Section: US & Canada
Giuliani, Once ‘America’s Mayor,’ Now a Central Figure in Trump Impeachment Inquiry
It’s been a long, strange road for Rudy Giuliani, the hard-nosed prosecutor who gained fame as “America’s Mayor” for his leadership in New York City after the terror attacks on September 11, 2001.Once seen as a promising Republican presidential candidate himself, Giuliani is now trying to beat back accusations that he was a key player...
How to Do Impeachment
Let’s start with the good. The Democratic Party’s response to a whistleblower’s report that President Trump urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to interfere in next year’s presidential election has been swift and strong. In endorsing an impeachment inquiry, Democratic leaders have united the party behind a true...
The Whistle-Blower Passes the ‘Fanful Test’
When I worked for the Office of Independent Counsel, which was investigating President Bill Clinton, we used something I called the “Fanful test” to assess the credibility of an allegation.Monica Lewinsky was a key witness, and her believability and credibility were critical to any assessment of the facts. There came a day when Lewinsky started...
Trump’s Undemocratic Obsession With Sovereignty
Donald Trump shows little interest in most points of political philosophy, but he’s revealed an obsession with at least one term. “If you want democracy, hold on to your sovereignty,” he said in a speech before the United Nations General Assembly this week. He fixated on the same term in his previous two speeches in that forum. Last year,...
The White House reportedly tried to conceal transcripts of Trump’s calls with other world leaders, including Russia’s Putin and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammad bin Salman
The White House is accused of trying to cover up Trump’s call with Ukraine by storing the transcript in a system housing the country’s top secrets. …read more Source:: Business...
8 Takeaways From The Trump-Ukraine Scandal
The impeachment inquiry Democrats opened is about to consume American politics. What did we learn and where’s it headed?(Image credit: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) …read more Source::...
Leaked Memo: Colleagues Unload on John Solomon, the ‘Reporter’ Who Kicked Off Trump’s Ukraine Conspiracy
Gerald Martineau/The Washington Post/GettyBeltway-centric newspaper The Hill employs a team of dozens of journalists from a variety of backgrounds. But only one has managed to alienate many of his colleagues, fuel the paranoia of Fox News viewers, and inadvertently play a key role in the whistleblower complaint and President Donald Trump’s...
Trump’s Big Lie About Joe Biden, Hunter Biden and Ukraine Falls Apart
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Photo by Alex Wong/GettyThe big lie spouted by Donald Trump and his allies in the unfurling Ukraine affair—an unprecedented abuse of public trust, which has now led directly to an impeachment inquiry—is that former Vice President Joe Biden urged the Ukrainians to fire the Kyiv general prosecutor, Viktor...
Giuliani, Once ‘America’s Mayor,’ Now a Central Figure in Trump Impeachment Inquiry
It’s been a long, strange road for Rudy Giuliani, the hard-nosed prosecutor who gained fame as “America’s Mayor” for his leadership in New York City after the terror attacks on September 11, 2001.Once seen as a promising Republican presidential candidate himself, Giuliani is now trying to beat back accusations that he was a key player...
AG Barr Draws Democratic Fire for Handling of Trump Whistleblower Complaint
In March, special counsel Robert Mueller submitted his final report to Attorney General William Barr without answering the most tantalizing question: Did President Donald Trump attempt to obstruct the investigation into whether Russians meddled with the 2016 presidential election in Trump’s favor.Barr, the savvy veteran Republican lawyer,...
