Section: TPM (USA)
Schiff: Intel Community Withholding Docs Relevant To Senate Trial Is ‘Deeply Concerning’
House Intelligence chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) expressed his concerns with the intelligence community withholding documents that could be relevant to the upcoming Senate trial during an interview on ABC News Sunday morning. When ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos asked Schiff on his thoughts of Politico’s report that the intelligence...
READ: Newly Released Texts Show Lev Parnas In Frequent Contact With Nunes’ Aide
Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee published a new tranche of documents from indicted Giuliani associate Lev Parnas on Friday night, including texts that further expose Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes’ (R-CA) ties to President Donald Trump’s Ukraine scheme to dig up dirt on Joe Biden. Parnas had several...
Manafort Client Laid Foundation For Theory At Center Of Trump’s Pressure Campaign
One of Paul Manafort’s clients in Ukraine appears to have laid the foundation for theories of Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election that are now at the heart of President Trump’s pressure campaign on Kyiv, according to an FBI interview released on Friday. The interview notes say that Ukrainian politician Serhiy Lyovochkin —...
Engel: I Will Use ‘All Legal Means’ To Force Pompeo’s Presence At Iran Briefing
Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, demanded Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s presence at an Iran hearing on Jan. 29 after America’s top diplomat skipped the last one. “This hearing deals with the most weighty issues with which our country and Congress deals, including the use of force,” Engel wrote to...
Pompeo Finally Promises To Look Into Possible Yovanovitch Surveillance
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo finally promised an investigation into alleged surveillance of former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch Friday, saying that it’s his “obligation” to “investigate” and “evaluate,” though he doubts that she was truly being tracked. “We will do everything we need to do to evaluate whether there was...
Hyde Distances Himself From Parnas In Tweet Frenzy
Robert Hyde, Trump donor, landscaper from Connecticut and congressional candidate, took pains to distance himself from Lev Parnas Friday with a flurry of tweets and a video. He spends much of the video bashing House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA), whom he refers to as a “piece o’ Schiff.” Hyde also insists that he has no...
Parnas Ties Ukraine Pressure Campaign To Trump’s Legal Team
Lev Parnas further tied President Trump’s legal team to his actions in the Ukraine pressure campaign, saying that attorneys for Trump in addition to Rudy Giuliani were “in the loop.” The former Giuliani buddy said Trump attorney Jay Sekulow was deeply involved in several aspects of the pressure campaign. Parnas said that Sekulow, for...
Pompeo Denies Knowing Parnas Or Anything About Yovanovitch Surveillance
In a Friday interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo finally addressed the alleged surveillance of former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, saying that he’d “never heard about this at all.” “Until this story broke, the best of my recollection, I’d never heard of this at all,” Pompeo...
Dershowitz, Starr Expected To Defend Trump In Impeachment Trial
A retro crew including Alan Dershowitz and Ken Starr will reportedly represent President Donald Trump at the Senate’s impeachment trial. According to several reports about the team Friday morning, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and Trump’s personal lawyer Jay Sekulow will lead the team of lawyers defending Trump in the Senate....
Parnas: Trump Allies ‘Tried To Keep Me Quiet,’ Pushed Me To Sacrifice Myself For POTUS
Indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas charged on Thursday night that his now-former lawyers, who are close to President Donald Trump, tried to get him to throw himself under the bus to protect the President. Parnas told MSNBC host Rachel Maddow that he fired John Dowd, who previously served as Trump’s lawyer, and Kevin Downing, Paul...
