Section: US & Canada
At House Impeachment Hearing, Legal Scholars Disagree on the Meaning of ‘High Crimes and Misdemeanors’
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday held an impeachment inquiry hearing with four legal scholars, who were asked to offer their perspectives on the potential charges facing President Donald Trump. Despite the presence of “experts,” the hearing proved to be yet another partisan back-and-forth that likely changed very few minds....
Seriously? Nunes Accuses Democrats Of Peddling Conspiracy Theories About Him
Are we really going there, Devin? House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes (R-CA), who has spent most of his committee’s impeachment proceedings attempting to legitimize bogus conspiracy theories about Ukraine, accused Democrats on Wednesday of spreading conspiracy theories about him. “I think it’s what happens when it...
Sen Mike Lee: GOP must call impeachment witnesses, ‘It’s inconceivable that the whistleblower wouldn’t be among them’
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) joined Glenn Beck on the TV show Tuesday to discuss this week’s phase of the House impeachment inquiry. Lee argued that the Democrats’ allegations against President Donald Trump are “absurd,” and that Senate Republicans must call key witnesses, such as the whistleblower and former Democratic National...
Devin Nunes Sues CNN for Reporting Claims He Helped Meddle in Ukraine
Rep. Devin Nunes (R–Calif.) is making a name for himself as the most litigious doofus in Congress. His ranty lawsuits reveal a dangerous disrespect for the First Amendment and a willingness to censor legitimate criticism to advance his political goals. In addition to pursuing lawsuits against Twitter, GOP strategist Liz Mair, the Twitter accounts...
Giuliani, Nunes and ‘-1’: A Look At What The Impeachment Report Phone Records Mean
House investigators cited a series of newly disclosed telephone records that have set off new scrutiny and questions about key players in the Ukraine affair.(Image credit: Patrick Semansky/AP) …read more Source::...
Amid impeachment inquiry, Giuliani meets with Ukraine officials
President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani meets with former Ukraine government officials, saying he intends to undermine the impeachment inquiry. …read more Source:: Los Angeles...
Trump Dismisses Giuliani Calls With White House, OMB
President Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed the significance of repeated contacts between his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and phone numbers linked to the White House and its budget office — contacts that were revealed in the House intelligence committee’s impeachment report.“So somebody said he made a phone call into the White House....
The Democrats’ Missed Opportunity on Impeachment
This hearing was never going to change minds.Its purpose was not to produce damning new revelations or dramatic testimony. Unlike during the Intelligence Committee hearings last month, the public did not hear new facts from key witnesses, only legal opinions from a group of law professors explaining the history of impeachment as they evaluated...
A ‘Media Report’ In June Piqued Trump’s Interest In Ukraine Aid. But Which One?
In testimony to Congress last month, career Office of Management and Budget official Mark Sandy testified that President Donald Trump’s interest in a $250 million aid package to Ukraine was piqued by a June “media report.” Within days, Trump’s order to freeze that aid was handed down the chain of command to Sandy and his team....
Germany Expels 2 Russian Diplomats Over Killing of Georgian Man in Berlin
(BERLIN) — Germany expelled two Russian diplomats Wednesday over the brazen killing of a Georgian on the streets of Berlin in August as prosecutors said evidence suggested the slaying was ordered either by Moscow or authorities in Russia’s republic of Chechnya. The allegation by Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office was the...
