Section: US & Canada
Trump goes off on ‘deranged’ Adam Schiff at NATO Summit: ‘He’s a maniac … a very sick man and he lies’
During a NATO Summit in London on Tuesday, President Donald Trump assailed Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), calling him a “deranged human being” and a “maniac” in response to a question about the House impeachment inquiry. President Trump, along with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, was taking...
Impeachment Report Summary: Panels Find ‘Significant Misconduct’ by Trump
The House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment inquiry report is 300 pages long, but the report includes a single page executive summary that concisely sums up the Democrats’ case against President Donald Trump.The committee says Trump’s “scheme subverted U.S. foreign policy toward Ukraine and undermined our national...
Graham says he’s ‘1,000 percent confident’ Russia, not Ukraine, hacked DNC
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday said he’s “1,000 percent confident” Russia was responsible for hacking the Democratic National Committee (DNC) as part of an effort to interfere in the 2016 election, dismissing the… …read more Source:: The...
Impeachment Report: Democrats Accuse Trump of Soliciting Ukraine to ‘Benefit His Reelection’
House Democrats on Tuesday released their impeachment report, which directly accuses President Donald Trump of inappropriately pressuring Ukraine into helping to advance his 2020 reelection efforts. “President Trump and his senior officials may see nothing wrong with using the power of the Office of the President to pressure a foreign...
We Were ‘Required By Law’ To Turn Over Call Records To Congress, AT&T Says
Phone records provided by AT&T to the House impeachment inquiry provided some of the most concrete evidence yet of the behind-the-scenes machinery that fueled President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on Ukraine. The company said Tuesday that it was “required by law” to provide the records. Dozens of footnotes in the inquiry’s...
Nunes files defamation suit against CNN over Ukraine story
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) filed a defamation suit against CNN on Tuesday over a story reporting that the Republican congressman had traveled to Vienna to meet with foreign officials and discuss finding dirt on former Vi… …read more Source:: The...
House Impeachment Inquiry Report Accuses Trump of Misconduct, Obstruction
U.S. lawmakers are formally accusing President Donald Trump of misconduct and obstruction, based on what they say is a months-long effort by the president “to use the powers of his office to solicit foreign interference on his behalf in the 2020 election.”The report, released Tuesday by the House Intelligence Committee—which is controlled by...
The Hill Promises To Release A ‘Transparent And Public’ Review Of John Solomon’s Stories
Bob Cusack, the editor-in-chief at the Hill, promised to publicly release a review of former columnist John Solomon’s stories about Ukraine on Tuesday, after the House’s impeachment investigation report revealed frequent contacts between Solomon and one of Rudy Giuliani’s indicted associates. “The Hill is conducting a meticulous...
The Phrase Trump Can’t Escape: Cover-Up
Part of what has distinguished the House’s impeachment drive against President Donald Trump is that its inquiry was not principally about a cover-up.Unlike the scandals that prompted the previous two impeachments, the Ukraine affair was no “third-rate burglary,” nor was it an extramarital assignation in the Oval Office. The underlying...
Schiff, Democrats release impeachment probe report accusing Trump of misconduct
On Tuesday afternoon, the House Intelligence Committee released its report on the impeachment probe that’s dominated much of the discussion in Washington for months now.The 300-page document — which was publicly released on the same day the Intelligence Committee was scheduled to vote on it and a day before the House Judiciary...
