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    Trump asked for Barr to host news conference clearing him on Ukraine
    Nov07

    Trump asked for Barr to host news conference clearing him on Ukraine

    President Donald Trump asked Attorney General William Barr to hold a news conference clearing him of legal wrongdoing with regard to his phone call pressuring the Ukrainian President to investigate Democrats, a person familiar with the matter tells CNN. Trump has raised the idea in conversations surrounding the ongoing impeachment inquiry over...

    Continetti: Impeachment Like a Sporting Event Where You Know the Final Score
    Nov07

    Continetti: Impeachment Like a Sporting Event Where You Know the Final Score

    Washington Free Beacon founding editor Matthew Continetti on Wednesday said the impeachment process is predictable because House Democrats have agreed to impeach President Donald Trump while the Republican-controlled Senate will likely acquit. “Watching this impeachment unfold is like watching a sporting event where you already know the...

    As WH Prepares For Public Impeachment Hearings, Fretting Most About Bill Taylor
    Nov07

    As WH Prepares For Public Impeachment Hearings, Fretting Most About Bill Taylor

    As President Donald Trump’s team braces for public impeachment inquiry testimonies beginning next week, they’ve focused much of their trepidation on the first witness in particular: Ukraine diplomat Bill Taylor. According to CNN, the White House is wary of the combination of Taylor’s credibility — longtime and current State...

    Trump denies report that he wanted Barr to publicly clear him on Ukraine
    Nov07

    Trump denies report that he wanted Barr to publicly clear him on Ukraine

    The president tweeted that the story, first reported by The Washington Post, “is totally untrue…” …read more Source::...

    Virginia Hates Tyrants
    Nov07

    Virginia Hates Tyrants

    Life under President Donald Trump has Tim Kaine thinking a lot lately about the Book of Job. The results of last night’s election in Virginia, where Kaine is a U.S. senator, had him thinking of Job too.“He thought, I’d been such a good person. So is it just all pointless? I’m going to suffer just pointlessly,” the onetime...

    US media’s policy of not naming an official identified by right-wing activists as the Ukraine whistleblower is crumbling after a campaign by right-wing sites and Donald Trump Jr.
    Nov07

    US media’s policy of not naming an official identified by right-wing activists as the Ukraine whistleblower is crumbling after a campaign by right-wing sites and Donald Trump Jr.

    Fringe sites and the presidents son have floated an unverified identity for the whistleblower. At first they were ignored, but that is changing. …read more Source:: Business...

    Trump Tried To Force Barr To Hold Presser Saying POTUS Didn’t Break Law On Ukraine Call
    Nov07

    Trump Tried To Force Barr To Hold Presser Saying POTUS Didn’t Break Law On Ukraine Call

    President Trump wanted his Attorney General Bill Barr to hold a press conference following the release of the White House’s version of the call of Ukraine, and make a blanket declaration that Trump did not break the law on the infamous call, The Washington Post reported. Barr ultimately declined to do so, but the Justice Department did...

    Trump denies he wanted Barr to publicly clear him
    Nov07

    Trump denies he wanted Barr to publicly clear him

    President Donald Trump is denying he wanted Attorney General William Barr to hold a press conference to declare he broke no laws during a phone call in which he pressed Ukraine’s president to investigate Democrats …read more Source:: The Boston...

    Top Pence aide set to testify in impeachment probe
    Nov07

    Top Pence aide set to testify in impeachment probe

    A senior aide to Vice President Mike Pence is poised to testify Thursday in the House’s swift-moving impeachment investigation into President Trump’s handling of foreign policy in Ukraine.Jennifer Williams, a caree… …read more Source:: The...

    Pompeo Criticized for Failing to Support Ousted US Ambassador to Ukraine
    Nov07

    Pompeo Criticized for Failing to Support Ousted US Ambassador to Ukraine

    Several senior U.S. diplomats, including former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, are key witnesses in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Trump is accused of having withheld U.S. military aid to Ukraine until that country’s new president agreed to investigate one of Trump’s political opponents, former Vice...