Section: TPM (USA)
Taylor, Kent, Yovanovitch Will Be First Public Impeachment Testimonies Next Week
Several key witnesses in the House’s impeachment inquiry will be the fist to appear in public hearings next week. The move toward public hearings, rather than the behind-closed-doors testimonies that have so far taken place in sealed rooms, marks a new phase in the impeachment inquiry. The current acting ambassador to Ukraine, the former...
Jordan Says Sondland Testimony Was His ‘Opinion’ While Volker’s Was ‘Definitive’
Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) reactions to the revised testimony of EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland and the testimony of special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker are night and day. According to CNN Wednesday, Jordan dismissed the EU ambassador’s revised testimony by saying that “it is Sondland’s opinion.” The three new pages of...
Trump Voters Unfazed By POTUS Potentially Shooting Someone: ‘Why Did He Shoot Him?’
“I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters,” then-candidate Donald Trump declared on the 2016 campaign trail eons ago. As it turns out, he’s not entirely wrong. CNN held a roundtable of what the network described as “swing voters” from Pennsylvania, during which CNN host Alisyn Camerota...
Lawyer For Ex-NSC Aide: Sondland ‘Fabricated Communications’ During House Testimony
Gordon Sondland — the ambassador who has already had to amend his impeachment testimony once — was accused of fabricating a separate episode in his testimony Wednesday by another witness in the Ukraine inquiry. A lawyer for former National Security Council aide Fiona Hill said on Twitter that Sondland had “fabricated” the details of an encounter...
WH Hangs Onto ‘No Quid Pro Quo’ Defense Even After Sondland Confirmed It
The White House is holding tight to its “no quid pro quo” defense, even after EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland confirmed it in a revision to his previous testimony in the House impeachment probe. During a segment on “Fox & Friends” Wednesday morning, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway argued that “no quid pro quo is proven” in...
State Dept Official Will Tell Congress Politics Were Behind Decision To Stall Military Aid
A top State Department official will testify on Wednesday that political considerations were behind the department’s decision to withhold military aid to Ukraine, the Associated Press reported. David Hale will reportedly tell congressional investigators Wednesday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other top officials were concerned...
Republicans Are Going To Toss Gordon Sondland Under The Bus
After the House released the transcript of U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland’s testimony, in which he confirmed there was, in fact, quid pro quo associated with the Trump-Giuliani pressure campaign in Ukraine, Republicans aren’t happy. According to Politico Playbook’s interviews with a handful of Republicans...
Ukraine Envoy’s Texts Show Drama Behind Trump’s Pressure Campaign
Lordy, there are texts. On Tuesday, the impeachment inquiry released the “full production of text messages” provided by Kurt Volker, the former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine and a key player in Trump’s effort to pressure Ukraine into providing political dirt. House Democrats released a few crucial snippets of these text messages last month,...
Graham Says He Won’t Read Transcripts Because It’s All ‘A Bunch Of B.S.’
Senate Judiciary Chair Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told reporters Tuesday that he doesn’t plan on reading the deposition transcripts of the ongoing impeachment inquiry. According to CBS News, Graham told reporters on Capitol Hill that he’s “written the whole process off” and that he thinks “this is a bunch of B.S.” Graham’s latest...
CNN: Top Pence Adviser Will Likely Cooperate With Impeachment Probe
One of Vice President Mike Pence’s senior staffers is likely to testify in front of House impeachment investigators, according to CNN. Anonymous sources told CNN on Tuesday that Jennifer Williams, an adviser on Pence’s national security team, will probably comply with the investigators’ request for a deposition on Thursday. An...
