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    Donald Trump Made His Own Impeachment Inevitable
    Dec19

    Donald Trump Made His Own Impeachment Inevitable

    As rare as impeachments may be, today’s impeachment of Donald Trump, president of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors was pretty much inevitable.It was inevitable because of Trump himself, his very character, whose essential nature many who now support him have long understood. As Senator Ted Cruz put it in May 2016, Trump...

    House Impeaches Trump on Abuse of Power, Obstruction of Congress
    Dec19

    House Impeaches Trump on Abuse of Power, Obstruction of Congress

    Brendan Smialowski/AFP/GettyThe House of Representatives voted on Wednesday evening to impeach President Donald Trump, making him the third president to be impeached by the full House in the country’s history.Lawmakers approved the first article of impeachment—alleging Trump abused his power by pressuring Ukraine to do him political...

    Dem Rep Thanks Son for Convincing Her to Support Impeachment … Prior to Ukraine Call
    Dec19

    Dem Rep Thanks Son for Convincing Her to Support Impeachment … Prior to Ukraine Call

    Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D., Ill.) thanked her son Wednesday for convincing her in June to support impeachment—well before before President Donald Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky took place. “It is my adult son, Ian Schakowsky, whom I will always credit for my decision last June to support an impeachment...

    Ukraine Lifts Prosecutorial Immunity For Members Of Parliament
    Dec19

    Ukraine Lifts Prosecutorial Immunity For Members Of Parliament

    Ukraine’s national legislature, the Verkhovna Rada, on December 18 passed a bill in its final reading that cancels prosecutorial immunity for lawmakers. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    How the Democrats Blew Trump’s Impeachment
    Dec19

    How the Democrats Blew Trump’s Impeachment

    Throughout the day Wednesday, the impeachment of President Trump was compared variously by Republicans to the Salem Witch Trials, Pearl Harbor, and the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. As of 4 p.m., 9/11 remained untouched. But the day is still young—the House will vote on its articles a little after 7 p.m., bringing an end to the first stage of a...

    GOP chairmen seek interview with Obama officials as part of Biden-Ukraine probe
    Dec19

    GOP chairmen seek interview with Obama officials as part of Biden-Ukraine probe

    Three Senate GOP chairmen are requesting interviews with five Obama administration officials as part of their investigation into the Bidens and Ukraine.Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Chuck… …read more Source:: The...

    Ukraine, Separatists Fail to Agree on Prisoner Exchange
    Dec19

    Ukraine, Separatists Fail to Agree on Prisoner Exchange

    Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists failed Wednesday to agree on a prisoner exchange and troop pullback after several hours of tense talks on the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Representatives of Ukraine, Russia and the separatist rebels met in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, to discuss conditions for an “all for all” prisoner swap....

    The Truth Is, Donald Trump Wants No Part of This
    Dec19

    The Truth Is, Donald Trump Wants No Part of This

    A recurring theory is that President Donald Trump wants to be impeached, or that he is at least eager for the political brawl it represents. The New York Times’ Ross Douthat mused in September that Trump “might kind of want to be impeached” because, among other reasons, “the circus is the part of politics that he fundamentally enjoys.”...

    Fox News legal analyst: There’s ‘undisputed evidence’ Trump abused his power
    Dec19

    Fox News legal analyst: There’s ‘undisputed evidence’ Trump abused his power

    Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano on Wednesday argued that there is “undisputed evidence” that President Trump abused the power of his office in his dealings with Ukraine, asserting that the “remedy of impeachment… …read more Source:: The...

    Senate advances bill to punish Russia for election interference
    Dec19

    Senate advances bill to punish Russia for election interference

    President Trump is expected to be impeached in part because he requested help from Ukraine that could benefit his reelection. …read more Source::...