Section: TPM (USA)
Ahead Of Testimony, House Dems Call For Ambassador To EU Sondland To Resign
Ahead of his testimony before Congress on Tuesday, a dozen House Democrats called for the U.S. ambassador to the European Union to resign over his role in the ever-evolving Ukraine scandal. NBC News surveyed all 235 House Democrats. The majority said they would make a decision after the ambassador, Gordon Sondland, is deposed before the House...
Why A Diplomatic Neophyte Is At The Center Of Trump’s Ukraine Storm
A Trump-appointee whose involvement in Ukraine was completely out-of-the-norm may be a key witness for House Democrats as they pursue their impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Congressional investigators will question U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland behind closed doors on Tuesday, as they examine Trump’s...
Trump Pointed To ‘Stenographer Report’ Of Ukraine Call. That’s Not What WH Released.
President Donald Trump put a new spin on his now-infamous July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the center of a whistleblower’s complaint that spurred the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. During an event where U.S.-Japan trade agreements were signed at the White House Monday, Trump defended the July call during...
GOP Sen. Criticizes Trump’s Ukraine Call, Dismisses Biden Conspiracy Theory
Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) chastised President Donald Trump on Monday for pushing the Ukrainian president to investigate Joe Biden during a July call. “The President should not have raised the Biden issue on that call, period,” Portman said, according to the Columbus Dispatch. “It’s not appropriate for a President to engage a foreign...
Giuliani Associates Won’t Voluntarily Comply With House Impeachment Requests
Two of the south Florida businessmen who helped Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani with his pressure campaign against the Ukrainian government don’t intend to voluntarily comply with House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry requests, the Miami Herald reported Monday. Both Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman don’t plan to respond to the...
House Subpoenas Pentagon, OMB In Impeachment Probe
House panels considering whether to impeach President Donald Trump issued subpoenas on Monday to the Defense Department and Office of Management and Budget, the latest move in a wide-ranging investigation into how the President wielded U.S. foreign policy as a blunt instrument to pressure Ukraine into manufacturing political dirt. The subpoenas...
Ex-Ukraine Envoy Volker Out At The McCain Institute
Former U.S. envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker announced his resignation as the executive director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University in a Monday morning statement. In the statement, Volker cited the “recent media focus on my work as U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations” as a reason for his...
GOP Can’t Seem To Get On Same Page On Trump’s Call For China To Probe Biden
Republicans are struggling to find a unified way to spin the fact that President Trump publicly called on China to probe former Vice President Joe Biden. The latest to contribute to the hodgepodge messaging: National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow. During a pool spray with reporters on Monday morning, Kudlow was asked if President Trump...
Energy Secretary Rick Perry Says He’s Not Resigning
Energy Secretary Rick Perry denied reports of his impending resignation on Monday. “I’m here, I’m serving,” Perry said, according to Reuters. “They’ve been writing the story for at least nine months now,” he continued. “One of these days they will probably get it right, but it’s not today, it’s not tomorrow,...
