Section: TPM (USA)
Trump Touts Christian Revival As A Perk Of The Ukraine Scandal
President Donald Trump went on a peculiar tangent Friday as he defended his pressure campaign on foreign governments to investigate his political rivals. During a pool spray on the White House lawn Friday morning — in the wake of the House Democrats’ Thursday night release of explosive texts revealing the extent to which State Department...
Trump Digs Into the Mega Conspiracy Theory
There was of course a lot of craziness, lies and invective in President Trump’s appearance on the White House lawn a few moments ago. But remember what I’ve been saying. The centerpiece of what Trump, Giuliani and Barr are after is trying to push the conspiracy theory that he and Russia were set up. That the real collusion was with...
New Podcast
New episode of the podcast. Taintor, Riga, Kovensky and I try to make sense of the fast unfolding Trump-Ukraine story. …read more Source::...
Ingraham Issues Correction After Whistleblower Lawyer Calls Her Out
Mark Zaid, a lawyer for the whistleblower at the center of unfurling Ukraine scandal, wasn’t going to let Fox News host Laura Ingraham have the last word. In a Thursday night Twitter thread, Zaid specifically took issue with Ingraham’s claim during her show Wednesday night that he had previously represented Chuck Schumer and Hillary...
Trump Still Hasn’t Forced Ukraine To Fabricate Dirt On Biden
No, President Trump has not won his pressure campaign to get the Ukrainian government to manufacture dirt on his opponents. Nonetheless, some headlines this morning are suggesting that Ukraine will review the investigation of a Ukrainian natural gas company where Hunter Biden served on the board. The reality is subtler, and more complicated, than...
White House Will Refuse To Cooperate With Impeachment Probe
The White House plans to formally tell House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as early as Friday that it will not cooperate with the House’s impeachment probe, the Associated Press reported. The White House Counsel’s Office is preparing a letter to send Pelosi arguing that because the impeachment inquiry was not opened with a full House...
Folks, This is Absolutely Critical
It’s hard to keep track of the gross abuse of power. But here’s the critical thing to keep an eye on through this. We know about election interference of targeting the Biden’s. What was even clearer in those texts is demand that Ukraine “get to the bottom of” collusion between the DNC and Ukraine in the 2016 election. That is...
This Is Normal! Trump Claims Foreign Political Pressure Campaigns Happen ‘All The Time’
In light of news that State Department officials actively pressed Ukraine to announce a probe into former Vice President Joe Biden in exchange for a White House visit, President Trump is, once again, proclaiming his innocence. After House Democrats released explosive text messages that show two U.S. ambassadors helped draft the exact language of...
Rick Perry Eyes Exit Just As He Gets Roped Into Ukraine Scandal
Another one bites the dust. In the wake of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) sending a letter to Energy Secretary Rick Perry about his U.S.-Ukrainian dealings, a resignation is reportedly in the cards for the Trump administration official who has largely flown under the radar prior to the scandal. According to reports from Politico and the New York Times...
Explosive Texts Show U.S. Pushed Ukraine To Investigate In Exchange For WH Visit
House Democrats released a series of new, explosive texts on Thursday evening, revealing the extent to which State Department officials worked with Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani to pressure Ukraine into investigating former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. The texts indicate that the U.S. ambassador to the EU and the former State...
