Section: TPM (USA)
Engel Raises Questions About Pompeo: ‘What Else Is He Hiding?’
House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Eliot Engel (D-NY) is raising questions about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. In a series of Monday morning tweets, Engel argued that Pompeo’s indifference in defending ousted U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch after her public testimony is tied to how “Pompeo was assisting in the scheme to...
Giuliani Discussed Jumping Into Another Ukrainian Legal Dispute Amid Pressure Gambit
President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani claims that he was in discussions this summer to get involved with another Ukrainian legal dispute, in addition to the others that touched upon his pressure campaign for political dirt on behalf of the President. Giuliani, according to a Bloomberg report Monday, considered taking on as a...
Rick Perry Believes Trump Is The ‘Chosen One’
Outgoing Energy Secretary Rick Perry believes President Trump has a higher calling. During a preview of an interview aired on “Fox and Friends” Sunday, Perry said that he told Trump that he was God’s “chosen one” — a phrase that he appeared to borrow from a boast the President once made of himself. Last August, Trump drew backlash for...
Ukraine Energy Official Told Prosecutors That Parnas, Fruman Tried To Rope Him Into Scheme
Andrew Favorov, a top Ukraine energy official, told prosecutors that Rudy Giuliani associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman tried to recruit him to take over the state oil and gas company. According to the Wall Street Journal, he said that they smeared former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch in the process, saying that she was part of the...
Parnas Hands Over Video, Audio Recordings That Include Trump, Giuliani
The House Intelligence Committee now has access to several video and audio recordings as well as photographs that include President Trump and his attorney Rudy Giuliani, ABC News reported. The records were provided to the committee by Lev Parnas, the friend of Giuliani who was recently arrested over alleged campaign finance violations. Parnas is...
WaPo: Emails Reveal WH’s Scramble To Explain Ukraine Aid Delay After The Fact
Internal emails reportedly reveal how the White House had to come up with a legal justification for delaying the congressionally-approved military aid to Ukraine after President Donald Trump had frozen the funds in July. Several unnamed sources told the Washington Post on Sunday that White House lawyers have reviewed relevant documents regarding...
EXCLUSIVE: Bud Cummins Tried To Interest U.S. Law Enforcement In Ukraine Dirt On Bidens In 2018
As far back as October 2018, a former U.S. attorney acting on behalf of Ukrainian interests tried to get federal law enforcement to bite on bogus political dirt about the Bidens and on whether Paul Manafort’s notorious Black Ledger was a forgery. Bud Cummins, a former U.S. attorney in Arkansas, emailed the U.S. attorney for the Southern...
Kennedy Upholds DNC-Ukraine Conspiracy Theory, Says Fiona Hill Is ‘Entitled To Her Opinion’
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) on Sunday still pushed President Donald Trump’s conspiracy theory that Ukraine was behind the DNC email hacks even after former NSC senior director Fiona Hill firmly debunked the claim. “Senator Kennedy, who do you believe was responsible for hacking the DNC and Clinton campaign computers, their emails?” Fox News...
Nunes Claims CNN, Daily Beast Reports Are ‘Criminal In Nature’ Says He’s Working With Law Enforcement
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) accused CNN and the Daily Beast of being accessories to “criminal activity” on Sunday after the two outlets reported on his alleged dealings with Lev Parnas, one of Rudy Giuliani’s indicted associates. When Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo asked Nunes if he had met with former Ukrainian...
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Great exclusive here from Josh Kovensky who’s been working this story for several weeks and has coming on this front. Another Trump-aligned Attorney – actually a former US Attorney, Bud Cummins – was pushing the Southern District of New York on investigations of Joe Biden based on clients he was working for in Ukraine. He was trying to...
