Section: TPM (USA)
Lev Parnas’ Lawyer Claims He Pushed Ukraine For Probe Of Bidens Using Threat Of Aid Freeze
Rudy Giuliani’s associate Lev Parnas told a Ukrainian official in May that unless the country announced an investigation into Joe and Hunter Biden, Vice President Mike Pence would not attend the incoming President’s inauguration and the United States would freeze aid funds to Ukraine, Parnas’ lawyer claimed. The New York Times...
Rick Perry Pals Landed Ukraine Gas Rights Contract After Boost From Secretary
A Texas businessman and former donor to Energy Secretary Rick Perry landed an exclusive energy extraction contract in Ukraine after Perry boosted him and his associate, the Associated Press reported Monday. The American duo weren’t top bidders for the contract, but they beat the competition on other factors under consideration by the body...
Reports: Bolton Has Landed A Million-Dollar Book Deal
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton has reportedly signed a book deal. CNN and the Associated Press reported on Saturday that Bolton had signed with publisher Simon & Schuster after several weeks of negotiations. Unnamed publishing officials told the AP the deal was worth approximately $2 million. Though the exact release date is...
National Sec Adviser: Top Impeachment Probe Witness Will Be Removed From WH Council
On Sunday, National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who gave a bombshell testimony in the House impeachment investigation last month on President Donald Trump’s Ukraine scheme, will be removed from his post at the White House National Security Council. “Lieutenant Colonel Vindman, who has testified...
GOP Rep. Says Trump Asking Ukraine To Investigate Biden Was ‘Inappropriate’
Ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee Mac Thornberry (R-TX) said on Sunday that it was “inappropriate” for President Donald Trump to ask the Ukrainian president to investigate 2020 candidate Joe Biden during their phone call. “I believe it’s inappropriate for a president to ask a foreign leader to investigate a political...
Rand Paul Argues Trump Has ‘Every Right’ To Freeze Military Aid To Ukraine
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) continued to defend President Donald Trump on Sunday, insisting Trump was within his rights to withhold congressionally-approved military aid to Ukraine. “Presidents, since the beginning of time, have resisted Congress,” the Kentucky Republican told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd. “And there’s been...
Report: State Dept Quietly Released Ukraine Aid On Bolton’s Orders
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton reportedly directed the State Department to release $141 million in military to Ukraine several days before President Donald Trump claims he himself had authorized the aid’s release. Bloomberg reported on Saturday that though Trump claims he had unfrozen funds for the aid on September 11 after...
Schiff Whacks Nunes’ Witness Requests: Will Not Abet ‘Sham Investigations’
House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) responded to Rep. Devin Nunes’ (R-CA) witness requests Saturday, saying that he would not allow the impeachment inquiry to become a “vehicle” for more “sham investigations.” Nunes, ranking member on the committee, sent his list in a letter to Schiff earlier on Saturday, naming the...
Newly Released Testimony Implicates Mulvaney Deeper In Ukraine Scandal
White House aides who raised concerns about President Trump’s Ukraine pressure campaign told House investigators that Mick Mulvaney was more deeply involved than previously known, according to deposition transcripts released this week. “Nobody knew” what two U.S. diplomats running point on the campaign were doing in mid-July, “beyond chief...
Giuliani Buds Pressed Previous Ukraine President For Bogus Investigations, Too!
Two buddies of Rudy Giuliani’s tried to arrange a deal with Ukraine’s last President whereby he would get a state visit to the U.S. during an election campaign, so long as Kyiv agreed to announce investigations into the Bidens and the 2016 elections, the Wall Street Journal reports. Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman reportedly met with...
