Section: TPM (USA)
Report: Rudy Giuliani Is In The Market For A Defense Attorney
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been asking around for possible defense attorneys, a notable move since he asserted last week that he’d only lawyer up if absolutely necessary. According to CNN, Giuliani said Wednesday that he had not yet been contacted by the FBI or prosecutors at the SDNY, despite reports that federal prosecutors in New...
After Republican SCIF Stunt, Cooper Ultimately Testified For Over Three Hours
After her testimony was delayed for five hours as non-committee member Republicans stormed the secure hearing room, top Pentagon official Laura Cooper finally spoke for over three hours on Wednesday. According to Politico, Democrats who sat in on the hearing didn’t share details about it, while Trump ally Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) was quick...
After Explosive Taylor Testimony, Trump Rails Against People In His Own Admin.
President Trump is not pleased with some of his own administration’s hires, lashing out at them in a series of tweets Wednesday afternoon. Trump accused both top Ukraine diplomat Bill Taylor and his lawyer John Bellinger of being “Never Trumpers” in response to the career diplomat’s damning 15-page opening statement to Congress that...
Trump Cares So Much About Corruption That He Keeps Cutting Funding To Fight It
President Donald Trump and his allies have repeated ad nauseam that he froze congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine because of his staunch determination to weed out corruption in the Ukrainian government, not to pressure Ukraine into helping his political campaign. But his administration’s budget proposals for international...
There Was No ‘Quid Pro Quo’ Because Ukraine Didn’t Bend To Demands, McCarthy Argues
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) shifted the goalposts for President Donald Trump again on Wednesday, insisting that there could not have been a “quid pro quo” in Trump’s interactions with Ukraine because Ukraine never buckled to Trump’s demands. Speaking to reporters, McCarthy said the exchange outlined by Acting...
Perry: Trump Is Absolved Because He Never Mentioned Biden To Me
Soon-to-depart Energy Secretary Rick Perry has a new defense for President Trump’s Ukraine quid pro quo. In an interview with conservative radio personality Hugh Hewitt Wednesday — a day after career diplomat Bill Taylor’s blockbuster congressional testimony undercut Trump’s repeated quid pro quo denials — Perry denied being...
New Report Undermines Trumpworld Defense On Ukraine Quid Pro Quo
The Ukrainian government was made aware just a few days after the country’s President spoke with President Donald Trump on the phone that military aid was being held up purposefully, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The new revelation undermines a defense that Trump supporters grasped hold of in the hours after Ambassador Bill...
Watch: GOP Rep. Yells At CNN Reporter When Asked About Bill Taylor’s Testimony
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) erupted on Wednesday morning when CNN reporter Manu Raju tried to talk to him about acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor’s bombshell testimony in the House impeachment investigation. Raju told CNN anchor Kate Balduan about his encounter with Brooks after the GOP congressman and dozens of other House...
Top Senate Republican Calls Impression Of Taylor Testimony ‘Not Good’
John Thune, the second-highest ranked Republican in the Senate, said Wednesday that the impression coming from top Ukraine diplomat Bill Taylor’s testimony is “not a good one.” “The picture coming out of it, based on the reporting that we’ve seen, I would say is not a good one,” he said to assembled reporters, per CNN. “But I would...
Giuliani Associates Parnas And Fruman Plead Not Guilty, Raise Executive Privilege Concerns
NEW YORK — Two of the key players in Rudy Giuliani’s efforts to dig up dirt on Trump’s enemies pleaded not guilty in Manhattan Federal Court Wednesday — and embraced the President and his approach to dealing with legal issues. In their first appearance in court, an attorney for Parnas told a federal judge that their case may involve...
