Section: US & Canada
Schiff Suggests Lawmakers may Pursue Obstruction Charges Against Trump
U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff suggested Tuesday lawmakers may pursue impeachment on obstruction charges against President Donald Trump after his State Department ordered U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland not to appear before Congress for questioning about interactions between Trump and Ukrainian...
WaPo Poll: 58 Percent Of Americans Support Impeachment Inquiry
A majority of Americans approve of the House’s impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, a new poll by the Washington Post shows. The Post found that 58% support the impeachment inquiry, while 38% percent don’t. And 49% of American adults want Trump removed from office, while 6% oppose removing Trump (the rest are...
Schiff Wants To Hear From Diplomat Who Called Ambassadors’ Ukraine Efforts ‘Crazy’
House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) indicated in an interview with the Washington Post Tuesday morning that his committee might be interested in hearing from the U.S. diplomat who objected to what appeared to be a quid pro quo during the early stages of the ever-evolving Ukrainian scandal. “We certainly do have an interest in...
Graham says he’ll invite Giuliani to testify about Ukraine
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Tuesday that he will invite President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about Ukraine. “I will offer to Mr. Giuliani the opp… …read more Source:: The...
U.S. State Department blocks ambassador from testifying in Ukraine probe
The State Department has barred Gordon Sondland, the U.S. European Union ambassador, from appearing Tuesday before a House panel conducting the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, his lawyer said. …read more Source::...
Trump Justifies Blocking Sondland’s Testimony: Impeachment Inquiry Is ‘Kangaroo Court’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday called the House’s impeachment inquiry into his actions as president a “kangaroo court.” That, Trump said, justified the State Department’s move to block the ambassador to the European Union from testifying to Congress. U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland’s attorney said...
State Department blocks ambassador from testifying to Congress in Trump impeachment inquiry
Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, has been directed by the State Department not to appear Tuesday for a scheduled interview with House committees leading the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Sondland, a Trump political appointee, has emerged as a central player in Trump’s bid to persuade...
The White House Abused the Classification System
In 1975, Congress established the first intelligence oversight committees. The Watergate break-in had prompted a constitutional crisis, and in the course of investigating Watergate, Congress realized it had an urgent need to review classified documents and activities in order to serve as a check on a president who was willing to use the...
Trump Administration Blocks Ambassador’s Testimony, A Key Witness in Ukraine Scandal
Gordon Sondland, a Trump donor and Trump’s ambassador to the European Union, was scheduled to be deposed by Congress for his role in the widening Ukraine scandal involving the president.(Image credit: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP) …read more Source::...
Report: Zelensky Campaign Dined With Ex-Trump Officials Before July Call
There’s a prelude to the now-infamous July call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, in which Trump leaned on the foreign leader to manufacture dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter. According to a CNBC report Tuesday, Zelensky campaign advisers dined with former Trump administration...
