Section: The Blaze (USA)
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...
Alleged whistleblower was friends with current Schiff staffer while both were in the Obama White House: report
CIA analyst Eric Ciaramella, alleged to be the whistleblower whose complaint launched an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine, was friends with a current member of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff’s staff while they were both working in the White House during the Obama...
LIVE FEED: Amb. Gordon Sondland, pivotal figure in the impeachment inquiry, testifies before Congress
In the most highly anticipated public hearing to date in the House impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland testifies before Congress Wednesday. Watch the YouTube livestream of the hearing here: WATCH LIVE: Open Hearing with Ambassador Gordon Sondland youtu.be Who’s...
New poll shows a crucial voting demographic is unimpressed with the impeachment hearings
A new poll shows that the crucial swing demographic of Independents appears to be unimpressed with the impeachment campaign by Democrats against President Donald Trump. According to the Politico-Morning Consult poll, independent voters increased their opposition to the impeachment inquiry by ten percentage points after several days of contentious...
GOP senator questions impeachment witness’ motives, defends Trump’s Ukraine actions in letter to Intel Committee
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.) submitted a letter to the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday in which he questioned the motives of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an impeachment inquiry witness, and backed up the president’s reason for delaying security aid to Ukraine.Johnson has some firsthand knowledge of some of the subject matter...
GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik gets witnesses to admit Hunter Biden’s Burisma post spelled ‘conflict of interest,’ argues he should testify
During the public impeachment hearing Tuesday, National Security Council adviser Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and his counterpart for Vice President Mike Pence, Jennifer Williams, agreed that Hunter Biden’s post at Burisma had the “appearance of conflict of interest” after Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) pressed the...
Adam Schiff blocks impeachment witness from identifying intelligence official he discussed Ukraine call with
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) prevented impeachment inquiry witness Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman from disclosing the intelligence official with whom he discussed President Donald Trump’s July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky, citing a need to protect the anonymous whistleblower.While...
Watchdog firm finds another troubling conflict of interest in Hunter Biden’s post at Burisma
Hunter Biden was paid both as member of the governing board and as a consultant to company management in his post at Burisma Holdings, an arrangement that is prohibited in the United States, an independent research firm reported Tuesday. Biden also received more than 12 times the comparable pay for board members at similarly sized companies. The...
LIVE FEED: The third day of public impeachment hearings feature witnesses much closer to President Trump
The third day of televised hearings in the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump is set to begin Tuesday at 9 a.m. ET. The YouTube livestream is available here: WATCH LIVE: Open Hearing with Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and Jennifer Williams youtu.be Who is testifying? Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an Army officer at the National...
Christine Blasey Ford urges Americans to believe Trump critic and impeachment witness Amb. Yovanovitch
Christine Blasey Ford — who accused Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh last year of sexual assaulting her when they were teenagers — has come out urging Americans to stand up for impeachment witness and former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, whose testimony was critical of President Donald Trump.What are the details?Dr. Blasey Ford...
