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Mike Pompeo fires back at ‘shameful’ NPR reporter who claims he berated her in private
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blasted an NPR reporter Saturday who accused him of screaming and cursing at her in private following a tense interview about Ukraine.NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly alleged Friday that after Pompeo abruptly ended a pre-scheduled interview, he berated her in private and demanded that she identify Ukraine on a map.In...
Rudy Pal Lev Parnas Releases Audio of Trump Calling for Ukraine Ambassador’s Firing
Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesLev Parnas’s lawyer has released at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Pompeo lashes out at reporter, but doesn’t dispute all of her claims
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo doesn’t deny heated exchange with a reporter in which he reportedly said Americans don’t “care about Ukraine.” …read more Source:: Los Angeles...
Democrats see Mulvaney as smoking-gun witness at Trump trial
Democrats say acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney will be the key to explaining just how closely involved President Trump was to the effort led by his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to pressure Ukraine to inv… …read more Source:: The...
Why Journalists Believe Mary Louise Kelly
Yesterday Secretary of State Mike Pompeo bungled an interview with NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly and stormed out rather than answer her last questions. (You can listen to their exchange here.) Then Pompeo’s aide made one of the most desirable entreaties a journalist ever hears after an interview: Would Kelly speak to the secretary again,...
Pew study: Views about Trump’s Ukraine actions vary based on news diet
A new study out this week shows that Americans’ views of President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine are largely varied based on the media outlets they listen to or read to get their news.A … …read more Source:: The...
Trump’s Lawyers Defend Him at Senate Impeachment Trial
U.S. President Donald Trump’s legal team began presenting counterarguments Saturday in the Senate after House impeachment managers wrapped up three days of closing arguments in Trump’s historic Senate impeachment trial.White House Counsel Pat Cipollone began presenting Trump’s defense by declaring the Democratic House managers...
Democrats Hammer Need For Witnesses After Trump Lawyers Begin Defense
Democrats coalesced behind one central argument after President Donald Trump’s lawyers wrapped up their first round of presentations Saturday, saying that the lawyers’ complaints about lack of first-hand knowledge could be easily solved by including witnesses and documents in the proceedings. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer...
Schiff on beginning of Trump defense: ‘They’re trying to deflect’
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said President Trump’s defense team is trying to “deflect” away from Democrats’ claims in the Senate impeachment trial that the president abused his power in his dealings with Ukraine and obstr… …read more Source:: The...
Pompeo lashes out at journalist; NPR defends its reporter
WASHINGTON (AP) – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lashed out in anger Saturday at an NPR reporter who accused him of shouting expletives at her after she asked him in an interview about Ukraine. In a direct and personal attack, America’s chief diplomat said the journalist had “lied” to him … …read more Source:: The...
