Section: TPM (USA)
Gordon Sondland Complained Giuliani ‘F*cks Everything Up,’ Diplomat Testifies
Diplomat David Holmes testified to House impeachment investigators on Thursday that Ambassador Gordon Sondland was more than a little frustrated with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani as they carried out the pressure campaign against Ukraine. In his opening statement, Holmes described how he came to learn about Giuliani’s “direct influence” on the...
Pelosi: Trump Clearly ‘Used His Office For His Personal Gain’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) criticized how President Trump is handling the impeachment inquiry during a press conference Thursday. After stating that “none of us came here to impeach a President,” Pelosi railed against Trump for using his office “for his own personal gain” and said that he “undermined the national security.” “The evidence...
Trump Throws Twitter Tantrum Right Before The Fifth Day Of Impeachment Hearings
It’s getting to him. In the hours leading up to the fifth day of impeachment hearings, President Trump threw a tantrum in a series of tweets Thursday morning. The President’s Thursday morning tweets mainly took aim at what he calls a “phony impeachment hoax” and labeled Democrats “human scum.” Trump doubled down on his reaction to the...
READ: State Dept Aide Painstakingly Traces Development Of Pressure Campaign
David Holmes, a U.S. diplomat in Kyiv, traced in detail the emergence and solidification of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s pressure campaign, including episodes about the “three amigos” and sharing that he sat in on many “germane” meetings with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. Read his opening statement here: …read more Source::...
LIVEBLOG: Ex-White House Aide Torches GOP Conspiracy Theories
Former National Security Council senior director Fiona Hill and State Department aide David Holmes are due to testify as part of the impeachment inquiry Thursday, both expected to provide key insights. Hill worked under former National Security Advisor John Bolton, and is well-positioned to describe his reactions to the “drug deal” helmed by...
READ: Fiona Hill Goes After ‘Fictional’ GOP Ukraine Meddling Conspiracy Theory
In her opening statement, former NSC senior director Fiona Hill plans to dismantle Republicans’ bogus conspiracy theory that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 election on Democrats’ behalf, calling it “fictional” and “harmful.” “Based on questions and statements I have heard, some of you on this committee appear to believe that Russia and...
Parnas Assisted Nunes’ Investigations In Europe
Ed MacMahon, attorney for indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas, said that his client helped arrange meetings and interviews for Rep. Devin Nunes’ (R-CA) “investigations” in Europe in 2018. According to the Daily Beast, Nunes traveled around Europe with a coterie of aides from November 30 to December 3, costing $63,000 in government...
Investigation Into Giuliani Pals Inches Closer To Trump’s Orbit With New Subpoenas
Federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York have issued subpoenas to people fundraising for President Donald Trump as they dig up information about Rudy Giuliani and his associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman. According to the New York Times, the subpoenas are an extension of the probe into Parnas and Fruman, who were arrested on...
Ukraine Was Aware Of Hold On Military Aid Far Earlier Than Previously Known
Ukrainian officials inquired about the hold in hundreds of millions of dollars worth of U.S. security assistance more than a month earlier than previously known, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper told the House impeachment inquiry Wednesday evening. Cooper told the House Intelligence Committee that a staffer of hers received an...
Gordon Sondland Tried To Have Fun While Being Scrutinized Over Ukraine Scheme
Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland swept into the hearing room on Wednesday to effectively demolish President Donald Trump’s claim there was no quid pro quo with Ukraine — and he did it with a smirk. In stark contrast with the other witnesses who had somberly testified in the House impeachment investigation, Sondland...
