Section: TPM (USA)
Fox News Business Host Says Trump’s Demand To See Whistleblower Is ‘Outrageous’
Fox News Business host Melissa Francis on Monday slammed President Donald Trump’s “outrageous” demand to find out identity of the whistleblower behind last week’s blockbuster complaint about his call with the Ukrainian president. Francis told the hosts of Fox News’ “Outnumbered” that it is “outrageous to say that you demand to...
Meet The Pro-Trump Power Couple Helping POTUS’ Shady Ukraine Schemes
Just four days ago, Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing were on Sean Hannity’s primetime show, speaking in ominous tones about how the Trumpian bogeyman, George Soros, had funded the drive to impeach the President. On Sunday, the husband-and-wife legal team was the subject of a story from the network: Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace...
What Happened To Marie Yovanovitch?
It’s one of the stranger subplots in what may turn out to be the defining story of President Trump’s tenure. Between March and April 2019, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch went from having a secure spot as the country’s representative in Kyiv to having nothing at all, fired amid jockeying by Trump attorney Rudy...
Russia Says Trump Needs Its Permission To Release Call Transcripts With Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, Dmitri Peskov, said on Monday that President Donald Trump would need the Kremlin’s permission if he ever wanted to release records of his calls with Putin. According to the Associated Press and Reuters, Peskov told reporters the Russian government will “consider” allowing the call...
WSJ: Pompeo Listened In On Trump’s Notorious Ukraine Call
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was dialed into President Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The revelation — disclosed to the Journal by a senior State Department official — comes after Pompeo on Friday was subpoenaed for documents by House Democrats conducting an...
Trump, Barr Pushing Multiple Countries For Dirt On 2016 Russia Probe
President Trump and Attorney General William Barr are waging a multi-pronged, global campaign to push foreign countries to provide information that would discredit the Mueller investigation. According to a report in the Washington Post, Barr has pressed intelligence officials from the United Kingdom and Italy for help with an inquiry into how the...
Public Moves Clearly in Favor of Impeachment
We now have two polls which show a substantial shift in public opinion toward impeachment. Both show a public divided on removing the President from office but with majorities in favor of holding an impeachment inquiry, which is now underway. CBS/YouGov (an online pollster) found 55% of Americans support an impeachment inquiry, while 45% oppose....
GOP Senators Ask DOJ If They’re Probing Link Between Ukraine And Clinton
Of course. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ron Johnson (R-WI), who oversee the Senate Finance Committee and Homeland Security Committee respectively, sent Attorney General Bill Barr a letter on Monday asking whether the department is investigating the right wing conspiracy theory that Ukraine and the Hillary Clinton campaign colluded to undermine...
Poll: Public Approval For Impeachment Grew 10 Points In Less Than A Week
Public opinion has shifted in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump by 10 points in less than a week, according to a new Quinnipiac poll released Monday. In the new poll, the results are evenly split with 47 percent of people approving Trump’s impeachment and removal from office, and 47 percent disapproving. This is a significant swing...
House Dems Subpoena Giuliani For Ukraine Docs
House Democrats subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s personal attorney, on Monday, seeking documents related to his recent endeavors in Ukraine seeking dirt on a Trump political rival. The subpoena was the latest step taken in the House’s quick-moving impeachment inquiry into efforts by Trump and his allies to pressure Ukraine...
