.S. diplomat's wife who was involved, parents' lawyer said. https://t.co/SaE6AdakGA
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Tuesday Oct 15 - 7:15pm
RT @ShimonPro: !!!! State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent told lawmakers that he was told by a supervisor to lay low after he raised complaints about Rudy Giuliani’s efforts in Ukraine undermining US foreign policy, according to Rep. Gerry Connolly of the House Oversight.
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Tuesday Oct 15 - 6:16pm
RT @thehill: Reporter: "20 years ago, you said not complying with a subpoena was an impeachable offense." Sen. Lindsey Graham: "Nothing's changed." https://t.co/RDkmOWks7U
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Tuesday Oct 15 - 12:16pm
RT @StevenTDennis: BBC: British holidaymakers say they made a wrong turn to avoid an animal in Canada and ended up in USA. They were arrested, flown with their infant son to a detention facility in *Pennsylvania.* "We will be traumatised for the rest of our lives..." https://t.co/Ct9zhBwk3G
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Tuesday Oct 15 - 8:26am
RT @CNNFrancePR: .@Acosta (CNN) : "La présidence de Trump est vraiment en péril avec la procédure d’impeachment" https://t.co/6F3MYF3lBe via @Lopinion_fr @Gillesenges
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Tuesday Oct 15 - 8:20am
Trump's former top Russia adviser told Congress she saw 'wrongdoing' in US policy toward Ukraine, source says https://t.co/FTHyK0ZYCR https://t.co/BoYKVUuNFE
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Monday Oct 14 - 11:15pm
We have also confirmed Hill described Bolton as being outraged over Giuliani’s activities. Giuliani, Bolton said, was a “hand grenade” that’s going to “blow everybody up,” CNN has also confirmed. https://t.co/3dOENA4D8q
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Monday Oct 14 - 10:54pm
Source familiar with Fiona Hill testimony tells CNN she told lawmakers she saw “wrongdoing” In Ukraine policy and tried to report it to officials including NSC counsel. She also discussed a “direct link” between Trump and Sondland that went beyond just texts.
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Monday Oct 14 - 9:50am
RT @CNNPR: CNN statement on video shown at @realDonaldTrump supporter conference at Trump's Miami resort last week: https://t.co/BVKI5N5a17
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Saturday Oct 12 - 5:50pm
RT @GeraldoRivera: Nice 👍 job @WSMVNancyAmon https://t.co/5OleKqdijK
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Saturday Oct 12 - 2:06pm
RT @CNNJason: Trump is golfing today as the commander of the Kurds' forces tells top U.S. official: "You are leaving us to be slaughtered" in Syria
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Saturday Oct 12 - 12:36pm
RT @sam_vinograd: @Acosta Pompeo accused a journalist of working for the DNC bc she asked if he knew what two of his direct reports were working on and texting about. And we promote a free press around the world? https://t.co/RQMisAWZuZ
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Saturday Oct 12 - 10:58am
RT @jamiegangel: Nearly 30 former State and national security officials call on Pompeo to defend former ambassador to Ukraine - CNNPolitics https://t.co/e435XODGUV
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Saturday Oct 12 - 10:44am
Pompeo wouldn’t tell Nashville reporter whether he met with Giuliani in Warsaw earlier this year. Instead the Secretary of State berated the reporter. https://t.co/SniNIKCYU7
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Saturday Oct 12 - 10:34am
RT @brianstelter: WaPo publisher Fred Ryan: "There is an enormous difference between 'unfavorable news' and 'fake news.' It is wrong to conflate them. Doing so is an attack on the truth — and it is corrosive to our democracy..." https://t.co/scYTuzDPEF
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 9:13pm
RT @BoutrousTed: President @realDonaldTrump tried to strip away the White House press credentials of @Acosta and @BrianKarem for lack of decorum. https://t.co/9FSKl3AbC7
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 4:10pm
RT @ErikWemple: "This is my last newscast here," Shep Smith just said on Fox News. "It's been an honor and my pleasure." He expresses hope that "journalists and journalism" will thrive. "Whoa," says Neil Cavuto upon taking the handoff.
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 12:52pm
Trump has been saying all week that he’s bringing US troops home. https://t.co/koo8cE36Qn
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 12:38pm
We spotted Minneapolis police in riot gear mounting up as the rally was wrapping up. https://t.co/XJyvWrHgis
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 12:37pm
A man waved a Trump sign in this protester’s face. https://t.co/cqEbiz8NUv
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 12:32pm
Protester ejections throughout the evening. This woman did not go quietly. Others did. https://t.co/EYuOhlSqPV
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 12:29pm
RT @adamgoldmanNYT: Yovanovitch delivered a scathing indictment of his administration’s conduct of foreign policy. She warned that private influence and personal gain have usurped diplomats’ judgment, threatening to undermine the nation’s interests. https://t.co/tNyicLJhRB
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 12:23pm
RT @jeremyherb: Yovanovitch arrives at the Capitol https://t.co/y86i9xTLyY
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 12:23pm
RT @mkraju: House Democrats have requested a deposition from Bill Taylor, the top US diplomat in Ukraine, as part of their impeachment inquiry, but his interview has not yet been formally scheduled, multiple sources tell @jmhansler @ZcohenCNN https://t.co/uPiVxHjsV8
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 12:14pm
2020 will be 2016 all over again and then some. Bashing immigrants, stoking hatred of the press, protesters being ejected, fringe viewpoints, and police in riot gear... all on display at Trump’s rally in MN. (Q sign here - security officials asked some to conceal their Q signs) https://t.co/zVB4ZwEs5w
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 11:49am
RT @farhip: Today marks seven months since the last White House press briefing. Related: The current @PressSec has never briefed the news media.
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 9:15pm
Trump takes rally into the gutter, hitting Biden: "He was only a good vice president because he understood how to kiss Barack Obama's ass."
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 9:08pm
Protester blowing whistle at Trump rally in MN holding sign saying “resign” just escorted out by security.
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 8:27pm
On same day Giuliani associates are indicted, Eric Trump at Trump rally in MN on Biden: “lock him up.” Crowd chants: “lock him up.”
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 8:24pm
RT @ddale8: The president told reporters today that “we have no soldiers in Syria.” The US has 1,000 soldiers in Syria. This is extreme, up-is-down deception. It’ll get very little coverage. My fact check: https://t.co/JfXXBWJA2v
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 6:43pm
RT @maggieNYT: The president sat for an interview with the doctor, and said he is responsible for “the destruction of the deep state.” https://t.co/iqJ3t6780E
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 5:53pm
Parscale telling reporters at Trump rally in MN he doesn’t know Giuliani associates Fruman and Parnas.
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 5:44pm
Trump: “I have pictures with everybody. I don’t know if there’s anybody I don’t have pictures with. I don’t know them. I don’t know about them. I don’t know what they do. I don’t know, maybe they were clients of Rudy. You’d have to ask Rudy.” https://t.co/mpYaoGt7Z6
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 5:17pm
RT @MarshallCohen: BREAKING: The FBI and federal prosecutors in NYC are scrutinizing Rudy Giuliani’s financial dealings with the two men charged today. The men, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, are charged with pumping Russian money into US political campaigns. (reporting from @evanperez @ShimonPro)
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 4:43pm
RT @Yamiche: President Trump says Trey Gowdy can’t start as his attorney for several months because of federal lobbying rules.
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 4:40pm
RT @JenniferJJacobs: “I don’t know those gentlemen,” Trump tells reporters at WH departure. Says it’s possible he has a picture with Lev Parnas “but I have pictures with everybody.” Maybe they were clients of Rudy. You’ll have to ask Rudy, he says. https://t.co/YvtmMdNWra
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 2:37pm
RT @eorden: In addition to Parnas and Fruman's arrests at Dulles, a third defendant, Andrey Kukushkin, has been arrested and is expected to appear in court Thurs in the Northern District of California. The fourth defendant, David Correia, hasn't been arrested. https://t.co/BXj5EaTugX
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 2:26pm
RT @JoeStGeorge: Breaking: @SenCoryGardner refuses to answer question whether it is appropriate for the President to ask a foreign leader to investigate a rival. Quite the exchange in Denver #copolitics #kdvr https://t.co/5Y0EYOcKjM
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 2:10pm
RT @mj_lee: This is absolutely disgraceful, @NBA. Is there any other country you all can think of where media is censored? https://t.co/FFskYyBVqq
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 12:11pm
RT @CarolLeonnig: Trump requested dirt on Biden, @Dimi reports. China provided https://t.co/VNL1hCZEdv
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 12:03pm
RT @justinsink: "The good news for Trump is that alligators have been crazy cheap for the last few years. You can score an alligator hatchling for an unbelievable $56." https://t.co/p2bww642fj
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 11:50am
RT @OKnox: Counterpoint from one John Dowd, former Trump lawyer (via @kyledcheney) https://t.co/CGuD90HK3Y https://t.co/et6Fl1uiep
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 11:26am
Sekulow in a brief comment says case involving Giuliani associates not connected to Trump: “Read the indictment. Neither the candidate nor the campaign have anything to do with the scheme these guys were involved in
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 10:12am
Two Giuliani associates arrested for violating campaign finance rules https://t.co/eQyhKBfYkt
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 9:05am
RT @nowthisnews: Montgomery, a former Confederate capital and epicenter of the civil rights movement, just elected its first Black mayor https://t.co/3bQBD3v91O
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 8:45am
Statement from @gtconway3d & “Checks and Balances” - “These acts, based on what has been revealed to date, are a legitimate basis for an expeditious impeachment investigation, vote in the House of Representatives and potential trial in the Senate.” https://t.co/qYsCMXrHp6
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Wednesday Oct 9 - 7:37pm
RT @jabinbotsford: #trumpnotes @realDonaldTrump (If Raised) Note, as @SecPompeo told Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab that the spouse of the U.S. Government employee will not return to the United Kingdom. @SkyNews https://t.co/7yDUdOm3Pd
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Wednesday Oct 9 - 6:38pm
RT @KFaulders: Fox News Poll: Record support for Trump impeachment https://t.co/b6BTfjUZXR #FoxNews
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Wednesday Oct 9 - 5:49pm
Pence to reporters on his own Ukraine calls: “I never discussed the issue of the Bidens with President Zelensky.”
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Wednesday Oct 9 - 4:32pm
Trump when asked whether abandoning the Kurds could impact US ability to form alliances in the future: "Alliances are very easy."
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Wednesday Oct 9 - 4:26pm
Trump threatens Erdogan if Turkey wipes out Kurds: "I will wipe out his economy if he does that."
7 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 9:12pm
Amid growing dissatisfaction with the messaging effort at the WH for dealing with the impeachment inquiry, some advisers to the president are urging the WH to beef up the communications team to respond to the proceedings, a source familiar with the matter said.
Jim Acosta
11 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 5:33pm
Kremlin readout of Assad Putin phone call: "The Syrian President thanked Vladimir Putin and expressed his full support for the results of the work, as well as the readiness of the Syrian border guards to enter the Syrian-Turkish border together with the Russian military police.”
Jim Acosta
13 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 3:06pm
RT @brianstelter: The book is titled "A WARNING." It will come out on November 19. "An unprecedented behind-the-scenes portrait of the Trump presidency from the anonymous senior official whose first words of warning about the president rocked the nation's capital." https://t.co/b63HrMLjMH
Jim Acosta
14 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 2:17pm
Russia and Turkey just agreed to a deal on northern Syria https://t.co/aYO0TEpgSV
Jim Acosta
15 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 1:37pm
RT @NewsHourArts: NewsHour’s Gwen Ifill memorialized with USPS Forever stamp https://t.co/i2PQqOO4V8 https://t.co/5PYBxfLP07
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Jim Acosta
15 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 1:35pm
RT @Sonia_Dridi: @LindseyGrahamSC on #lynching “African-Americans were lynched, other people have been lynched throughout History (...) that’s exactly what’s going on in the US House of Representatives right now”. https://t.co/tYiHF4EnBi
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Jim Acosta
17 hours ago: Tuesday Oct 22 - 10:50am
RT @ToluseO: Nov. 20, 2018 Trump: ‘It’s a shame’ Mississippi senator is being criticized over ‘hanging’ comment https://t.co/aubTZKPqsd via @usatoday
Jim Acosta
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 1:25pm
Trump gripes about no Doral G7: “you people with this phony emoluments clause.” (Fact check: it’s in the constitution)
Jim Acosta
1 day ago: Monday Oct 21 - 1:09pm
RT @donie: #BREAK Biden a top Russian target online, new Facebook data shows https://t.co/Bu9Kb13ALV
Jim Acosta
3 days ago: Saturday Oct 19 - 7:31pm
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Jim Acosta
3 days ago: Saturday Oct 19 - 7:31pm
On Doral, worth recalling what Trump’s lawyer said 1/11/17: “He further instructed that we build in protections that will assure the American people the decisions he makes and the actions that he takes as president are for their benefit and not to support his financial interests”
Jim Acosta
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 6:38pm
RT @amandacarpenter: John Kasich just told CNN he's "across the Rubicon" and that President Trump should be impeached. "I say it with great sadness."
Jim Acosta
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 5:09pm
RT @BTP1960: Best line of the day, courtesy of CNN White House reporter @Acosta : - "Clean up in Aisle 1600."
Jim Acosta
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 2:14pm
RT @KFILE: 2014 photo of Trump and indicted Giuliani associate took place at Ivanka Trump hosted fashion show during a golf tournament at Trump Doral. The event was also attended by Eric, Don Jr. and Jared Kushner. https://t.co/KMQmlmL5qj
Jim Acosta
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 1:07pm
RT @karentravers: Notable: @Acosta asks Trump "Do you want to clarify what Mick Mulvaney said yesterday" "I think he clarified it," Trump says & quickly pivots ("And I do have to say this. We yesterday had a tremendous day in Texas.) Never comes back to Mulvaney quid pro quo, doesn't defend him
Jim Acosta
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 12:58pm
Putting everything in DC aside this was quite something as Trump was speaking live with astronauts on first all-women space walk. https://t.co/eZGKlpBEsX
Jim Acosta
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 12:55pm
Trump also latched on to reports about career diplomat George Kent concerns regarding Joe and Hunter during the Obama admin. The president was sitting next to his daughter Ivanka as he made the comments. Ivanka sat and listened. https://t.co/EktPUou3Rx
Jim Acosta
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 12:48pm
I asked Trump about Mulvaney’s comments. His response: “he clarified.” Trump then went on to defend his moves in Syria and walked out of room.
Jim Acosta
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 12:32pm
Happening now - Trump to astronauts on Space Station: “Station this is President Donald Trump can you hear me?”
Jim Acosta
4 days ago: Friday Oct 18 - 9:23am
RT @BBCJonSopel: Wow. #Erdogan tells news conference the letter sent by @realDonaldTrump telling him not to be a ‘tough guy’ wasn’t in line with diplomatic or political customs. He said they wouldn’t forget the lack of respect. “When the time comes necessary steps will be taken” https://t.co/PU9062krr6
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Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 8:22pm
@joelockhart @farhip I’ll be here all week
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 8:21pm
Trump was not happy with Mulvaney’s performance in the briefing room today, I’m told.
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 8:09pm
RT @billritter7: a turn of phrase that should be used for any administration that finds itself in trouble. "clean up in aisle 1600." that's what @Acosta just said. it's clever - no matter which president finds him/herself in trouble going forward.
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 6:28pm
RT @ShimonPro: More reaction: A source familiar with the reaction inside the president's legal team adds: "I think people are a bit stunned." @Acosta
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 6:08pm
Fact check: Mulvaney already said it. https://t.co/PrCHZLIJ9u
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 5:55pm
Mulvaney statement cleaning up his briefing comments: “Let me be clear, there was absolutely no quid pro quo between Ukrainian military aid and any investigation into the 2016 election.” https://t.co/iMNZ0DuH6X
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Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 5:19pm
Muchas gracias! Salud! https://t.co/BkJAXXSF7M
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 4:42pm
Energy Secretary Rick Perry notified the president today that he plans to resign two administration sources familiar with the matter tell WH pooler @finnygo
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:57pm
RT @EggerDC: https://t.co/tmEVieHOJm https://t.co/udKErgqe83
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Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:31pm
Trump outside attorney Jay Sekulow to CNN: "The legal team was not involved in the Acting Chief of Staff's press briefing."
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:16pm
The source questioned what Mulvaney was talking about when he acknowledged a quid pro quo, tying the aid being held up for Ukraine to investigating the DNC and the 2016 election.
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 3:15pm
Source familiar with discussions inside Trump's legal team was baffled by Mulvaney's performance in the briefing room. "It was not helpful," the source said.
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 1:57pm
"Mr. Mulvaney was referring to Mr. Trump’s discredited idea that a server with Hillary Clinton’s missing emails was being held by a company based in Ukraine." https://t.co/Kfi38urqn2 https://t.co/hQZ7K3hwS8
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 1:33pm
Mulvaney refusing to take a question from CNN = badge of honor. Thanks Mick!
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 1:27pm
RT @oliverdarcy: "This has become the catch-us-if-you-can administration," @Acosta says on CNN.
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 10:38am
I hear there’s also a briefing room available as well. https://t.co/O3jkDK4J8A
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 9:19am
Elijah Cummings: “when we are dancing with the angels, the question will be asked, in 2019, what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy in tact.” https://t.co/bQEZQ83191
Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 9:09am
RT @cspan: Rep. Cummings: Those in the highest levels of the government must stop invoking fear, using racist language and encouraging reprehensible behavior. It only creates more division among us and severely limits our ability to work together for the common good. https://t.co/5KDP8TbL9N
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Jim Acosta
5 days ago: Thursday Oct 17 - 6:11am
RT @intenseCA: "I think the President is playing a game of red light, green light, as we played as kids. The President gave green light 4 Erdogan to go into Syria, then this letter is a red light. Turkish military didn't get the letter. This happened before w/ this admin." Jim @Acosta on @CNN
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 6:08pm
Pelosi went after Trump on Syria during WH meeting, accusing him of once again advancing Putin’s interests: "All roads with you lead to Putin," Pelosi said, according to a senior Democratic aide.
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 4:17pm
Pelosi says Trump was having a “meltdown” during their meeting at WH.
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 1:39pm
Trump explains his Turkey policy: “The PKK, which is a part of the Kurds as you know, is probably worse at terror and more of a terrorist threat in many ways than ISIS... So it’s a very semi-complicated, not too complicated if you’re smart, but a semi-complicated problem.”
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 1:36pm
RT @MarshallCohen: These quotes are from Trump, moments ago, but they mirror talking points from Erdogan, Putin and Assad. "The PKK... is probably worse at terror and more of a terrorist threat in many ways than ISIS." "Russia hates ISIS as much as the United States does." "Syria hates ISIS."
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 1:33pm
Trump on DOJ probe of 2016 election: “Maybe it goes right up to President Obama. I happen to think it does.” (Fact check: There is no evidence of this)
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 1:20pm
Trump on the Kurds: “who is an angel? There aren’t too many around.”
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 12:11pm
RT @barbarastarrcnn: POTUS just said OUR SOLDIERS ARE NOT IN HARM'S WAY (facts: there are hundreds of US troops still in a high threat environment in Syria)
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 12:02pm
Trump comments on this: “My meeting with the family was really...it was beautiful in a certain way. They did not want to meet with the person in question. But we had a very good meeting. They’re very nice people.” https://t.co/naYul24CEa
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 11:57am
RT @ddale8: Trump: "Syria's pulling in. Syria probably will have a partner of Russia, whoever they may have. I wish 'em all a lot of luck."
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 11:38am
RT @jdawsey1: "It's not our problem," Trump says in Oval Office of Turkey's invasion into Syria. He adds that the Kurds are "not angels." Also, he says this: "They've got a lot of sand over there.... There's a lot of sand they can play with."
Jim Acosta
6 days ago: Wednesday Oct 16 - 10:39am
Trump's national security adviser heaped pain and grief on parents of British teenager killed in car crash by trying to hold meeting at WH between them and U.S. diplomat's wife who was involved, parents' lawyer said. https://t.co/SaE6AdakGA
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Tuesday Oct 15 - 7:15pm
RT @ShimonPro: !!!! State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent told lawmakers that he was told by a supervisor to lay low after he raised complaints about Rudy Giuliani’s efforts in Ukraine undermining US foreign policy, according to Rep. Gerry Connolly of the House Oversight.
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Tuesday Oct 15 - 6:16pm
RT @thehill: Reporter: "20 years ago, you said not complying with a subpoena was an impeachable offense." Sen. Lindsey Graham: "Nothing's changed." https://t.co/RDkmOWks7U
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Tuesday Oct 15 - 12:16pm
RT @StevenTDennis: BBC: British holidaymakers say they made a wrong turn to avoid an animal in Canada and ended up in USA. They were arrested, flown with their infant son to a detention facility in *Pennsylvania.* "We will be traumatised for the rest of our lives..." https://t.co/Ct9zhBwk3G
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Tuesday Oct 15 - 8:26am
RT @CNNFrancePR: .@Acosta (CNN) : "La présidence de Trump est vraiment en péril avec la procédure d’impeachment" https://t.co/6F3MYF3lBe via @Lopinion_fr @Gillesenges
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Tuesday Oct 15 - 8:20am
Trump's former top Russia adviser told Congress she saw 'wrongdoing' in US policy toward Ukraine, source says https://t.co/FTHyK0ZYCR https://t.co/BoYKVUuNFE
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Monday Oct 14 - 11:15pm
We have also confirmed Hill described Bolton as being outraged over Giuliani’s activities. Giuliani, Bolton said, was a “hand grenade” that’s going to “blow everybody up,” CNN has also confirmed. https://t.co/3dOENA4D8q
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Monday Oct 14 - 10:54pm
Source familiar with Fiona Hill testimony tells CNN she told lawmakers she saw “wrongdoing” In Ukraine policy and tried to report it to officials including NSC counsel. She also discussed a “direct link” between Trump and Sondland that went beyond just texts.
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Monday Oct 14 - 9:50am
RT @CNNPR: CNN statement on video shown at @realDonaldTrump supporter conference at Trump's Miami resort last week: https://t.co/BVKI5N5a17
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Saturday Oct 12 - 5:50pm
RT @GeraldoRivera: Nice 👍 job @WSMVNancyAmon https://t.co/5OleKqdijK
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Saturday Oct 12 - 2:06pm
RT @CNNJason: Trump is golfing today as the commander of the Kurds' forces tells top U.S. official: "You are leaving us to be slaughtered" in Syria
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Saturday Oct 12 - 12:36pm
RT @sam_vinograd: @Acosta Pompeo accused a journalist of working for the DNC bc she asked if he knew what two of his direct reports were working on and texting about. And we promote a free press around the world? https://t.co/RQMisAWZuZ
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Saturday Oct 12 - 10:58am
RT @jamiegangel: Nearly 30 former State and national security officials call on Pompeo to defend former ambassador to Ukraine - CNNPolitics https://t.co/e435XODGUV
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Saturday Oct 12 - 10:44am
Pompeo wouldn’t tell Nashville reporter whether he met with Giuliani in Warsaw earlier this year. Instead the Secretary of State berated the reporter. https://t.co/SniNIKCYU7
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Saturday Oct 12 - 10:34am
RT @brianstelter: WaPo publisher Fred Ryan: "There is an enormous difference between 'unfavorable news' and 'fake news.' It is wrong to conflate them. Doing so is an attack on the truth — and it is corrosive to our democracy..." https://t.co/scYTuzDPEF
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 9:13pm
RT @BoutrousTed: President @realDonaldTrump tried to strip away the White House press credentials of @Acosta and @BrianKarem for lack of decorum. https://t.co/9FSKl3AbC7
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 4:10pm
RT @ErikWemple: "This is my last newscast here," Shep Smith just said on Fox News. "It's been an honor and my pleasure." He expresses hope that "journalists and journalism" will thrive. "Whoa," says Neil Cavuto upon taking the handoff.
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 12:52pm
Trump has been saying all week that he’s bringing US troops home. https://t.co/koo8cE36Qn
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 12:38pm
We spotted Minneapolis police in riot gear mounting up as the rally was wrapping up. https://t.co/XJyvWrHgis
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 12:37pm
A man waved a Trump sign in this protester’s face. https://t.co/cqEbiz8NUv
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 12:32pm
Protester ejections throughout the evening. This woman did not go quietly. Others did. https://t.co/EYuOhlSqPV
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 12:29pm
RT @adamgoldmanNYT: Yovanovitch delivered a scathing indictment of his administration’s conduct of foreign policy. She warned that private influence and personal gain have usurped diplomats’ judgment, threatening to undermine the nation’s interests. https://t.co/tNyicLJhRB
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 12:23pm
RT @jeremyherb: Yovanovitch arrives at the Capitol https://t.co/y86i9xTLyY
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 12:23pm
RT @mkraju: House Democrats have requested a deposition from Bill Taylor, the top US diplomat in Ukraine, as part of their impeachment inquiry, but his interview has not yet been formally scheduled, multiple sources tell @jmhansler @ZcohenCNN https://t.co/uPiVxHjsV8
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 12:14pm
2020 will be 2016 all over again and then some. Bashing immigrants, stoking hatred of the press, protesters being ejected, fringe viewpoints, and police in riot gear... all on display at Trump’s rally in MN. (Q sign here - security officials asked some to conceal their Q signs) https://t.co/zVB4ZwEs5w
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Friday Oct 11 - 11:49am
RT @farhip: Today marks seven months since the last White House press briefing. Related: The current @PressSec has never briefed the news media.
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 9:15pm
Trump takes rally into the gutter, hitting Biden: "He was only a good vice president because he understood how to kiss Barack Obama's ass."
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 9:08pm
Protester blowing whistle at Trump rally in MN holding sign saying “resign” just escorted out by security.
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 8:27pm
On same day Giuliani associates are indicted, Eric Trump at Trump rally in MN on Biden: “lock him up.” Crowd chants: “lock him up.”
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 8:24pm
RT @ddale8: The president told reporters today that “we have no soldiers in Syria.” The US has 1,000 soldiers in Syria. This is extreme, up-is-down deception. It’ll get very little coverage. My fact check: https://t.co/JfXXBWJA2v
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 6:43pm
RT @maggieNYT: The president sat for an interview with the doctor, and said he is responsible for “the destruction of the deep state.” https://t.co/iqJ3t6780E
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 5:53pm
Parscale telling reporters at Trump rally in MN he doesn’t know Giuliani associates Fruman and Parnas.
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 5:44pm
Trump: “I have pictures with everybody. I don’t know if there’s anybody I don’t have pictures with. I don’t know them. I don’t know about them. I don’t know what they do. I don’t know, maybe they were clients of Rudy. You’d have to ask Rudy.” https://t.co/mpYaoGt7Z6
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 5:17pm
RT @MarshallCohen: BREAKING: The FBI and federal prosecutors in NYC are scrutinizing Rudy Giuliani’s financial dealings with the two men charged today. The men, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, are charged with pumping Russian money into US political campaigns. (reporting from @evanperez @ShimonPro)
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 4:43pm
RT @Yamiche: President Trump says Trey Gowdy can’t start as his attorney for several months because of federal lobbying rules.
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 4:40pm
RT @JenniferJJacobs: “I don’t know those gentlemen,” Trump tells reporters at WH departure. Says it’s possible he has a picture with Lev Parnas “but I have pictures with everybody.” Maybe they were clients of Rudy. You’ll have to ask Rudy, he says. https://t.co/YvtmMdNWra
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 2:37pm
RT @eorden: In addition to Parnas and Fruman's arrests at Dulles, a third defendant, Andrey Kukushkin, has been arrested and is expected to appear in court Thurs in the Northern District of California. The fourth defendant, David Correia, hasn't been arrested. https://t.co/BXj5EaTugX
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 2:26pm
RT @JoeStGeorge: Breaking: @SenCoryGardner refuses to answer question whether it is appropriate for the President to ask a foreign leader to investigate a rival. Quite the exchange in Denver #copolitics #kdvr https://t.co/5Y0EYOcKjM
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 2:10pm
RT @mj_lee: This is absolutely disgraceful, @NBA. Is there any other country you all can think of where media is censored? https://t.co/FFskYyBVqq
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 12:11pm
RT @CarolLeonnig: Trump requested dirt on Biden, @Dimi reports. China provided https://t.co/VNL1hCZEdv
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 12:03pm
RT @justinsink: "The good news for Trump is that alligators have been crazy cheap for the last few years. You can score an alligator hatchling for an unbelievable $56." https://t.co/p2bww642fj
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 11:50am
RT @OKnox: Counterpoint from one John Dowd, former Trump lawyer (via @kyledcheney) https://t.co/CGuD90HK3Y https://t.co/et6Fl1uiep
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 11:26am
Sekulow in a brief comment says case involving Giuliani associates not connected to Trump: “Read the indictment. Neither the candidate nor the campaign have anything to do with the scheme these guys were involved in
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 10:12am
Two Giuliani associates arrested for violating campaign finance rules https://t.co/eQyhKBfYkt
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 9:05am
RT @nowthisnews: Montgomery, a former Confederate capital and epicenter of the civil rights movement, just elected its first Black mayor https://t.co/3bQBD3v91O
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Thursday Oct 10 - 8:45am
Statement from @gtconway3d & “Checks and Balances” - “These acts, based on what has been revealed to date, are a legitimate basis for an expeditious impeachment investigation, vote in the House of Representatives and potential trial in the Senate.” https://t.co/qYsCMXrHp6
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Wednesday Oct 9 - 7:37pm
RT @jabinbotsford: #trumpnotes @realDonaldTrump (If Raised) Note, as @SecPompeo told Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab that the spouse of the U.S. Government employee will not return to the United Kingdom. @SkyNews https://t.co/7yDUdOm3Pd
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Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Wednesday Oct 9 - 6:38pm
RT @KFaulders: Fox News Poll: Record support for Trump impeachment https://t.co/b6BTfjUZXR #FoxNews
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Wednesday Oct 9 - 5:49pm
Pence to reporters on his own Ukraine calls: “I never discussed the issue of the Bidens with President Zelensky.”
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Wednesday Oct 9 - 4:32pm
Trump when asked whether abandoning the Kurds could impact US ability to form alliances in the future: "Alliances are very easy."
Jim Acosta
1 week ago: Wednesday Oct 9 - 4:26pm
Trump threatens Erdogan if Turkey wipes out Kurds: "I will wipe out his economy if he does that."