Section: TPM (USA)
Graham Getting Cold Feet
Lindsey Graham seems to be getting some degree of cold feet over having Rudy Giuliani up to the Hill to share his latest findings out of Ukraine, tells Giuliani, “I hope you know what you’re talking about.” LOL After inviting Rudes to come up to the hill to share his Ukraine findings, Lindsey tells Rudes: “I hope you know what...
Pelosi Tries To Calm Storm Over Threat She’d Hold Back Impeachment Articles
After a striking and at times rocky post-impeachment vote press conference Wednesday night, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) tried Thursday to douse the flames ignited by the suggestion she might hold back transmitting the impeachment articles until she sees that the Senate trial is fair. Pelosi still acknowledged that there would be at least some...
What Happens In The Senate Now That The House Has Impeached Trump
It’s official: A Senate impeachment trial is happening, now that the House has adopted its articles of impeachment. While the prospect of a trial has been looming over the Senate for several weeks, given the inevitability of a House impeachment of President Trump’s once the impeachment inquiry was announced in September, many major...
I-M-P-E-A-C-H-E-D! House Passes Two Articles Of Impeachment Against Trump
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to approve two articles of impeachment against Donald J. Trump, making him just the third American president to be impeached. The floor vote was the culmination of a three-month impeachment inquiry into Trump’s and his allies’ efforts to force Ukraine into opening investigations into...
Firtash Lawyer Denies Link Between His Client And $1 Million Parnas Transaction
The lawyer for Ukraine billionaire gas middleman Dmytro Firtash who wired $1 million to Lev Parnas’s wife confirmed that he was the source of the money, Reuters reported. But Dubai-based Swiss attorney Ralph Oswald Isenegger told Reuters in a statement that he was not acting on Firtash’s behalf in sending the money. Isenegger...
I Watched OAN’s Unhinged Ukraine Impeachment Special So You Don’t Have To
Right-wing TV channel One America News has released its full, three-part series meant to reveal the “real” Ukraine story, starring Rudy Giuliani and a host of allegedly corrupt Ukrainian officials. The three-hour-long, often disjointed special aims to debunk the facts behind the impeachment inquiry days before Congress votes on impeachment. At...
Pence Away From Washington As Impeachment Comes To A Head. It’s Not The First Time.
Perfect timing. Amid the House of Representatives debating articles of impeachment against President Trump, his vice president was nowhere to be found — well, at least not in Washington. According to a CNN report Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence slammed the impeachment process while at an event in Michigan. President Trump is scheduled to...
Schiff’s Latest Dig Against Trump Will Surely Get Under The President’s Skin
House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) has a unique ability to irk President Trump. And his stinging response to President Trump’s lengthy screed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is sure to do just that. “It is a long, angry rambling letter of someone who appears not well,” Schiff told CNN’s Dana Bash Wednesday morning when...
Anderson Cooper Skewers Rick Santorum’s Defense Of Trump’s Biden Scheme
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper tore into commentator Rick Santorum on Wednesday when the former Republican senator tried to defend President Donald Trump’s attempts to get foreign governments to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter. “As you heard, the President believes, you may not believe it, the President believes there is corruption...
Impeachment Clears Last Major Procedural Hurdle Before Final Vote
The House of Representatives took a major procedural step Wednesday morning, setting the stage for a historic impeachment vote against President Trump later in the day. By a 228-197 vote, the House adopted the rules that will dictate how the House will go about voting to impeach President Trump, with the final votes likely happening Wednesday...
