Section: TPM (USA)
Chris Wallace Tells Scalise He Mischaracterized Impeachment Testimonies ‘Very Badly’
Fox News host Chris Wallace shut down House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) on Sunday when the Republican leader tried to downplay the public testimonies held last week that detailed President Donald Trump’s Ukraine scheme. Scalise argued on “Fox News Sunday” that the testimonies of diplomats Bill Taylor, George Kent, and Marie...
Johnson: Whistleblower Complaint ‘Exposed Things That Didn’t Need To Be Exposed’
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) complained on Sunday that the whistleblower’s complaint about President Donald Trump’s call with Ukraine “has exposed things that didn’t need to be exposed.” During an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Johnson lamented “the damage that is being done to our country through this entire...
GOPer On Intel Committee Says State Dep. Should Comply With Impeachment Subpoena
Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT), a member of one of the committee leading the House impeachment probe, said on Sunday that he’d officially call on the State Department to comply with impeachment investigators’ subpoenas if Democrats subpoena the whistleblower who flagged President Donald Trump’s call with Ukraine. During...
Sondland Carried Out Secret Ukraine Dealings On Trump’s Orders, WH Official Testified
Outgoing National Security Council aide Tim Morrison testified that Ambassador Gordon Sondland had told him he was carrying out the shadow negotiations with Ukraine over the delayed military aid on President Donald Trump’s orders, according to a newly released transcript of Morrison’s testimony. During Morrison’s closed-door...
Trump Unexpectedly Defends Biden After North Korea Attacks Top Dem Rival
President Donald Trump defended 2020 Democratic candidate Joe Biden on Sunday morning after North Korea’s state-run news agency called Biden a “rabid dog” who “must be beaten to death with a stick.” “Mr. Chairman, Joe Biden may be Sleepy and Very Slow, but he is not a ‘rabid dog,’” Trump tweeted. “He is actually somewhat better than...
READ: House Committees Release Transcripts Of Morrison, Williams Testimonies
The House committees conducting the impeachment inquiry released transcripts Saturday of the closed-door testimonies earlier this month of outgoing National Security Council aide Tim Morrison and Vice President Mike Pence aide Jennifer Williams.Both Morrison and Williams raised their concerns about the now-infamous July call between President...
Jordan Brushes Off Testimony Of Diplomat Who Described Trump-Sondland Call
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) brushed off the impeachment testimony of David Holmes, an aide to former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor, on Saturday while on his way to the closed-door testimony of senior Office of Management and Budget official Mark Sandy. Holmes’ opening statement, which CNN first reported Friday night, described to House...
Trump’s Advisers Privately Admit His Tweets Attacking Yovanovitch Did Damage
President Trump’s advisers and allies didn’t get the heads up before he launched attacks against ousted Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Friday morning while her public testimony in the House impeachment probe was underway. Only an hour into Yovanovitch’s testimony, Trump tweeted that “everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went...
The Holmes Prepared Testimony Is a Way Bigger Deal Than Expected
Yesterday after the Yovanovitch testimony the House Intelligence Committee went into another closed door session to hear from Foreign Service Office David Holmes. This was the surprise witness referred to earlier in the week by Bill Taylor, the one who had allegedly overheard the conversation between President Trump and Gordon Sondland, the day...
CNN: Parnas Said He Was On ‘James Bond Mission’ For Trump After Private WH Meeting
A picture is worth a thousand words — or at least a clue into a previously unreported private White House meeting involving Rudy Giuliani associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman. CNN reported Friday night that during the White House’s annual Hanukkah party last year — where a photo posted to social media by Parnas shows the two Giuliani...
