Section: TPM (USA)
Inquiry Can’t Penetrate Trump Firewall Around His Order Freezing Ukraine Aid
Even as dozens of government officials dished publicly on President Trump’s campaign to extort Ukraine, impeachment investigators could not penetrate one key inner circle: people who were there when Trump ordered that $391 million in military aid be frozen. In fact, as a report released by the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday shows,...
What We Learned From The Phone Records Obtained In The Impeachment Probe
The House committees leading the impeachment inquiry revealed new details Tuesday about President Trump and his allies’ Ukraine pressure campaign — details that came in the form of phone records obtained by the House. The phone records suggest Rudy Giuliani was in contact with the White House and with officials elsewhere in the...
Graham Bucks Trump On DNC-Ukraine Conspiracy Theory
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) isn’t on the same page as his fellow Republican senators who are pushing President Trump’s bogus DNC-Ukraine conspiracy theory. When pressed on whether he believes that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, CNN reported Tuesday afternoon that Graham told reporters that he doubts Ukraine was behind the...
READ: House Intel Committee Report On Trump’s Ukraine Plot
The House Intelligence Committee released Tuesday its report on its impeachment investigation into President Trump’s Ukraine pressure campaign. Much of the committee’s inquiry was made public, through released interview transcripts and open hearings. However, the new report marks an important step as the House moves towards impeaching...
Gaetz Thinks Kemp Announced His Career’s ‘Funeral Time’ For Defying Trump’s Wishes
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) isn’t happy over Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s (R) intent to defy President Trump’s preference to appoint Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) for the state’s soon-to-be vacant Senate seat. In a Tuesday tweet, Gaetz railed against Kemp for his plans to formally announce his decision to appoint business executive...
Romney Breaks With Trump, Several GOPers On Debunked Ukraine Conspiracy Theory
On Tuesday, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) rejected President Donald Trump and several of his GOP allies’ bogus conspiracy theory that Ukraine, not Russia, hacked the 2016 election. “I saw no evidence from our intelligence community, nor from the representatives today for the Department of State, that there is any evidence of any kind that...
More Evidence Emerges That Ukraine Knew Early On About U.S. Aid Freeze
A former Ukraine official told the New York Times that she learned of the Trump administration’s hold on military aid on July 30, a claim that undercuts a GOP talking point in defense of President Trump while corroborating other evidence in the impeachment probe that Ukraine was aware of the aid freeze before it was made known publicly. The...
Sen. Kennedy Appears To Walk Back His DNC-Ukraine Conspiracy Theory Retraction
Again?! Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) has gone back to touting President Trump’s DNC-Ukraine conspiracy theory after retracting his claim last week. Last week, Kennedy described the conspiracy theory during an interview with Fox News host Chris Wallace, only to walk it back a day later while being interviewed by CNN’s Chris Cuomo. Kennedy...
House Dems Release Short Video To Capture Most Damning Inquiry Moments
In an attempt to make the sprawling impeachment inquiry and the cast of characters it orbits digestible, House Democrats have produced a two-minute movie-trailer-style video aimed at highlighting the most damning moments for President Donald Trump during last month’s hearings. Politico first obtained the video and attributed it to House...
Trump Admin Lifts Unexplained Months-Long Hold On Military Aid To Lebanon
President Donald Trump’s administration has unfrozen the $105 million in congressionally approved military aid to Lebanon that it had been withholding since September without explanation. According to the Associated Press and CNN, lawmakers were informed on Monday that the aid was released shortly before Thanksgiving. Though Congress had...
