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    Dershowitz: ‘Any citizen’ would find Ukraine quid pro quo ‘troubling if it were proved’
    Feb02

    Dershowitz: ‘Any citizen’ would find Ukraine quid pro quo ‘troubling if it were proved’

    Alan Dershowitz, a member of President Trump’s defense team in his Senate impeachment trial, said Sunday that the president tying military aid to Ukraine to investigations of his rivals would be “troubling if it were prov… …read more Source:: The...

    DOJ reveals 24 redacted emails related Trump’s involvement in Ukraine aid freeze
    Feb02

    DOJ reveals 24 redacted emails related Trump’s involvement in Ukraine aid freeze

    The Department of Justice (DOJ) reportedly said in a court filing just hours after the Senate voted against subpoenaing additional witnesses and documents in President Trump’s impeachment trial that it has two dozen email… …read more Source:: The...

    Pressuring Ukraine For Biden Dirt Was ‘A Long Way’ From Impeachable, GOP Sen Asserts
    Feb02

    Pressuring Ukraine For Biden Dirt Was ‘A Long Way’ From Impeachable, GOP Sen Asserts

    Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) said in a new interview set to air Sunday that President Donald Trump’s actions have been proven, but that they are “a long way” from impeachable. Alexander’s vote, along with 50 of his Senate Republican colleagues’, tipped the scales against the Senate hearing new witnesses at President Donald...

    DOJ acknowledges 24 emails that reveal Trump’s thinking on Ukraine aid
    Feb02

    DOJ acknowledges 24 emails that reveal Trump’s thinking on Ukraine aid

    In a midnight court filing Friday, the Department of Justice reveled the existence of 24 emails that reveal Trump’s thinking about withholding military aid to Ukraine. …read more Source:: United Press...

    Rand Paul urges Trump to take immediate action against John Bolton, revoke his security clearance
    Feb02

    Rand Paul urges Trump to take immediate action against John Bolton, revoke his security clearance

    Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) urged President Donald Trump on Saturday to immediately rescind John Bolton’s security clearance.As Trump’s former national security adviser, Bolton holds a top security clearance, meaning he is privy to extremely sensitive intelligence that only a small number of senior-level government officials have...

    Retired Senate Dem leader tells Glenn Beck: If I were still in office, I’d vote to acquit President Trump
    Feb01

    Retired Senate Dem leader tells Glenn Beck: If I were still in office, I’d vote to acquit President Trump

    Retired Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) was once one of the most influential Democrats in the country, but he has grown increasingly independent and wary of his party’s growing radicalism. Now Lieberman, who was nearly elected as the country’s vice president in 2000, says that House Democrats have taken their impeachment power too far...

    The U.S. Senate Embraces Trumpian Nihilism
    Feb01

    The U.S. Senate Embraces Trumpian Nihilism

    A question came up during the Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump this week: What matters? To Alan Dershowitz, the answer was power. The Harvard University law professor emeritus argued on Wednesday night that Trump’s actions don’t actually matter as long as the president believes he did them for the right...

    Republicans Defeat Call for Witnesses in Trump Trial
    Feb01

    Republicans Defeat Call for Witnesses in Trump Trial

    The Republican-majority U.S. Senate defeated a Democratic attempt Friday to call new witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. The defeat all but brings deliberations in the trial to a close, with senators expected to acquit Trump of two charges, including allegations he abused the power of his office by leveraging U.S. aid to...

    Former U.S. Envoy To Ukraine Yovanovitch Retires From State Department
    Feb01

    Former U.S. Envoy To Ukraine Yovanovitch Retires From State Department

    Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, who played a key role in the U.S. House hearings on the impeachment of President Donald Trump last November, has retired from the State Department, according to U.S. media reports on January 31. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    The Russian Conspiracy Theory That Won’t Die
    Feb01

    The Russian Conspiracy Theory That Won’t Die

    Precisely 61 years ago, a band of skiers trekking through the Ural Mountains stashed food, extra skis, and a well-worn mandolin in a valley to pick up on the way back from their expedition. In a moment of lightheartedness, one drew up a fake newspaper with headlines about their trip: “According to the latest information, abominable snowmen live...