Section: TPM (USA)
WaPo: Vindman Told Eisenberg That Trump’s Behavior On Ukraine Call Was ‘Wrong’
White House lawyer John Einsenberg quickly placed a transcript of President Trump’s call with the Ukrainian president in a secure vault after an alarmed Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman told him he thought Trump’s behavior during the call was “wrong,” the Washington Post reported. According to people familiar with Vindman’s...
Democrats Ask John Bolton To Testify In Impeachment Investigation
Democrats leading the House impeachment inquiry asked former National Security Adviser John Bolton to testify on Wednesday. House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA), Foreign Affairs Chair Eliot Engel (D-NY), and Acting Oversight Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) sent Bolton’s lawyers a letter requesting their client to give a deposition on...
Trump Ambassador Nom Doesn’t Seem To Think Trump’s Ukraine Call Was ‘Perfect’
John Sullivan, deputy secretary of State and President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Russia, apparently doesn’t agree that it’s okay for a president to try to push foreign countries to investigate his political rivals – something Trump did during a call with the Ukrainian president in July. During Sullivan’s...
CNN Exec Doubles Down On Sean Duffy Hire Even As Network’s Talent Trashes Him
On Tuesday, a CNN executive defended the network’s decision to hire ex-Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) as a contributor even after CNN’s own top on-air talent spent the day bashing Duffy for his comments about House impeachment witness Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman. CNN Vice President Rebecca Kutler told Politico that CNN reports “from all points...
Schumer Expresses Concern For Vindman’s Safety After His Testimony
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is concerned about the personal safety of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman following his Tuesday testimony that recalled how he alerted a top White House lawyer twice over the Trump administration’s pressure campaign on Ukraine to dig up politically advantageous dirt for the President. In a letter...
Witness Sheds Light On WH’s Delayed Response To 2018 Russia-Ukraine Conflict
A State Department official who is testifying in the House’s impeachment inquiry Wednesday shed light on the White House’s sluggish response to a November 2018 Russian attack on Ukrainian ships. According to the opening remarks of Christopher Anderson, a Ukraine expert who was aware of concerns within the intelligence community about...
Kilmeade On Defense After Questioning NSC Official’s ‘Affinity’ For Ukraine
“Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade doesn’t understand all the fuss over his suspicions that Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who has served on the National Security Council since 2018, has an “affinity to the Ukrainian people.” During a Wednesday morning segment on “Fox & Friends,” Kilmeade pushed back on the heat he’s gotten...
In Massive Slight, Trump Left Mulvaney Out Of Baghdadi Raid Operation
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney was at home in South Carolina when the raid to kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was launched, only learning about it after the fact. According to NBC News, Mulvaney was only filled in Saturday night after President Donald Trump tweeted a teaser: “Something very big has just happened!” It was a snub of epic...
State Dpt Official To Testify That Bolton Warned About Giuliani’s Influence On Ukraine
Christopher Anderson, former assistant to special envoy to the Ukraine Kurt Volker, will testify Wednesday that former NSA John Bolton warned about Rudy Giuliani’s influence on the President with regards to Ukrainian policy. According to his prepared remarks obtained by CNN, Anderson will say that during a meeting in mid-June, Bolton drew...
White House Official Testifies That Call Memo Omitted Direct Biden References
Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman, a National Security Counsel official who listened in on President Donald Trump’s July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, testified Tuesday that the White House omitted some details from the conversation in the publicly released call memo. According to the New York Times, Vindman tried to edit...
