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Fast Forward CNN Defends Pundit Who Questioned Vindman’s Loyalty
A top executive at CNN defended a political commentator who claimed on-air on Tuesday that impeachment investigation witness Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman might be loyal to Ukraine, which he left as a refugee at age three, Politico reported. Former Republican Rep. Sean Duffy, who joined the network on October 20, said Tuesday morning that Vindman…
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Fast Forward Meet Alexander Vindman — War Hero, Emigre, Family Man, Impeachment Witness
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman was the latest figure to testify in the House of Representatives’ impeachment investigation on Tuesday. He recounted to congressional investigators that he had been troubled by President Trump’s conduct in connection to Ukraine policy. Here’s what you need to know about him: He’s a Ukrainian Jewish refugee: Alexander and his twin…
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Fast Forward Refugee Jewish Vet Testifying On Impeachment Has Loyalty Questioned On Fox, CNN
After reports emerged that National Security Council member Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman was set to testify to Congress about his discomfort with President Trump’s Ukraine policy and actions, conservative commentators began implying that Vindman, a Jewish former refugee from Ukraine, was disloyal to the United States. “Here we have a U.S. national security official, who…
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Fast Forward Fruman Or ‘Furman’: Did Rudy’s Arrested Ukranian Pal Use Fake Name?
Igor Fruman, one of the two Ukrainian-born activists who were arrested this month and charged with illegal campaign finance donations to benefit President Trump and the Republican Party, has been accused by prosecutors of covering up his actions using what might have been overlooked as a typo: Donating in the name of “Igor FURman,” not…
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Culture Why Those Arrested Giuliani Associates Were Talking About Anatevka
The saga of the two Soviet-born associates of Rudy Giuliani, arrested last week for alleged campaign finance violations, has a head-scratching footnote connected to both Yiddishkeit and a classic American Broadway musical. As the news of the indictments of Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman spread, so did a video of the two men lounging with…
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Fast Forward EXPLAINED: The Soviet Jews At The Center Of Trump, Giuliani’s Ukraine Obsession
Two Soviet-born, Florida-based men were indicted Thursday for suspicion of campaign finance violations, allegedly performed to benefit President Trump and his Republican allies and tied to a larger dirt-gathering campaign on his Democratic challenger Joe Biden and Biden’s son Hunter. The men, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, are known as Giuliani’s “Florida Fixers” by the…
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The Schmooze The Hot, Stressed, Ukrainian President Is Jewish — And Has A 10-Hour Netflix Series
Like every person with a mezuzah and a trachea, I believe that I speak for the Jews. And this is what I must say: a hot, confused Ukrainian man has become the linchpin in the Trump impeachment proceedings, and that man is a Jew. President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose profile I would swipe right on if…
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News Ukraine’s Jewish President Is At The Center Of Trump’s Impeachment Inquiry
The saga of Volodymyr Zelensky — the Jewish comedian elected president of Ukraine — was already mind-boggling. Now it’s taken a turn for the surreal, as the 41-year-old has assumed a place not just as head of a country of 44 million people, but also at the center of a potentially historic American political scandal….
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