Section: TPM (USA)
6 Of The Most Gobsmacking Lines From WH Screed Against Impeachment Probe
The White House’s written assault against Democrats’ impeachment inquiry read something like an extended Twitter thread by President Trump. The letter — written by White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Intel Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA), House Foreign Affairs Chair Eliot Engel (D-NY)...
Graham Intends To Rally Senate GOP To Formally Condemn Impeachment Effort
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) intends to rally his Republican colleagues in the Senate to sign a letter officially declaring the phone call between President Trump and the president of Ukraine a non-impeachable offense. During an interview with “Fox and Friends” on Wednesday morning, Graham laid out his intentions for inviting Trump attorney Rudy...
Trump Ordered Perry, State Dept To Primarily Huddle With Giuliani On Ukraine
President Trump directed his energy secretary and two of his top State Department officials to work with his private attorney Rudy Giuliani to coordinate official business with the president of Ukraine as early as May, CNN reported. According to two sources familiar with the conversation who spoke to CNN, Trump was reportedly convinced that the...
Ukrainian Prosecutor Says First Invite From Giuliani Came Earlier Than Previously Known
The former top prosecutor in Ukraine who originally claimed to have dirt on Joe Biden said in a Tuesday radio interview in Kyiv that discussions with Rudy Giuliani began far earlier than previously known. Ex-prosecutor general of Ukraine Viktor Lutsenko said that Giuliani first invited him to New York City to discuss “Ukrainian interference in...
Watergate Jury Report Would Have Stayed Secret Today, DOJ Argues In Mueller Docs Case
If Watergate happened today, the Justice Department argued in court Tuesday, the grand jury report that contributed greatly to President Richard Nixon’s resignation would not be released to Congress. “Wow, OK,” replied Chief Judge Beryl Howell, of the D.C. District Court, according to the accounts of multiple reporters who were in the...
READ: White House Launches Full Frontal Assault On Impeachment Process
White House Counsel Pat Cipollone sent a letter Tuesday to House Democratic leaders that outright rejected Congress’ impeachment inquiry and sought to delegitimize the entire effort. “President Trump and his Administration reject your baseless, unconstitutional efforts to overturn the democratic process. Your unprecedented actions have left...
Trump Impeachment Inquiry Not Limited To Ukraine, House Lawyer Says
The House’s general counsel said on Tuesday that the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump goes beyond his attempt to get Ukraine to investigate 2020 rival Joe Biden. During a hearing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, as reported by CNN, House General Counsel Doug Letter told presiding Judge Beryl Howell...
WH Aides Were Immediately Worried About Ukraine Call, Moved To Put Transcript In Vault
As soon as President Trump hung up the phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25, his aides jumped into motion to address concerns about the conversation, including taking steps to put notes on the call in a password-protected, highly-classified vault, CNN reported. National security officials immediately began discussing...
Trump Involved In Key Call In The Late Stages Of Ukraine Pressure Campaign
A key call between President Trump and a U.S. ambassador involved in the Ukraine pressure campaign was revealed Monday evening, just before the diplomat was blocked from speaking to Congress about the endeavor Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, called President Trump last month after a career US official in Kyiv rang the...
Biden’s Sister Weighs In On Trump’s ‘Unhinged’ Effort To Get Foreign Dirt On Former VP
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s sister isn’t happy about President Donald Trump’s attempt to dig up dirt on her brother and nephew Hunter, an effort that led to the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. Valerie Biden Owens, Biden’s sister and one of his political advisers, called Trump “unhinged” during a...
