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The Atlantic Politics Daily: A Self-Funding Chaos Factor Joins the Debates
Today in PoliticsTom Steyer could shift the center of gravity in the Democratic presidential race as others run out of money. (MEG KINNARD / AP)A New Factor at the Democratic Debate: ImpeachmentTwelve Democratic presidential candidates squeeze onto one stage tonight outside of Columbus, Ohio, for a fourth primary debate.It’s these...
Former Rep. Pete Sessions Subpoenaed Over Giuliani Contacts
Former Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) received a subpoena over his contacts with Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani from a grand jury in connection with a Manhattan federal criminal investigation of the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the subpoena, said that it sought documents...
Sondland prepared to deny he was warned about Ukraine work
WASHINGTON (AP) – Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, is prepared to tell lawmakers this week that top White House national security officials never personally raised concerns with him about his dealings with Rudy Giuliani in Ukraine, a person familiar with his account told The Associated Press … …read...
George Kent, Ukraine-Russia expert, said he raised red flags about Giuliani and Ukraine, Democrat says
George Kent, an expert on Ukraine and Russia who serves as a deputy assistant secretary at the State Department, appeared Tuesday before lawmakers. …read more Source:: USA...
‘Not one cent’: Hunter Biden tells ABC News he received NO money from China — but his bank records tell a different story
On Tuesday’s radio program, Glenn Beck, Stu Burguiere, and chief researcher Jason Buttrill talked about Hunter Biden’s interview on “Good Morning America” Tuesday, during which the former vice president’s son denied any wrongdoing in his business dealings with either Ukraine or China.During the interview, ABC...
Democrats zero-in on John Bolton as potential witness
Democrats are eyeing John Bolton as a potential witness in their impeachment case amid increasing scrutiny of President Trump and Rudy Giuliani’s contacts with Ukraine.Bolton, Trump’s third national security advise… …read more Source:: The...
Giuliani Defies House Subpoena in Impeachment Inquiry
President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday that he would not comply with a subpoena issued by U.S. House of Representatives Democrats seeking documents as part of their impeachment inquiry into the president.A letter from a lawyer representing Giuliani sent to a lawyer for House leaders called the inquiry...
Rudy Giuliani says he won’t comply House subpoena in impeachment inquiry
Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday he won’t comply with a House subpoena seeking documents about President Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president for its impeachment inquiry. …read more Source:: United Press...
In Pushing For Ukraine Dirt, Trump Saw Value In Corrupt Prosecutors
There’s a deep irony in the accusations against Joe Biden that President Trump’s pressure campaign on Ukraine sought to substantiate. It boils down to this: while claiming that Biden abused his office to corruptly fire a prosecutor whose investigation supposedly threatened his son, Trump found political benefit from two successive...
Then-National Security Advisor Called Rudy Giuliani ‘A Hand Grenade’ On Ukraine
Former White House aide Fiona Hill told impeachment investigators on Monday that she and former Trump advisor John Bolton were troubled by actions by the president’s private lawyer.(Image credit: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) …read more Source::...
