Section: US & Canada
Trump team doubles down despite Bolton bombshell
President Trump’s team of lawyers did not change their tactics Monday despite bombshell new revelations related to former national security adviser John Bolton’s alleged knowledge about the Ukraine affair at the center of… …read more Source:: The...
The Atlantic Politics Daily: What John Bolton Says He Knows
It’s Monday, January 27. The Trump administration is working on an expanded travel ban, now eyeing African immigrants. And today, the Supreme Court issued an order allowing the administration to impose restrictions on immigrants it considers more likely to rely on federal aid.An outpouring followed Kobe Bryant’s death: Here’s...
Trump lawyers offer defense of Giuliani on the Senate floor
President Trump’s impeachment defense team on Monday offered a lengthy defense of Rudy Giuliani’s role in Ukraine, accusing House Democrats of perpetuating a misleading narrative about his motives in pursuing investigatio… …read more Source:: The...
‘The facts haven’t changed’: Republicans dismiss Bolton book’s impact on Senate impeachment trial
The Sunday night revelations about former White House national security adviser John Bolton’s forthcoming book have threatened to upend the Senate’s impeachment trial, but several Republican senators are saying that the news doesn’t change anything for them.The New York Times reported late Sunday that Bolton’s new book...
John Bolton Knows What He’s Doing
John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, announced the title of his forthcoming memoir last night: The Room Where It Happened, a reference to the Oval Office, the scene of some of the misdeeds he is likely to attribute to the president. (I had hoped for something jauntier, perhaps ‘Stached in the Cabinet.)...
How Could GOP Senators Possibly Be ‘Blindsided’ Over Bolton Testimony?
Former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s testimony is now at the center of the impeachment trial, with a slew of GOP senators suddenly expressing shock at what the longtime diplomat is set to reveal in a memoir about his time in the White House. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) said that “at this stage it’s pretty fair to say that John...
Trump, Clinton, and Defining Deviancy Down
Before Sunday evening, the odds of the Senate voting to remove President Trump from office were between slim and none. But news that John Bolton’s draft book directly ties the president’s intent to withhold aid to Ukraine in exchange for an investigation of the Bidens has moved those odds up just a bit. How much is difficult to tell...
Mitt Romney says Bolton book revelation makes it ‘increasingly likely’ GOP senators will vote to call witnesses
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah said Monday that former national security adviser John Bolton’s book excerpt, tying Ukraine military aid with investigations, makes it “increasingly likely” that Republican senators will vote in favor of calling witnesses during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, according to NBC...
Former Imprisoned Ukrainian Film Director To Address U.S. Officials On Crimea
Oleh Sentsov, the Ukrainian film director who was held in Russian prisons for more than five years, will be meeting with officials on Capitol Hill this week as he seeks to persuade the United States to take a tougher stance on human rights abuses in Crimea and the militarization of the peninsula. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe /...
If Investigating Joe Biden Was Perfectly Legitimate, Why Deny a Quid Pro Quo?
In his upcoming memoir, The New York Times reports, former National Security Adviser John Bolton says Donald Trump explicitly drew a connection between his delay of congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine and “investigations into Democrats,” including former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter. That account, which is...
