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    Republican Lawmakers Questioned Trump’s Withholding of Ukraine Aid, Documents Show
    Jan22

    Republican Lawmakers Questioned Trump’s Withholding of Ukraine Aid, Documents Show

    Newly released emails and other documents show that some of those now sitting as jurors in Trump’s impeachment trial were also unhappy about his move to freeze aid last year. …read more Source:: Foreign...

    The Calvinball Impeachment Trial Begins
    Jan22

    The Calvinball Impeachment Trial Begins

    The first day of President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial on Tuesday saw Republicans and Democrats quarreling over the rules for the proceedings, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R–Ky.) rejecting a series of amendments proposed by Democrats that would have allowed them to call additional witnesses and collect documents...

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Ukraine next week, sources say
    Jan22

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Ukraine next week, sources say

    Ukrainian officials are preparing for the visit, scheduled for Jan. 30-31. …read more Source::...

    US House Democrats to Argue Trump Abused Presidency
    Jan22

    US House Democrats to Argue Trump Abused Presidency

    U.S. House Democrats are starting three days of arguments Wednesday to make the case that President Donald Trump abused the presidency to try to help himself politically and should be removed from office.During 13 hours of debate extending in to early Wednesday, the House managers prosecuting the case against the country’s 45th president...

    Senators are reportedly considering a Biden-Bolton witness trade-off in impeachment trial
    Jan22

    Senators are reportedly considering a Biden-Bolton witness trade-off in impeachment trial

    While the Senate continues to fight over which witnesses — if any — might be called to testify in its impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, some of its Democratic members are reportedly discussing a potential trade: Hunter Biden for former White House national security adviser John Bolton. According to a Tuesday night story at the...

    House GOP’s Legal Expert Torches WH’s Defense Against Impeachment
    Jan22

    House GOP’s Legal Expert Torches WH’s Defense Against Impeachment

    Jonathan Turley, the constitutional scholar at George Washington University whom House Republicans had chosen to testify in the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment hearings, smacked down the White House’s legal argument in the Senate trial on Tuesday. In an op-ed published in Washington Post, Turley took aim at White House Counsel...

    White House documents show emails about withholding aid to Ukraine
    Jan22

    White House documents show emails about withholding aid to Ukraine

    The White House released a number of documents late Tuesday that show efforts by the Trump administration to withhold military aid to Ukraine last year — an issue that led to the president’s impeachment in the House. …read more Source:: United Press...

    Trump staffers planned the Ukraine aid freeze the night before his call to Zelensky, further undermining defense
    Jan22

    Trump staffers planned the Ukraine aid freeze the night before his call to Zelensky, further undermining defense

    The new documents undermine a pillar of Trump’s impeachment defense — his claim that he didn’t withhold Ukraine aid to pressure Ukraine. …read more Source:: Business...

    Trump: I’d ‘Love’ For Pompeo, Mulvaney, Perry To Testify But It’d Be A ‘National Security Problem’
    Jan22

    Trump: I’d ‘Love’ For Pompeo, Mulvaney, Perry To Testify But It’d Be A ‘National Security Problem’

    President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday that he would “love” for the top officials involved his Ukraine scheme to testify in the Senate impeachment trial, but doing so would pose a “national security problem.” During a press conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump told reporters that he’d “rather” have former...

    John Roberts scolds legal teams after tense exchange: ‘Those addressing the Senate should remember where they are’
    Jan22

    John Roberts scolds legal teams after tense exchange: ‘Those addressing the Senate should remember where they are’

    Chief Justice John Roberts, who is presiding over the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, scolded both the Democratic House managers and the President’s defense team early Wednesday morning after a contentious exchange on the Senate floor. The extraordinary moment capped an acrimonious opening to Trump’s impeachment trial,...