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A newly released recording appears to confirm reports that President Trump met with both Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas — donors he has claimed he didn’t know — and told them to “take out” then-Ukrainian ambassador Marie Yovanovitch.

The recording, made public Saturday, was from a 2018 dinner with the two pals of Rudy Giuliani and was released by Parnas’ attorney Joseph A. Bondy on Saturday.

A person believed to be Parnas is heard on the recording calling Yovanovitch a liability for the president.

A voice sounding similar to Trump’s can be heard responding, “Get rid of her!”

“Get her out tomorrow. I don’t care. Get her out tomorrow. Take her out. OK? Do it,” he continues.

A person believed to be Parnas is heard on the recording calling Yovanovitch a liability for the president.

“The biggest problem — where we need to start — is we gotta get rid of the ambassador. She’s still leftover from the Clinton administration,” the person said.

A voice sounding similar to Trump’s can be her responding, “get rid of her!”

“Get her out tomorrow. I don’t care. Get her out tomorrow. Take her out. OK? Do it,” he continues.

The recording serves as confirmation of Parnas’s claims that he raised concerns over Yovanovitch with Trump and that the president responded by immediately ordering for her firing.

Trump had previously claimed that he didn’t know Parnas and fellow donor Igor Fruman, who recorded the audio on his phone.

Both Fruman and Parnas face criminal charges over political scandals and have tried to cooperate with prosecutors in hopes of leniency.

Bondy released the audio as the president’s lawyers began their defense of Trump in the impeachment trial.

Bondy on Twiter called for the GOP to “vote with integrity and conscience” and hear testimony from Parnas.

“Call the witnesses. Hear the evidence. Have a fair trial,” he said.

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