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Team Trump’s Ukraine Narrative Is Years Old — And It Started With Don Jr.’s Trump Tower Meeting

Donald Trump, Jr., son of US President Donald Trump, gives a thumbs-up as he walks outside of Trump Tower in New York, September 24, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

October 4, 2019 4:13 p.m.

In a text message on August 11, 2017, Fox News host Sean Hannity told former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort about stories he planned to pursue on his show.

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