Section: US & Canada
READ: White House Launches Full Frontal Assault On Impeachment Process
White House Counsel Pat Cipollone sent a letter Tuesday to House Democratic leaders that outright rejected Congress’ impeachment inquiry and sought to delegitimize the entire effort. “President Trump and his Administration reject your baseless, unconstitutional efforts to overturn the democratic process. Your unprecedented actions have left...
Watergate Jury Report Would Have Stayed Secret Today, DOJ Argues In Mueller Docs Case
If Watergate happened today, the Justice Department argued in court Tuesday, the grand jury report that contributed greatly to President Richard Nixon’s resignation would not be released to Congress. “Wow, OK,” replied Chief Judge Beryl Howell, of the D.C. District Court, according to the accounts of multiple reporters who were in the...
Bipartisan Senate Report Undercuts Trump’s Account of 2016 Meddling
Both Republicans and Democrats affirm that Russia, not Ukraine, was responsible for tampering with the U.S. election. …read more Source:: Foreign...
Phone Call That Started Impeachment Inquiry
The whistleblower complaint at the heart of House Democrats impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump focuses on a July phone call he had with Ukraine’s president. What is the controversy about? The July 25 phone callWhen Trump spoke with Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukraine’s newly elected president was eagerly awaiting some $400...
Giuliani: No administration officials will testify or provide documents to impeachment probe unless Adam Schiff is removed as House Intel Committee chairman
Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, said that he will not testify before House investigators as part of Democrats’ ongoing impeachment efforts against the president unless Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is removed as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and the House votes in full on taking up the...
Ambassador to E.U. called Trump before texting ‘no quid pro quo’ to top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine
The ambassador was responding to the senior diplomat’s remark that it would be “crazy” to link Ukraine assistance to help with a political campaign. …read more Source::...
Report: Trump allies sought Ukraine gas deal
Much of the Ukraine controversy has centered around politics, but a new Associated Press report looks into the business dealings of a group of individuals with ties to President Trump. Associated Press national investigative reporter Michael Biesecker joined CBSN to discuss the findings. …read more Source::...
Freedom Caucus demands release of full Volker transcript
Members of the House Freedom Caucus are calling for the release of the full transcript of former special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker’s testimony, arguing it would disprove allegations of a quid pro quo between President… …read more Source:: The...
House Appropriations Democrat threatens to withhold administration pay over ambassador’s canceled testimony
A Democratic member of the House Appropriations Committee has threatened to withhold executive branch pay over the canceled testimony of a United States diplomat amid the House’s ongoing impeachment efforts.Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump said that U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland would not appear at a planned...
Lindsey Graham invites Rudy Giuliani to testify before the Senate: ‘I’m tired of hearing only one side of the story’
The Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has invited President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to come speak to the panel in order to counter the narrative of the House Democrats’ impeachment probe. In a string of tweets sent out Tuesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) invited the former New York City...
