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WH Deploys Pence To Go After Pro-Impeachment Dems In Their Home Districts
The White House is sending out President Trump’s most loyal lackey to punish vulnerable Democrats for backing the impeachment inquiry, Politico reported. Throughout this week, Pence will travel the country, making pit-stops in districts Trump comfortably won in 2016. The vice president is expected to call attention to the impeachment...
If Trump Is Impeached, Pence Should Go Too
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. Place your bets: Vice President Mike Pence is either the world’s most clueless politician or a co-conspirator in President Donald Trump’s misdeeds in Ukraine. Your money should be on the second choice. As a seasoned politician who served for 12 years in...
Republicans Insist Trump Was Just Kidding About Getting China To Investigate Biden
President Donald Trump didn’t crack a single smile when he called on China and Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden last week, but his Republican colleagues on Sunday insisted he was just messing around. “Do you think it’s appropriate for President Trump to ask China and Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden?” ABC News’ “This Week” host...
Graham Wants To Make Whistleblowers Publicly Testify In Impeachment Inquiry
Senate Judiciary chair Lindsey Graham (R-SC) pledged on Sunday to subpoena the two whistleblowers at the heart of the House’s impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump and force them to testify in public. “If the whistleblower’s allegations are turned into an impeachment article, it’s imperative that the whistleblower...
Collins: Trump’s Call For China To Investigate Biden Was ‘Completely Inappropriate’
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) stepped up over the weekend as one of the few Republican senators willing to criticize President Donald Trump for asking foreign countries to dig up dirt on his political rivals. “I thought the President made a big mistake by asking China to get involved in investigating a political opponent,” the senator told the Bangor...
‘Senator Johnson, Please!’: Chuck Todd Loses Temper With GOP Sen. During Stormy Interview
NBC News’ “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd’s interview with Senate Foreign Relations member Sen. Ron Johnson went off the rails on Sunday when the news host tried to get the Republican’s response to President Donald Trump’s Ukraine scandal. It began when Todd pressed Johnson on his interview with the Wall Street Journal on...
Whistleblower Lawyer Now Representing Second Whistleblower With ‘First-Hand’ Info
Mark Zaid, the national security lawyer who is currently representing the whistleblower behind a bombshell complaint about President Donald Trump’s call with Ukraine, said on Sunday morning that he is now representing a second whistleblower. ABC’s “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos first reported on the new development and said...
Trump Calls For Romney’s Impeachment After Senator Criticizes Him Over China, Ukraine
President Donald Trump is…not pleased with Sen. Mitt Romney’s criticism this week. Romney blasted Trump’s “wrong and appalling” attempts to get foreign governments to investigate Joe Biden on Friday, leaving an angered Trump to call for the senator’s, uh, impeachment on Saturday afternoon. “I’m hearing that the Great...
Bloomberg: Trump Making Big Cuts At National Security Council After Whistleblower Complaint
President Donald Trump reportedly plans to slash his National Security Council in wake of a bombshell whistleblower complaint about his call with the president of Ukraine. According to Bloomberg’s report on Friday night, National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien and acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney informed the...
NYT: A Second Whistleblower With More Info On Trump, Ukraine May Come Forward
A second whistleblower reportedly may file a complaint containing even more details of President Donald Trump’s attempt to strong-arm the Ukrainian president into investigating his 2020 rival Joe Biden. The New York Times reported on Friday night that the second whistleblower, who has more direct information than the first whistleblower on...
