Section: US & Canada
House Dems Mull Creating Special Committee To Probe Trump-Ukraine Scandal
House Democratic leadership is considering whether to create a special committee that would probe President Trump’s alleged conversation with the Ukrainian president about former Vice President Joe Biden, Politico Playbook reported. According to several sources who spoke to Playbook, House Democrats are moving in this direction because it...
All Of A Sudden, Pelosi And Moderates Hurtling Towards Impeachment
As swing-district House Democrats move decisively towards impeachment, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is looking more open to the prospect that she ever has. Seven purple-district Democrats penned a letter in the Washington Post Monday calling President Donald Trump’s actions with the Ukrainian President an “impeachable offense.” While...
WaPo: Trump Ordered Delay Of Military Aid To Ukraine Before Infamous Call
President Trump directed his acting chief of staff to hold back hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid from Ukraine about a week before he had the now-infamous phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Washington post reported late Monday. According to three senior administration officials who spoke to the Post,...
Real Conservatives Want to Impeach the President
Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast/GettyA sitting president coercing or extorting the president of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden—as The at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Trump ordered freeze on military aid days before call with Ukraine president
Democrats, and some Republicans, have urged the White House to be open about Trump’s actions. …read more Source:: Global...
Under the Constitution, Trump’s Ukraine call is grounds for impeachment
The allegations would be tantamount to bribery if proved, something the Constitution clearly lists as cause for removing a president. …read more Source::...
Jordan and Meadows: Democrats Have ‘Nothing Else’; Ukraine Controversy Will ‘Start to Unravel’
Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Mark Meadows (R-NC) attend a hearing of the House Oversight Committee on February 27, 2019. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images) …read more Source:: CNS...
Clapper: Even If We Get a Transcript of Ukraine Phone Call, Can We Be Sure It’s Accurate?
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) …read more Source:: CNS...
Trump Ordered Freeze of Ukraine Aid Ahead of Call Under Democratic Scrutiny
U.S. President Donald Trump told his staff to withhold about $400 million in aid to Ukraine days before a phone call with the country’s leader that is at the center of a debate between Congress and the White House over a whistleblower complaint.Reports late Wednesday from the Associated Press, Washington Post and New York Times all cited...
The Only Thing Trump Fears Is Consequences
“You people ought to be ashamed of yourselves,” Donald Trump scolded reporters on Monday at the United Nations, as they asked him about bullying Ukraine to investigate Vice President Joe Biden’s son’s work there.It’s a classic do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do moment, since Trump himself doesn’t demonstrate any sense of shame at...
