Section: US & Canada
Giuliani Confirms That At Least Some Docs State IG Gave Congress Came From Him
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani confirmed Wednesday night that at least some of the documents in the packet of “disinformation” that State Department Inspector General Steve Linick handed over to Congress in an “urgent” briefing came from him. According to CNN, the packet includes fodder for the fabricated Joe and Hunter Biden smears, as well as...
Prison Bars Haven’t Kept Manafort And Giuliani Apart
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has kept up a steady flow of communication with the imprisoned Paul Manafort through the former Trump campaign chairman’s lawyer, seeking to further the rightwing talking point that Ukrainians interfered in 2016 to help Hillary Clinton. A happy byproduct of this narrative would be muddying the charges against...
Biden to Trump: ‘I’m not going anywhere’
White House hopeful Joe Biden on Wednesday hit back at President Trump at a rally in Nevada, telling his supporters he’s “not going anywhere” in a fiery rebuke of Trump’s attacks on his dealings with Ukraine.”Let m… …read more Source:: The...
Volker Felt ‘Pushed Out’ By Pompeo. Now He’s Telling His Story To Congress
Former U.S. Representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker clearly has some beef with the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Last week, Pompeo unceremoniously forced him out after revelations surfaced about Rudy Giuliani’s contacts with State Department officials who helped him get meetings with Ukrainians to better spread his smear campaign against...
The Rudy Dossier
Good TPM Readers, I was in the midst of writing out a post explaining how there was a lot of circumstantial evidence that that packet of pro-Trump conspiracy theories the State Department Inspector General brought up to the Hill was actually Rudy Giuliani’s work product: the packet of information he’d assembled in his trips abroad....
Former Ukraine president: Biden never asked to close cases
Ukraine’s former President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday said that former Vice President Joe Biden never asked him to open or close any criminal cases as President Trump continues to rail against what he calls misconduct.Poroshenko refuted… …read more Source:: The...
Pence, a loyal No. 2, finds himself caught up in impeachment
President Donald Trump told Vice President Mike Pence to cancel his plans to attend the inauguration of Ukraine’s new president …read more Source:: The Boston...
Trump will find friendly Florida crowd amid impeachment talk
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — President Donald Trump is leaving Washington for the first time since House Democrats ramped up their impeachment inquiry _ and he’s heading straight into the warm embrace of a Republican stronghold. Trump is due to visit The Villages, a sprawling retirement hub about an hour north of Orlando that is a must-stop for GOP...
Putin: Russia Ready To Prolong Gas Deal With Ukraine If Needed
Russian President Vladimir Putin has indicated he is ready to offer Ukraine a temporary contract for the transit of gas if talks fail before the current one with Moscow expires on January 1. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Impeachment inquiry: Lawmakers to collect testimony, records over next 2 weeks
Democrats will interview five U.S. officials named in a complaint that says President Donald Trump attempted to pressure Ukraine to investigate the son of former Vice President Joe Biden by threatening to withhold aid. …read more Source:: United Press...
