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    On Eve of Impeachment Vote, Trump Punches Back Against Pelosi
    Dec18

    On Eve of Impeachment Vote, Trump Punches Back Against Pelosi

    One day before the Democrat-led House is set to vote on impeachment, President Donald Trump sent a scathing six-page letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., asserting the House majority was “declaring open war on American Democracy.” “You dare to invoke the Founding Fathers in pursuit of this election-nullification scheme — yet your...

    US diplomat William Taylor to leave Ukraine post at the beginning of January
    Dec18

    US diplomat William Taylor to leave Ukraine post at the beginning of January

    William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, will leave his position on the first of January, according to a person familiar with his plans.Taylor plans to turn over his responsibilities as charge d’affaires a… …read more Source:: The...

    Latvia was investigating ‘suspicious’ payments to Hunter Biden, Burisma in potential laundering scheme: report
    Dec18

    Latvia was investigating ‘suspicious’ payments to Hunter Biden, Burisma in potential laundering scheme: report

    Investigative journalist John Solomon reported Tuesday that the Latvian government had flagged and requested Ukrainian assistance to investigate allegedly “suspicious” payments to Hunter Biden and several Burisma associates in weeks before Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin was fired at the request of then-Vice President Joe...

    An Angry Letter Reveals the Fiction of the Two Trumps
    Dec18

    An Angry Letter Reveals the Fiction of the Two Trumps

    For most of the impeachment inquiry, President Donald Trump has passed on opportunities to mount a formal defense of his conduct. Initially, the White House complained that House Democrats were not affording him chances to defend himself. Once they did, he eschewed them, declining to participate in House Judiciary hearings, and refusing to allow...

    Giuliani: Trump remains ‘very supportive’ of my efforts to dig up dirt in Ukraine
    Dec18

    Giuliani: Trump remains ‘very supportive’ of my efforts to dig up dirt in Ukraine

    President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani said in a new interview that the president remains “very supportive” of his recent efforts in Ukraine to dredge up damaging information on Trump’s political opponents. …read more Source:: The...

    Trump Sends Pelosi Off-The-Rails Impeachment Screed For The ‘Indelible Record’
    Dec18

    Trump Sends Pelosi Off-The-Rails Impeachment Screed For The ‘Indelible Record’

    In what reads as a six-page amalgamation of his go-to impeachment tweets, President Donald Trump sent House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) a lengthy screed to preserve his thoughts about impeachment in the annals of history. “You have cheapened the importance of the very ugly word, impeachment!” he railed, accusing Democrats of being out to get him...

    A Big Connecting The Dots Moment
    Dec18

    A Big Connecting The Dots Moment

    Stunning news out of federal court this afternoon: that mystery million dollars that Lev Parnas got from aboard was money from Dmitry Firtash, the former Manafort business partner and Putin-aligned oligarch who is currently fighting extradition to the United States to face bribery charges. We’ve had a lot of hints to date that Firtash was...

    Trump Won’t Just Violate the Rules Again—He’s Already Doing It
    Dec18

    Trump Won’t Just Violate the Rules Again—He’s Already Doing It

    Faced with impeachment, previous presidents have sought to lower tensions. Finding himself in the same situation the past few weeks, Donald Trump has instead opted for confrontation and defiance.Tomorrow, Trump will be impeached by the House for abusing his power in the pursuit of information in Ukraine damaging to a political rival, in a scheme...

    McConnell On Senate Impeachment Trial: ‘I’m Not Impartial About This At All’
    Dec18

    McConnell On Senate Impeachment Trial: ‘I’m Not Impartial About This At All’

    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) doubled down Tuesday on comments he made last week indicating he was heading into a Senate impeachment trial as a defender of President Trump. “I am not an impartial juror. This is a political process, there’s not anything judicial about it. Impeachment is a political decision,” McConnell told...

    Trump Angrily Objects to Impeachment, Calls It ‘Perversion’
    Dec18

    Trump Angrily Objects to Impeachment, Calls It ‘Perversion’

    President Donald Trump is angrily objecting to the House of Representatives’ articles of impeachment, accusing Democrats of “perversion of justice and abuse of power” in their effort to remove him from office.In a fiery letter Tuesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the eve of his expected impeachment, Trump maintained that he did nothing...