Section: TPM (USA)
House Dems Subpoena White House In Impeachment Inquiry
The three chairs of the House’s Intelligence, Oversight, and Foreign Affairs committee subpoenaed the White House on Friday in their impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign against Ukraine. Intelligence chair Adam Schiff (D-CA), Oversight chair Elijah Cummings (D-MD), and Foreign Affairs chair Eliot Engel...
The Rush to Testify is Bad News for the White House
This afternoon we learned that Gordon Sondland, Ambassador to the EU and GOP megadonor, will appear for a closed door deposition before House committees on Tuesday, October 8th. According to CBS News it will be the “same format” as Ukraine Envoy Kurt Volker’s testimony yesterday. (I take this to mean that he will appear without a government...
NBC: CIA General Counsel Thought She Made Criminal Referral Based On Whistleblower Info
The CIA’s general counsel made a criminal referral — or at least, she thought she did — of a whistleblower’s complaint concerning President Donald Trump’s interactions with Ukraine’s president. According to NBC News, which cited unnamed officials familiar with the matter, Courtney Simmons Elwood, the CIA’s top...
Sasse Doesn’t Like Trump’s China Comments, But Backs Him Up On Schiff Bashing
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) isn’t cheering on President Donald Trump’s series of attempts to get foreign governments to make up damaging information regarding his political opponents. In a written statement to the Omaha World-Herald Thursday, Sasse railed against Trump’s call for China to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden...
House Dems Target Pence For Trump-Ukraine Doc Demand
House Democrats investigating grounds to impeach President Trump have sent a wide-ranging document request to Vice President Mike Pence, in the latest step as Congress probes the administration’s efforts to force Ukraine to fabricate political dirt. Committees on Foreign Affairs, Oversight, and Intelligence are seeking documents from Pence...
Rubio Questions Whether Trump’s Call For China To Probe Biden Was Even ‘Real’
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) thinks the media got played by President Donald Trump in his multiplying requests for foreign governments to investigate the President’s political opponents. During an economic opportunity event Friday in the Florida Keys, Rubio dismissed Trump’s call for China to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and...
GOP Sen.: US Official Told Me In August That Ukraine Aid Was Tied To Push For 2016 Probe
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said Friday that in August, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union told the senator that military aid for Ukraine was linked To Trump’s push for Ukraine to investigate the origins of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, the Wall Street Journal reported. Johnson spoke to the ambassador, Gordon Sondland, on...
GOP Sen.: US Official Told Me In August That Ukraine Aide Was Tied To Push For 2016 Probe
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said Friday that in August, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union told the senator that military aide for Ukraine was linked To Trump’s push for Ukraine to investigate the origins of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, the Wall Street Journal reported. Johnson spoke to the ambassador, Gordon Sondland,...
Romney Shows Signs Of Spine: Trump’s ‘Brazen’ Appeals To China, Ukraine Are ‘Appalling’
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) on Friday issued his strongest statement yet calling out President Trump’s efforts to pressure foreign governments to dig up dirt that could benefit Trump politically. Referring to Trump’s public calls for Ukraine and China to investigate a political rival, Joe Biden, Romney said it strained credulity to see...
These Are The Trump-Desired Quid Pro Quos State’s Ukraine Officials Were Pushing
President Trump has repeatedly claimed that there were no “quid pro quos” in his push for Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden’s family. But now the exact quids and quos of the pressure campaign are clear, following the release of text messages related to the scandal. On Thursday evening, House Democrats released texts from Trump’s top...
