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    Republicans formally request to subpoena Hunter Biden and the whistleblower
    Nov20

    Republicans formally request to subpoena Hunter Biden and the whistleblower

    Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) have submitted a formal request to House Intel Chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) to subpoena Hunter Biden and the whistleblower in the House impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.In the letter request submitted Wednesday, Reps. Nunes and Jordan argue that despite House Speaker...

    Devin Nunes Is Living in a Fantasyland
    Nov20

    Devin Nunes Is Living in a Fantasyland

    Devin Nunes, the ranking Republican on the Intelligence Committee, opened today with a statement attacking media reporting on the Trump administration. He singled out six stories for attack.One of them was retracted by its publisher, CNN—a form of corporate responsibility never seen from a White House notorious for emitting six false statements...

    The Latest: Pompeo dismisses Sondland testimony on Ukraine
    Nov20

    The Latest: Pompeo dismisses Sondland testimony on Ukraine

    WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on President Donald Trump and the House impeachment inquiry (all times local): 1:35 p.m. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has dismissed testimony in the impeachment inquiry that he was kept informed of an effort to pressure the government of Ukraine for investigations. Pompeo, meeting with … …read more...

    Here’s All the People Sondland Just Threw Under the Bus
    Nov20

    Here’s All the People Sondland Just Threw Under the Bus

    Drew Angerer/GettyAmbassador Gordon Sondland is one of President Trump’s most ubiquitous and eager hatchet men in the attempt to get Ukraine officials to dig up dirt and launch investigations in former Vice President Joe Biden. But in his testimony on Wednesday the EU ambassador made clear that if he’s going to be the fall guy for the...

    ‘Thank God’: Putin thrilled U.S. ‘political battles’ over Ukraine taking focus off Russia
    Nov20

    ‘Thank God’: Putin thrilled U.S. ‘political battles’ over Ukraine taking focus off Russia

    “No one is accusing us of interfering in the U.S. elections anymore; now they’re accusing Ukraine,” the Russian president told an economic forum in Moscow. …read more Source::...

    Quid Pro Quo, The Critical Backstory
    Nov20

    Quid Pro Quo, The Critical Backstory

    Clarifying many points in the Ukraine scandal drama requires simply stating the obvious. And nowhere more so than in this now notorious Trump/Sondland phone call in which the President barked “no quid pro quo” to Sondland multiple times and said he wanted “nothing” from President Zelensky of Ukraine. The President and his supporters have rather...

    Pompeo on Sondland testimony: 'I didn't see a single thing today. I was working'
    Nov20

    Pompeo on Sondland testimony: 'I didn't see a single thing today. I was working'

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said he “didn’t see” Ambassador to the European Union (EU) Gordon Sondland’s testimony in which Sondland said Pompeo was among officials “in the loop” about efforts to press Ukraine for… …read more Source:: The...

    Ken Starr: Sondland’s Testimony ‘Has Been One Of Those Bombshell Days’
    Nov20

    Ken Starr: Sondland’s Testimony ‘Has Been One Of Those Bombshell Days’

    Former independent counsel and Fox News contributor Ken Starr argued that EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland’s public testimony Wednesday was a “bombshell” day. During an interview on Fox News during a break in the hearing, Starr reacted to Sondland’s testimony by saying that the news “doesn’t look good” for President Trump. Sondland...

    Ambassador Sondland testifies of quid pro quo linking investigations and a WH meeting; Republicans push back on claims
    Nov20

    Ambassador Sondland testifies of quid pro quo linking investigations and a WH meeting; Republicans push back on claims

    In his opening statement Wednesday during a House impeachment inquiry hearing, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland testified that there was a quid pro quo for Ukraine to announce investigations into Burisma and 2016 election interference that came from Rudy Giuliani at the guidance of President Trump. “Was there a...

    The Hill’s 12:30 Report — Presented by Johnson & Johnson — Sondland affirms quid pro quo for Ukraine in public testimony
    Nov20

    The Hill’s 12:30 Report — Presented by Johnson & Johnson — Sondland affirms quid pro quo for Ukraine in public testimony

    To view past editions of The Hill’s 12:30 Report, click here: … …read more Source:: The...