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    Sen. Cruz: Impeachment Is a ‘1-Sided Show Trial,’ ‘Not Driven by Facts’
    Jan07

    Sen. Cruz: Impeachment Is a ‘1-Sided Show Trial,’ ‘Not Driven by Facts’

    President Donald Trump is only the third president to be impeached because impeachment is a rarely used tool that the Founders intended to be a serious and fair process. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says he is concerned that Trump hasn’t gotten the due process he deserves. I spoke with him about the impeachment process and how it will likely...

    Hunter Biden linked to identity theft of his dead brother by investigator in paternity suit
    Jan07

    Hunter Biden linked to identity theft of his dead brother by investigator in paternity suit

    Hunter Biden, the son of Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden, was linked in court documents with alleged identity theft of his deceased brother Beau Biden. The claims were made by a private investigator acting as a third-party intervener in the paternity lawsuit against Hunter Biden. He fathered a child with an exotic dancer he met in...

    Republican Businesswoman and Political Newcomer  Kelly Loeffler Has Been Sworn in as Georgia’s New Senator
    Jan07

    Republican Businesswoman and Political Newcomer Kelly Loeffler Has Been Sworn in as Georgia’s New Senator

    (WASHINGTON) — Wealthy Republican businesswoman Kelly Loeffler was sworn in Monday as the newest senator from Georgia, a political newcomer who takes office amid a presidential impeachment, swirling tensions with Iran and at the dawn of what looms as a bruising national election. Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp appointed Loeffler to the vacant seat...

    Trump’s Next Impeachable Offense is Nigh
    Jan07

    Trump’s Next Impeachable Offense is Nigh

    President Donald Trump threatened to commit war crimes against Iran over the weekend, less than one week after he ordered the killing one of its top military commanders in an airstrike in Baghdad. The assassination of Qassem Soleimani, who acted as an Iranian version of John le Carré’s Karla for more than two decades, sparked a chaotic...

    McConnell Dodges Bolton Subpoena, Schumer Demands It
    Jan07

    McConnell Dodges Bolton Subpoena, Schumer Demands It

    Both Senate leaders took the floor for their planned addresses Monday, hours after former National Security Adviser John Bolton dropped the bombshell news that he’d be willing to testify in the impeachment trial if subpoenaed. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) referenced the news only obliquely, signaling that Bolton’s...

    A Root Cause of Illiberalism?
    Jan07

    A Root Cause of Illiberalism?

    The Light That Failed: Why the West Is Losing the Fight for DemocracyIvan Krastev & Stephen HolmesPegasus Books, 2020, 256 pp., $26.95 In the sweep of American history, Donald Trump appears to be an anomaly, a freak of political nature, who ascended to the American presidency in a perfect storm of contingent events: a splintered Republican...

    John Bolton Says He Would Comply with Senate Subpoena to Testify in Impeachment Trial
    Jan06

    John Bolton Says He Would Comply with Senate Subpoena to Testify in Impeachment Trial

    Former National Security Advisor John Bolton said today that he will comply with a subpoena if he’s ordered to testify at the Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. The possibility of Bolton’s testimony had been up in the air. The White House has been trying to keep witnesses who worked for Trump from testifying...

    John Bolton decides that he will testify in Senate impeachment trial if subpoenaed
    Jan06

    John Bolton decides that he will testify in Senate impeachment trial if subpoenaed

    John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, has decided he will testify in the Senate impeachment trial if he is subpoenaed.”Since my testimony is once again at issue, I have had to resolve the serious competing issues as best I could, based on careful consideration and study. I have concluded that, if the...

    Bolton Says He’s ‘Prepared to Testify’ at Trump Impeachment Trial If Subpoenaed
    Jan06

    Bolton Says He’s ‘Prepared to Testify’ at Trump Impeachment Trial If Subpoenaed

    Former national security adviser John Bolton said Monday he is “prepared to testify” at the Senate impeachment trial for President Donald Trump if he is subpoenaed. Bolton, who left the administration on Sept. 10, has previously said he would allow the federal courts to determine whether he has to testify to Congress about his White House tenure....

    Ex-National Security Adviser Bolton Willing to Testify at Trump Impeachment Trial
    Jan06

    Ex-National Security Adviser Bolton Willing to Testify at Trump Impeachment Trial

    Former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said Monday he would testify at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial if the Senate subpoenas him, potentially giving Democrats key behind-the-scenes testimony about Trump’s efforts to get Ukraine to launch investigations to benefit himself politically.Bolton, a tough advocate for...