Section: The Blaze (USA)
Support for impeachment rising, majority of Americans believe Ukraine phone call a ‘serious’ problem
Recent polling conducted in the aftermath of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announcing a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump shows Americans are concerned about Trump’s communications with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Nearly two-third of Americans believe the communications between Trump and Zelensky constitute a...
Former Ukrainian prime minister says Ukraine should investigate Hunter Biden
Mykola Azarov, who was prime minister of Ukraine from 2010 through 2014, says that he believes Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden should be investigated, saying, “It’s a fact and not made up. It should be investigated so that the ‘i’s can be dotted and the ‘t’s crossed.”According to Reuters, Azarov made...
Former NSC chief of staff suggests whistleblower aided by Democrats, lawyers
Fred Fleitz, who served as the National Security Council chief of staff last year, believes the whistleblower who filed a complaint against President Donald Trump was aided by congressional Democrats and lawyers.Writing in the New York Post, Fleitz said the complaint suggests the whistleblower was “pursuing a political agenda” and...
Susan Rice blasts Trump for keeping transcript on top-secret server — then admits Obama did the same
Former national security adviser Susan Rice slammed President Donald Trump for storing the notes from his phone conservation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on a top-secret server — then admitted the Obama administration stored communications on the same server.Speaking at the Texas Tribune Festival, Rice tore into the Trump...
Bill Maher exposes media hypocrisy in Ukraine scandal, takes aim at MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow
Bill Maher excoriated Joe Biden on HBO’s “Real Time” Friday over Hunter Biden’s alleged corruption in Ukraine — and pointed out apparent media hypocrisy in the process.”The more I read about this — you know, I don’t think he was doing something terrible in Ukraine, but it’s just so — why can’t...
Commentary: The media that cried ‘wolf’ is about to get surprised again
If you watch most of the cable news channels, or read the websites associated with most major media outlets, you would be forgiven for thinking that the Trump administration was on the verge of ending. Spoiler alert: it isn’t.At the time of writing this article, CNN.com alone has nine (count them, nine) stories about the impeachment...
First House Republican endorses Democratic impeachment inquiry against President Trump
Nevada congressman Mark Amodei became the first House Republican on Friday to endorse the formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.”I’m a big fan of oversight, so let’s let the committees get to work and see where it goes,” Amodei told reporters on a conference call, the Nevada Independent reported. Rep....
Requirement for whistleblowers to have ‘first-hand information’ was scrapped ahead of complaint against President Trump
The intelligence community secretly removed the requirement that whistleblowers must have “first-hand information” of wrongdoings in order to fast-track allegations to Congress prior to a CIA officer’s complaint against President Donald Trump, reducing the threshold for informants to merely check a box stating, “I heard...
Trey Gowdy dismantles key liberal narrative about impeachment based on Ukraine transcript
Former congressman Trey Gowdy dismantled an argument used by critics of the president to claim that he acted improperly by asking his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to seek evidence of corruption from Ukrainian officials. Gowdy was speaking to Dana Perino on her Fox News show when she asked him about the claims against Giuliani. “Rudy is...
House Dems subpoena Mike Pompeo for Ukraine documents
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Foreign Affairs issued a subpoena to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Friday, requesting documentation relating to the Trump administration’s interactions with the Ukrainian government. What are the details?Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), Intelligence Committee Chairman...
