Section: US & Canada
A first: Vermont GOP governor backs Trump impeachment probe
ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. — Vermont’s governor has become the first Republican chief executive to support an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump but cautions that he wants to know more before any further actions are taken. Gov. Phil Scott said at a news conference Thursday that he wasn’t surprised by the allegations that...
Trump Melts Down as Whistleblower Complaint Is Released
Early Thursday morning, the whistleblower complaint filed against Donald Trump on August 12 was released to the public. For someone maintaining his innocence, it doesn’t look great! According to the allegations, deemed credible by the inspector general, not only did the president try to get Ukraine to meddle in the 2020 election by...
10 things to know in the whistleblower complaint about Trump and Ukraine
The nine-page document was made public on Thursday. …read more Source::...
Schiff: Intel IG Is Completely Stymied By OLC Opinion Protecting Trump
Thanks to a Justice Department opinion, the intelligence community’s inspector general does not believe he has jurisdiction over the whistleblower’s complaint that’s thrown the House into an impeachment investigation, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Thursday. Rather, because the DOJ’s Office...
Former cop tells Congress ‘I will not comply’ if assault weapons are banned
A former police officer told Congress that she would not comply if a law was enacted banning assault weapons, and she implored Congress not to turn millions of legal gun owners into criminals, according to Fox News.Dianna Muller, who served with the Tulsa Police Department in Oklahoma for 22 years before founding the gun advocacy group the DC...
Ukrainian prosecutor tied to Trump scandal says Hunter Biden 'did not violate anything'
Ukraine’s former prosecutor general said in a new interview that his investigation into Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, was abandoned after turning up no evidence of wrongdoing on Hunter Biden’s behalf.Yuri Lutsenko,… …read more Source:: The...
Schiff makes up fictional version of Trump-Ukraine call at hearing, later says it was ‘parody’
A day after President Donald Trump released the transcript of a phone call with the president of the Ukraine at the center of Washington’s latest impeachment drama, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) decided to offer his own version of events.As part of his opening statement at a House Intelligence Committee...
Whistleblower says U.S. envoy scrambled to contain Giuliani’s damage to national security
The special envoy served as the facilitator for Giuliani’s talks with Ukrainian officials. …read more Source::...
Pelosi Responds To Whistleblower’s Complaint: ‘This Is A Cover-Up’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) slammed President Donald Trump and the White House’s actions detailed in a whistleblower complaint as “a cover-up” on Thursday. During a press conference, Pelosi read aloud the section of the complaint that described how top White House officials attempted to “lock down” records of Trump’s call with...
Top Takeaways From The Trump-Ukraine Whistleblower Complaint
As acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire testifies about his handling of the whistleblower complaint, we’ve had time to go through and pick apart the complaint itself. While it deals in part with the now-infamous July 25 phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, it offers a wealth of...
