Section: US & Canada
Whistleblower’s Lawyers Agree Their Client’s Testimony Is Now Irrelevant
It seems House Democrats and the whistleblower’s lawyers are on the same page when it comes to whether the whistleblower who shed light on President Trump’s Ukraine scheme needs to testify. In a Washington Post op-ed Friday, the whistleblower’s lawyers Andrew Bakaj and Mark Zaid wrote that although speculation of their...
How A Veteran Reporter Worked With Giuliani’s Pals To Launch Ukraine Conspiracy
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Last March, a veteran Washington reporter taped an interview with a Ukrainian prosecutor that sparked a disinformation campaign alleging Joe Biden pressured Ukrainians into removing a prosecutor...
Impeachment 101: What’s happening in the fast-moving Trump probe
The Democrat-led impeachment investigation is only a few weeks old, but it’s moving fast as lawmakers hear from a series of current and former administration officials about President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. …read more Source:: CTV...
3 more Trump administration officials subpoenaed in impeachment probe
Impeachment investigators issued subpoenas Friday to three more Trump administration officials, demanding that they testify in the probe of U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to force Ukraine to feed him damaging information about his Democratic political opponents. …read more Source:: CTV...
House Dems Subpoena Top White House Officials For Impeachment Inquiry
The House committees leading the impeachment inquiry announced Friday that they had issued subpoenas of three more Trump administration officials. Office of Management and Budget officials Michael Duffey and Russ Vought were sent letters conveying the subpoenas, as was Department of State Counselor T. Ulrich Brechbuhl. According to the letters,...
This Week: Bombshell Testimony In The Impeachment Inquiry
Big week for the impeachment probe: On Tuesday, Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, delivered the most damning testimony in the impeachment inquiry yet. In his opening statement, he told House investigators that the Trump administration told Ukraine that military aid would be contingent on officials in the country opening a probe into...
Democrats subpoena White House, State Dept. officials for depositions in impeachment inquiry
House Democrats have subpoenaed three Trump administration officials for depositions as part of their ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, lawmakers announced Friday.House Intel… …read more Source:: The...
The Powerful Woman on the Phone With Kellyanne Conway
“Let me tell you something, from a powerful woman.” That’s how the presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway described herself during a phone call with a reporter for the Washington Examiner.She was calling Caitlin Yilek to complain about a news story, which reported that Conway was under consideration to serve as President Donald...
Donald Trump Has a Big Problem in the Senate
As the White House struggles to build an anti-impeachment strategy, President Donald Trump turned this week to Lindsey Graham, his staunchest ally in the Senate, to try to stiffen Republican spines in that chamber. It’s not going the way the president must have hoped.On Thursday, Graham announced that he’d put forward a resolution...
Inspectors General Bash DOJ Handling Of Ukraine Whistleblower’s Complaint
The inspectors generals of agencies across the federal government sent a scathing letter to the Justice Department this week accusing it of undermining the role of whistleblowers and the independence of the inspectors general who handle their complaint. The letter was a response to an opinion issued by the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel that...
