Section: TPM (USA)
House Committees Waste No Time Issuing Subpoena To Sondland
A group of House committee chairmen issued a subpoena to Ambassador Gordon Sondland just hours after finding out that he chose not to testify before them, on the White House’s orders. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA), Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Oversight Committee chairman Elijah...
Graham, Giuliani Team Up To Use Senate In Bid To Scramble Ukraine Story
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) plans to “inquire” into long-debunked and never remotely substantiated allegations that formed the basis of political dirt that President Trump tried to coerce Ukraine into manufacturing. Graham invited Trump personal attorney Rudy Giuliani to testify before the Senate Judiciary...
Report: Trump Fixated On Idea Of Making WH Staffers Take Lie Detector Tests
President Donald Trump is reportedly obsessed with the idea of making his own White House aides take polygraph tests in order to root out leakers. Four unnamed former White House officials told Politico on Tuesday that Trump is “constantly” bringing up polygraph tests in his battle to plug leaks amid the fallout of a whistleblower complaint on...
Schiff Wants To Hear From Diplomat Who Called Ambassadors’ Ukraine Efforts ‘Crazy’
House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) indicated in an interview with the Washington Post Tuesday morning that his committee might be interested in hearing from the U.S. diplomat who objected to what appeared to be a quid pro quo during the early stages of the ever-evolving Ukrainian scandal. “We certainly do have an interest in...
WaPo Poll: 58 Percent Of Americans Support Impeachment Inquiry
A majority of Americans approve of the House’s impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, a new poll by the Washington Post shows. The Post found that 58% support the impeachment inquiry, while 38% percent don’t. And 49% of American adults want Trump removed from office, while 6% oppose removing Trump (the rest are...
Report: Zelensky Campaign Dined With Ex-Trump Officials Before July Call
There’s a prelude to the now-infamous July call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, in which Trump leaned on the foreign leader to manufacture dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter. According to a CNBC report Tuesday, Zelensky campaign advisers dined with former Trump administration...
Schiff: State Department Withholding Sondland Messages From Congress
WASHINGTON — House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) hit out at the State Department on Tuesday for blocking US Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland from testifying. Schiff also told reporters on Capitol Hill that Sondland has relevant texts and emails on a personal device that he gave to State, but which the Trump...
Trump Justifies Blocking Sondland’s Testimony: Impeachment Inquiry Is ‘Kangaroo Court’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday called the House’s impeachment inquiry into his actions as president a “kangaroo court.” That, Trump said, justified the State Department’s move to block the ambassador to the European Union from testifying to Congress. U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland’s attorney said...
Strong Support
We can’t necessarily say support is growing over the last two weeks since it’s the first survey from this poll since the Ukraine story broke. But this poll from the Post shows a substantial majority of the public supporting House Democrats’ decision to open an impeachment inquiry against the President. 58% support the decision,...
Reports: State Dept Orders Sondland Not To Appear For Testimony Before House
Just one hour before the House was set to depose U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, the State Department ordered the ambassador not to appear before the committees leading the impeachment inquiry, CNN and the Associated Press were first to report. Sondland’s attorney told CNN early Tuesday that Sondland has no choice but...
