Section: TPM (USA)
Schiff: ‘Worst Lawyer’ Giuliani ‘Continues To Make The Case’ For Impeachment
House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) found time to poke fun at Rudy Giuliani as the House inches closer to impeaching President Trump. During an appearance on “Late Night With Seth Meyers” Monday night, Schiff tore into Giuliani by calling the President’s personal lawyer “perhaps the worst lawyer that anyone could have” after Meyers...
Ukrainian Energy Firm Sues Over Drilling Contract Given To Rick Perry Pals
The Ukrainian energy firm Naftogaz is suing the government of Ukraine over a contract that it says was improperly awarded to a friend and donor of U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry. The contract went to an American firm co-owned by Michael Bleyzer, a longtime friend of Perry’s who donated $30,000 to Perry’s Texas gubernatorial campaign...
McConnell Shoots Down Schumer’s Push For Key Witnesses At Senate Impeachment Trial
On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) threw cold water on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) request to subpoena crucial witnesses for the Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. “The Senate is meant to act as judge and jury to hear a trial, not to rerun the entire fact-finding...
‘Mutually Assured Destruction’: McConnell, WH Privately At Odds Over Senate Trial
President Trump has publicly and privately offered conflicting signals about what he wants out of a Senate impeachment trial, stating in public that he would be open to something short or long. In private, he has told aides he’d like the ability to call witnesses on his behalf, the Wall Street Journal reported. Senate Majority Leader Mitch...
In Interview With NYT, Giuliani Drags Trump Deeper Into Scheme To Oust Yovanovitch
President Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani hasn’t been shy about his role in informing the President about concerns he had regarding former Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch. But in a new interview with the New York Times, Giuliani outright admits he told Trump that the 33-year veteran of foreign service was getting in the way of his push to...
Giuliani Pals Could Be Facing Buzzsaw Of US Anti-Foreign Bribery Statute
As the drama of the fourth impeachment in U.S. history wears on, there’s a more routine story percolating underneath. And it only partly involves Rudy Giuliani, the Trump lawyer whose search for dirt in Ukraine arguably got his client impeached. Prosecutors are investigating whether Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman – two Giuliani associates in...
Seven Months After Firing His Ukraine Ambassador, Trump’s Still Looking For A Replacement
Months after former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was recalled early from that job, in May, the Trump administration is still looking for someone to fill the void. Trump aides are zeroing in on a replacement, Politico reported Monday. Bill Taylor, the former ambassador, has served as acting ambassador and chargé d’affaires...
Giuliani Admits He Wanted To Get US Ambassador In Ukraine ‘Out Of The Way’
More than a month before President Donald Trump pushed the Ukrainian president to investigate Democrats, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was recalled early from her office. It was a coup for Rudy Giuliani, who’d pushed for months for the ambassador’s ouster. In a New Yorker profile published Monday, Giuliani explained why he wanted the...
Trump Bearhugs Rudy After Latest Ukraine Trip: He’s Doing This ‘Out Of Love’
President Trump heaped praise on his attorney Monday when asked how much Rudy Giuliani has shared with him about the conspiracies he’s peddling in Ukraine. The President also admitted that he’s at least seen some of the information that Giuliani has been gathering in Ukraine as part of his ongoing scheme to pressure the country to...
Former FBI, CIA Director Takes Aim At ‘Longtime Friends’ Barr And Giuliani
The former FBI and CIA director took aim on Monday at President Donald Trump and two old friends — Attorney General Bill Barr and Rudy Giuliani. William Webster led the FBI for nine years and the CIA for four, serving under presidents Carter, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush. He’s the only person to hold both jobs. Since 2005, he’s...
