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Morrison Confirms Trump Aide Told Him About Ukraine Funding Quid Pro Quo
During his testimony before lawmakers on Thursday, outgoing National Security Council aide Tim Morrison confirmed that there was in fact a quid pro quo associated with President Trump’s decision to withhold military aid from Ukraine, the New York Times reported. Morrison told lawmakers behind closed doors Thursday that a top diplomat...
Trump Mulls ‘Fireside Chat’ Reading Of Transcript To American People
President Trump is mulling a new line of defense against the ongoing impeachment inquiry into his actions with Ukraine: embodying FDR. During an interview with the Washington Examiner on Thursday, just after the House voted to approve the impeachment inquiry process, Trump said he wanted to convince the American people that he did nothing wrong...
The Impeachable Offense That Democrats Should Stop Ignoring
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. For the better part of this year, House Democrats have been consumed by a battle over how best to use their newfound power. One side called for impeachment from the start. The other side insisted that Democrats focus on kitchen table issues like health care. But the...
CNN: National Security Official Testifies He Was Told To Avoid Giuliani’s Ukraine Scheme
Tim Morrison, the National Security Council’s senior director for European affairs, reportedly testified that a fellow National Security official had warned him to stay away from Rudy Giuliani’s Ukraine scheme. Morrison told House impeachment investigators that during the summer, then-White House official Fiona Hill had advised him to...
House, Justice Department Face Off In Court Over McGahn Subpoena
A hearing Thursday in the lawsuit brought by the House to enforce its subpoena of ex-White House Counsel Don McGahn kicked off with a discussion over whether the court could wade into the dispute at all. U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said she wanted to start the hearing with that debate and related questions, before moving on to the...
READ: Testimony From Tim Morrison, National Security Staffer Who Listened To Zelensky Call
A National Security Council official who testified in the House of Representative’s impeachment inquiry Thursday said in an opening statement that he did not think the President discussed “anything illegal” during his now-infamous July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. CBS News obtained and published the written...
House Passes Impeachment Procedures Measure, Setting Stage For Public Hearings
A resolution outlining the next steps in the House impeachment inquiry passed in a largely party line 232-196 floor vote Thursday. The resolution paves the way for open hearings in the inquiry, as Democrats prepare to present to the public what their investigation into President Trump’s Ukraine pressure campaign has yielded. It also comes...
Trump Jr. Says He Wishes His Name Was Hunter Biden Because He’d ‘Be A Really Rich Guy’
Donald Trump Jr. took to Fox News Wednesday night to declare his envy for … Hunter Biden? When asked by Fox News host Sean Hannity Wednesday night if he could “imagine that your name was Hunter Biden,” the President’s son gleefully responded that he wished that he shared the same name as the Democratic frontrunner’s son. “I wish my...
Fox Host Challenges Conway Claim That ‘Whole World’ Knows What Happened On Ukraine Call
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway received mild pushback from a Fox News host on Thursday morning when she claimed the “whole world” knows exactly what was said during President Trump’s call with the president of Ukraine. While Conway attempted to list out all the items that she believes weren’t included on the Ukraine call —...
Pompeo Voices New Baseless Conspiracy Theory Grown From A Trump Talking Point
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo subtly dropped a new conspiracy theory on Fox News Wednesday night, implying that the Obama administration held back from giving weapons to Ukraine because of Hunter Biden. “I couldn’t answer if it’s because of Hunter Biden, that Barack Obama and Vice President Biden didn’t give weapons to Ukraine,...
