Section: TPM (USA)
READ: George Kent’s Testimony Relaying His ‘Alarm’ At Actions Of Giuliani, Others
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent testified Wednesday as part of the impeachment inquiry on his personal alarm as actors like Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s attempts to “gin up politically motivated investigations” “infected” U.S.-Ukraine relations. Read his prepared remarks here: …read more Source::...
WATCH LIVE: Public Impeachment Hearing With Bill Taylor, George Kent
The first public impeachment hearing is scheduled to get underway at 10 a.m. ET, with acting Ukraine Ambassador Bill Taylor and Deputy Secretary of State George Kent testifying. Watch the proceedings live below: …read more Source::...
Trump Rage-Tweets In Anticipation Of First Public Impeachment Hearings
With a few hours to spare before the impeachment inquiry officially enters its public phase, President Trump turned to his infamous vice of rage-tweeting his anticipation. On the eve of the first public impeachment testimonies Wednesday, which will feature acting Ukraine ambassador Bill Taylor and top State Department official George Kent, Trump...
Giuliani Peddles Nonsensical Notion That Trump Only ‘Requested,’ Didn’t ‘Demand’ Quid Pro Quo
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed Tuesday, centering his case for President Donald Trump’s innocence on the dubious logic that Trump only “requested” and did not “demand” that the Ukrainian President make up a Biden scandal. “Moreover, Mr. Trump requested that Ukraine root out corruption; he didn’t demand...
What Dems Need From The First Public Impeachment Hearing
The House impeachment inquiry will enter a new phase Wednesday when the congressional investigation grills its first witnesses in public. Bill Taylor, the acting Ukraine ambassador, and George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eurasian affairs, both participated in closed-door depositions last month. But most Americans...
Bill Taylor Op-Ed Subtweets Entire Trump Ukraine Scandal
Acting Ukraine Ambassador Bill Taylor has emerged as a key witness in the House’s impeachment inquiry. But this week, he made quite a statement in the court of public opinion, in the form of a strikingly topical op-ed. Taylor has testified, and is expected to do so again publicly on Wednesday, that the Trump administration used irregular...
NYT: Trump Has Talked About Firing IG Who Reported Whistleblower Complaint
President Donald Trump has reportedly discussed with aides whether to fire Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson for disloyalty. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Trump has been privately complaining about Atkinson after he reported to Congress the whistleblower complaint flagging Trump’s infamous July call...
How Rudy Giuliani And His Indicted Buddies Stormed The ’18 Midterms
Airpods. MAGA. The Lubavitcher Rebbe. Rudy Giuliani. It might not be what you expect, but for Giuliani and his two Soviet-born buddies, that’s what peak political performance looks like. Giuliani barnstormed the country in the week before the 2018 midterms, supporting various GOP candidates. And he brought two trusted political advisors in...
Giuliani Was Close To A Podcast Deal With News Outlet That Spread His Ukraine Conspiracies
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. After John Solomon ran columns in The Hill that touched off a disinformation campaign against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, the publication had discussions with Rudy Giuliani about a...
Bolton Privately Throws Trump’s Foreign Policy Decisions Under The Bus
Although former National Security Adviser John Bolton has kept a relatively low profile since his resignation in September, he hasn’t exactly kept his thoughts on President Trump’s foreign policy approach to himself. According to a Tuesday report from NBC News, Bolton aired his suspicions over the motivations behind Trump’s...
