Chuck Ross Gordon Sondland, the ambassador to the European Union, testified Wednesday that Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s requests that Ukraine’s president open politically charged investigations in order to secure a White House meeting “were a quid pro quo” that reflected President Donald Trump’s wishes. “Mr. Giuliani’s requests were a quid pro quo for arranging a…
Chuck Ross George Conway, the husband of White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway and a harsh critic of President Donald Trump, called Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik “lying trash” on Saturday, and urged voters to support her Democratic challenger. Conway, a Republican attorney, was seemingly miffed by Stefanik’s battles with Rep. Adam Schiff during the Trump impeachment hearings….
On October 31 st , Nancy Pelosi moved forward with a formal impeachment inquiry, adding a layer of formality to the so-called “soviet-style” impeachment inquiry. However, rather than analyzing the institution of impeachment on legal grounds, as many lawyers are wont to do, impeachment should, as is intended, be analyzed on political grounds. As Alexander…
Shelby Talcott The first public impeachment hearing into President Donald Trump began Wednesday with arguments over whether or not to out a whistleblower. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff began the hearing with his opening statements, saying that the president’s July 25 phone call with Ukraine was an impeachable offense and questioning whether Trump was trying to “exploit”…
Shelby Talcott – Former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley stood off in an argumentative interview with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie Tuesday morning. – Nikki Haley backed up President Donald Trump on the Ukraine phone call and supported the president again by saying that he is mentally fit for office and has always been truthful…
A February 2018 tweet by Mark Zaid, the attorney representing the Ukraine phone call Whistleblower, appears to indicate him assisting pedophiles obtain government security clearance. An article from Slate raised the question of how a domestic abuser obtained security clearance. Zaid responded in a tweet that he has gotten clearances for people who have child pornography…
Shelby Talcott Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul made an appearance during President Donald Trump’s Kentucky rally Monday night and demanded that the media print the name of the whistleblower whose complaint led to an impeachment inquiry. An official impeachment inquiry launched following the August whistleblower complaint, which largely centered around a July 25 phone call between Trump…
Mary Margaret Olohanon Only two Democratic congressmen voted “no” on a resolution formalizing an impeachment inquiry Thursday: New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew and Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson. Congress voted Thursday to open an impeachment inquiry with a vote ending 232 in favor of the impeachment inquiry and 196 against. Not a single Republican voted yes….
Audrey Conklin House investigators called on former National Security Adviser John Bolton to testify next week in the Donald Trump impeachment inquiry, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Bolton had reportedly expressed concerns with the president’s pressure campaign on Ukraine for political information, three people who heard Oct. 14 testimony from White House aide Fiona Hill told the Times…
Shelby Talcott House Republicans briefly shut down a closed-door meeting Wednesday by storming the room where lawmakers were questioning a Defense Department official involving the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Over a dozen Republican lawmakers gathered outside of the private meeting room Wednesday and told reporters that they would try to enter the closed-door deposition regarding…