Section: TPM (USA)
LIVEBLOG: Sondland Testifies Publicly After Being Labeled Key To The Ukraine Gambit
Another marathon day of impeachment proceeding begins Wednesday with the public testimony of Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union. Sondland, who donated $1 million to President Trump’s inaugural, was a key figure in the Ukraine pressure campaign, and, according to several witnesses, had a direct line to Trump as the...
READ: Sondland’s Explosive Opening Statement Kicks Off Damning Day For Trump
Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland will show up armed with new evidence, planning to hammer home the idea that the Ukraine pressure campaign was carried out completely on President Donald Trump’s orders, according to his opening statement. Read his opening remarks here: …read more Source::...
Sondland Kept Pompeo Informed At Key Moments Of Ukraine Pressure Campaign
Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland kept Secretary of State Mike Pompeo apprised of key developments in the Ukrainian pressure campaign, lashing Pompeo closer to the heart of the impeachment inquiry. According to the New York Times, Sondland showed Pompeo a draft statement in mid-August he hoped that President Donald Trump would sign to grant...
Report: At Least $35 Million In Aid Is Still Being Withheld From Ukraine
The Trump administration is reportedly still withholding some of the congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine even as impeachment investigators scrutinize President Donald Trump’s decision to delay the aid to leverage political assistance. The Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday that it had obtained a Pentagon document showing...
Manchin Says ‘There’s Nothing Right’ About GOP Attacks Against Vindman
Shortly after the public impeachment testimony of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman concluded Tuesday afternoon, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) criticized Republican attacks against Vindman. During Vindman’s testimony Tuesday, Republicans attempted to attack him for following a White House lawyer’s instructions and going to him with concerns about...
READ: Volker Mounts Self-Defense In Opening Statement
Former special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker made some alterations to his story in his opening statement Tuesday, trying to get his account more on board with the other testimonies lawmakers have now heard. He said that he found the investigations that Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland raised during the July 10 meeting with former National...
Oy! The Biggest Shifts In Kurt Volker’s Ukraine Testimony
Former Special Envoy for the Ukraine Crisis Kurt Volker updated his testimony for public consumption on Tuesday, making key changes to his recollection of his involvement at the center of President Trump’s and Rudy Giuliani’s pressure campaign on Ukraine. The shifts focus on the extent to which Volker understood that demands for...
READ: Morrison Says ‘Fears Have Been Realized’ After Trump-Zelensky Call Disclosure
Former NSC aide Tim Morrison, who listened in on the July 25 call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said that his “fears have been realized” about the effect its disclosure would have on the political climate. He also used much of his brief opening statement to remind his audience about the situation on...
House Aiming For McGahn Testimony As Part Of Impeachment Proceedings
Lawyers for the House floated in a court filing Tuesday the possibility that former White House counsel Don McGahn could testify as part of the impeachment proceedings, once those proceedings move to the House Judiciary Committee. The possibility of McGahn’s testimony came up in a request to U.S. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson that she...
No, Vindman Didn’t Violate The Chain Of Command—He Followed WH Lawyer’s Orders
A key House impeachment inquiry witness followed a White House lawyer’s instructions and went to him with concerns about Donald Trump’s actions. For Republican impeachment inquisitors, that was a sign of insubordination. The witness, the National Security Council Ukraine director Alexander Vindman, had been told by the NSC’s top...
