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Trump Dismisses Giuliani Calls With White House, OMB

Associated Press

   WATFORD, ENGLAND - President Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed the
   significance of repeated contacts between his personal attorney Rudy
   Giuliani and phone numbers linked to the White House and its budget
   office -- contacts that were revealed in the House intelligence
   committee's impeachment report.

   "So somebody said he made a phone call into the White House. What
   difference does that make?" Trump commented during his meeting with
   Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on the sidelines of a NATO
   meeting Wednesday in London.

   "Is that supposed to be a big deal?'" he added. "I don't think so."

   The 300-page House report is serving as the basis for the House
   Judiciary Committee's efforts beginning Wednesday to formally move
   forward on drafting articles of impeachment against Trump.

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