Section: TPM (USA)
Former Rep. Pete Sessions Subpoenaed Over Giuliani Contacts
Former Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) received a subpoena over his contacts with Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani from a grand jury in connection with a Manhattan federal criminal investigation of the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the subpoena, said that it sought documents...
In Pushing For Ukraine Dirt, Trump Saw Value In Corrupt Prosecutors
There’s a deep irony in the accusations against Joe Biden that President Trump’s pressure campaign on Ukraine sought to substantiate. It boils down to this: while claiming that Biden abused his office to corruptly fire a prosecutor whose investigation supposedly threatened his son, Trump found political benefit from two successive...
Giuliani No Longer Represented By Former Watergate Prosecutor
Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday that Jon Sale will no longer represent him in the House impeachment inquiry, two weeks after Giuliani hired him. Sale confirmed the move to TPM on Tuesday but denied reports that he and Giuliani had “parted ways” amid House Democrats’ subpoena issued to Giuliani in the impeachment inquiry into his and President...
12 Candidates, 1 Stage: What To Watch At The October Democratic Debate
Tuesday’s Democratic debate, the first since the Ukraine scandal exploded and the impeachment inquiry got underway, will feature a sprawling field of 12 presidential hopefuls. The debate will be hosted by the New York Times and CNN at Otterbein University in Ohio starting at 8 p.m. ET. Here are the biggest dynamics undergirding...
Ukrainian Moneymen Fruman, Parnas Spotted At 2018 DeSantis Victory Party
The Rudy Giuliani associates charged with conspiring to mask foreign political donations, among other things, were filmed at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R) victory party in 2018. In a video filmed by Reuters’ Joey Roulette, which he flagged Monday, Parnas is seen at the right shoulder of current Florida first lady Casey DeSantis....
Fourth Defendant In Giuliani Pals’ Alleged Schemes Remains At Large
David Correia, the fourth defendant in alleged schemes tied to longtime pals of Rudy Giuliani’s, remains at large, TPM has learned. A law enforcement official familiar with the situation told TPM Monday morning that Correia is not in federal custody. A resident of West Palm Beach, Florida, Correia was indicted on Thursday on campaign...
Report: Trump Thinks Bolton’s Leaking Details On Ukraine Scandal
President Donald Trump reportedly thinks his former National Security Advisor John Bolton is behind at least some of the leaks regarding the burgeoning Ukraine scandal. The Daily Beast reported on Tuesday that Trump’s been floating Bolton as one of the administration insiders providing leak after leak to the media detailing officials’...
Sondland Will Say He Didn’t Know About Hunter Allegations Until Whistleblower Complaint
During his planned testimony before the House committees investigating impeachment on Thursday, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland plans to tell lawmakers that he wasn’t aware that Hunter Biden was at the center of the Trump pressure campaign he was helping to orchestrate. According to the Washington Post, Sondland will...
WSJ: Federal Investigators Have Viewed Giuliani’s Bank Records
Federal prosecutors investigating Rudy Giuliani’s links to two Soviet-born businessmen arrested last week on campaign finance charges have reviewed the former New York City mayor’s bank records, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday night. Investigators are looking at Giuliani’s finances, meetings and work for a city mayor in...
Bolton Protested Ukraine Pressure Campaign, Called Giuliani A ‘Hand Grenade’
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton asked White House aide Fiona Hill touse her testimony to House investigators to help distance him from the Ukraine pressure campaign, the New York Times reported. According to two people familiar with the Monday testimony who spoke to the Times, Bolton asked Hill to tell the House committees that he...
