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President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Timeline: Tracking the whistleblower, Trump and Ukraine

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

EU hopes for Russia-Ukraine gas deal despite slow progress

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks to reporters after the panel met behind closed doors with national intelligence inspector general Michael Atkinson about a whistleblower complaint, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Administration blocks ‘urgent’ whistleblower disclosure

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, April 10, 2017 file photo, the chief of the Ukrainian Central Bank Valeria Gontareva makes a statement on her resignation during a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine. Police said in a statement on Tuesday Sept. 17, 2019, that they are investigating a suspected arson attack late Monday on the house of Valeria Gontareva outside the capital, Kyiv, in the third chilling incident concerning the banker. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov, File)

House of Ukraine’s former top central banker set on fire

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. Kuchma told The Associated Press Friday that he is concerned that the leaders of France and Germany who mediate talks between Russia and Ukraine will push President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to make unacceptable trade-offs to Russia. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine fears forced concessions at talks with Russia

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy address the 16th Yalta European Strategy (YES) annual meeting entitled &quot;Happiness Now. New Approaches for a World in Crisis&quot; at the Mystetsky Arsenal Art Center in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. More than 400 leaders from politics, business and society representing from 26 countries will discuss major global challenges and their impact on Europe, Ukraine and the world. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine’s president: US will give extra $140 million in aid

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This Aug. 24, 2017, file photo shows Ukrainian soldiers marching along main Khreshchatyk Street during a military parade to celebrate Independence Day in Kiev, Ukraine. The Trump administration has approved a plan to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine, including Javelin anti-tank missiles. That's according to several U.S. officials who weren't authorized to discuss the decision publicly and demanded anonymity Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) **FILE**

Trump White House releases stalled $250 million Ukrainian security package

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, left, shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Administration releases $250 million in Ukraine military aid

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

EU extends sanctions linked to interference in Ukraine

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Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, former Russian prisoner, attends his press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. After five years of being locked up in a Russian prison Sentsov was one of the 35 freed Ukrainian prisoners. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine: Director in prisoner swap backs jailed Russians

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From left, France Defence Minister Florence Parly, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, France Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu leave a news conference during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

French foreign minister wants to rebuild ties with Russia

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, right, greets Ukrainian prisoners upon their arrival at Boryspil airport, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. Planes carrying prisoners freed by Russia and Ukraine have landed in the countries' capitals, in an exchange that could be a significant step toward improving relations between Moscow and Kyiv. The planes, each reportedly carrying 35 prisoners, landed almost simultaneously at Vnukovo airport in Moscow and at Kyiv's Boryspil airport. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

The Latest: Trump applauds Ukraine-Russia prisoner trade

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Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov hugs his daughter upon his arrival at Boryspil airport, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. Planes carrying prisoners freed by Russia and Ukraine have landed in the countries' capitals, in an exchange that could be a significant step toward improving relations between Moscow and Kyiv. The planes, each reportedly carrying 35 prisoners, landed almost simultaneously at Vnukovo airport in Moscow and at Kyiv's Boryspil airport. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia and Ukraine trade prisoners, each fly 35 to freedom

By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

Relatives of Ukrainian prisoners freed by Russia greet them upon their arrival at Boryspil airport, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. Planes carrying prisoners freed by Russia and Ukraine have landed in the countries' capitals, in an exchange that could be a significant step toward improving relations between Moscow and Kyiv. The planes, each reportedly carrying 35 prisoners, landed almost simultaneously at Vnukovo airport in Moscow and at Kyiv's Boryspil airport. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia and Ukraine swap scores of prisoners in deal seen by Trump as potential ‘giant step to peace’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2019, file photo, Greg Craig, right, former White House counsel to former President Barack Obama, walks into a federal courthouse for his trial, in Washington. Craig was found not guilty of lying to the Justice Department about work he did for the government of Ukraine in a case that arose from the special counsel’s Russia investigation and that centered on the lucrative world of foreign lobbying. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Former Obama counsel acquitted of lying to government

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin opens a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. Vladivostok hosted the Eastern Economic Forum on Sept 4-6. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Key witness in MH17 downing released from jail in Ukraine

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FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2019, file photo, Greg Craig, right, former White House counsel to former President Barack Obama, walks into a federal courthouse for his trial, in Washington. Craig was found not guilty of lying to the Justice Department about work he did for the government of Ukraine in a case that arose from the special counsel’s Russia investigation and that centered on the lucrative world of foreign lobbying. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Prominent DC lawyer acquitted in foreign lobbying case

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Ukraine’s parliament scraps immunity for lawmakers

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FILE - In this July 17, 2014 file photo, people walk amongst the debris at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine. Prosecutors investigating the downing five years ago of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine want to speak to a man being held by Ukrainian authorities, calling him a “person of interest” in their probe. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)

MH17 investigators want to speak to Ukrainian prisoner

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Greg Craig, former White House counsel to President Obama, is accused of lying to Justice Department investigators. (Associated Press)

Greg Craig broke law trying to protect reputation, prosecution argues

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times