Section: TPM (USA)
Who’s Testifying In The Impeachment Probe This Week — And Why We Care
Another week, more depositions. As the House’s impeachment inquiry continues — despite attempts by the Trump administration to restrict witness testimony in the probe — another week of closed-door depositions could shed some light on the extent to which President Donald Trump used his office for political gain. Trump and his lawyer Rudy...
Trump Wasn’t Thrilled By That Mulvaney Interview On ‘Fox News Sunday’
President Trump has spent the entire weekend holed up in the White House, voraciously consuming media coverage of his White House acting chief of staff and becoming increasing frustrated by Mick Mulvaney’s messy attempts to clean up his quid pro quo admission last week. According to CNN, Trump was not thrilled with Mulvaney media...
Downfall #1
One quick observation. We’ve now seen President Trump green light a Turkish invasion of northeastern Syria and then (perhaps?) try to undo it after it was too late to undo it. He decided to feather his own nest by hosting the G-7 at his Doral golf resort (a guaranteed political firestorm) before reversing course after roughly 48 hours. It...
Tapper Blasts WH For ‘Shirking’ Duty To Explain What It’s Doing ‘With Our Money And In Our Name’
CNN “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper slammed the White House on Sunday for turning down invitations to appear on his show and discuss the many scandals roiling President Donald Trump’s administration. Tapper began his morning program by listing the controversies this week around Trump’s now-retracted decision to host the G-7...
Report: Mulvaney Was Close To Getting Sacked Before Impeachment Probe Began
Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney reportedly faced termination before House Democrats launched the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. CNN reported on Sunday that top White House officials, such as Jared Kushner, were actively seeking out Mulvaney’s replacement before the impeachment probe began on September 24....
Pompeo Distances Himself From Mulvaney’s Shocking Admission Of Quid Pro Quo
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that he “never saw” quid pro quo as a factor in the Trump administration’s decision to freeze aid to Ukraine, despite acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney’s confirmation that it was. ABC News’ “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos relayed to Pompeo Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R-AL)...
Chris Wallace To Mulvaney: ‘Your Fingerprints Are All Over’ Ukraine-Biden Scheme
Fox News host Chris Wallace confronted acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney on Sunday over his role in pushing Ukraine to investigate President Donald Trump’s political rivals. During an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Mulvaney doubled down on his denial that he had admitted on Thursday that Trump had asked him to withhold military aid to...
GOP Rep. Who Wouldn’t Rule Out Impeaching Trump Announces Retirement
Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL), who was one of the few Republicans who didn’t fully opposed impeaching President Donald Trump, announced on Saturday that he would not seek reelection in 2020. During an interview on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom,” Rooney told Fox host Leland Vittert that he did not want to serve a third term in...
The Big Dirty
And there it is, the other quid pro quo. Notorious Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash would help Rudy and DiGenova and Toensing cook up dirt on Joe Biden. In return, they’d work with Trump to get US corruption charges against Firtash tossed. Firtash has been fighting extradition to the US on federal corruption charges since 2014. From...
The Debunked Biden Allegations Are Incredibly Useful To Dmitry Firtash
It was one month after Ukraine’s bloody February 2014 revolution. Federal prosecutors in Chicago unsealed a bizarre but pointed indictment against Dmytro Firtash, accusing the oligarch gas middleman of bribing Indian officials in a scheme to corner the market on material for the Boeing 787 supply chain. At the same time, Hunter Biden had...
