Section: The Washington Free Beacon (USA)
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough Falls for Parody of Trump Call Transcript
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough expressed shock Wednesday at a purported quote taken from the phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky that was actually from a parody transcript. The Twitter account for Comedy Central’s The Daily Show tweeted out a joke screenshot of the much-awaited transcript that...
Tlaib Accuses Vaping Witness of Being ‘Conspiracy Theorist’
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) accused a vaping advocate of being a “conspiracy theorist” after seeing her wink at a lawmaker on Tuesday. “You call yourself a converted conservative and reformed Marxist. Are you a conspiracy theorist?” Tlaib asked Vicki Porter, who testified to the House Oversight Committee about her...
Ukraine Whistleblower’s Lead Attorney Donated to Biden
The lead counsel representing the Ukraine whistleblower donated to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign earlier this year, records show. Andrew Bakaj, founder and managing partner of D.C.-based law firm Compass Rose Legal Group, is the lead counsel working on behalf of the Ukraine whistleblower. Bakaj earmarked a $100 donation on April 26...
Biden ‘Doesn’t Have The Answers’ to Ukraine Questions, CBS Contributor Says
Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden walked out of a press conference without taking questions about his son’s business dealings in Ukraine because he “doesn’t have the answers,” a CBS News contributor said Tuesday. “He walked out before taking any questions,” Molly Hooper, a Capitol Hill reporter for the Hill,...
Deputy Secretary of State Urges End of China’s Mass Repression of Uighurs
China’s government is conducting a mass repression campaign against an estimated 1 million ethnic minorities, mainly Uighurs, held in concentration camps in western China, a senior State Department official said Tuesday. Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan told a United Nations meeting in New York that Beijing’s actions against...
Ex-DIA Officer Gets 10 Years in Prison for Spying for China
Former Defense Intelligence Agency officer Ron R. Hansen was sentenced to 10 years in prison for spying for Chinese intelligence. The sentence was imposed by U.S. district judge Dee Benson Tuesday in federal court Salt Lake City. Recent Stories in National Security Deputy Secretary of State Urges End of China’s Mass Repression of Uighurs...
Pelosi Announces Impeachment Inquiry Into President Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) announced she will open an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, saying the president betrayed his oath of office by asking the president of Ukraine to open an investigation into a political rival. “The actions of the Trump presidency revealed the dishonorable fact of the president’s...
BEASTMODE: Sen. Kennedy Asks ‘Do You Think They Got Hunter Biden’s Name Off ZipRecruiter?’
Sen. John N. Kennedy (R., La.) offered an alternate explanation for Hunter Biden’s appointment to the board of Ukraine’s largest gas company while his father served as vice president. When MSNBC host Chuck Todd said there was no evidence of impropriety in the arrangement, Kennedy said he didn’t believe the company found the vice...
Failing Presidential Candidate Cheers Democrats’ Impeachment Inquiry
California billionaire and presidential candidate Tom Steyer on Tuesday praised Democrats’ efforts to impeach President Donald Trump. “When I see the people of the United States win, and when I see the country stand up for what’s right, yeah, I get a big smile on my face. That’s what I live for,” he said on MSNBC...
Burisma ‘Clearly’ Paid Hunter Biden to Sell Influence, Says CNN Contributor
Joe Biden’s family ties to an influence peddling scheme at a Ukrainian gas company could hurt the former vice president’s 2020 campaign, political scientist Ian Bremmer told CNN on Tuesday. “[Joe] Biden does have a problem here. I have to say $50,000 a month for Hunter Biden—clearly to be selling influence because otherwise, no...
