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Romney Says It’s ‘Increasingly Important’ For Senate To Hear From Bolton
On the first day of the Senate impeachment trial last Tuesday, Senate Republicans voted down a series of amendments that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democrats put forth to subpoena documents and witnesses such as Bolton and other Trump administration officials.
New Docs Show That White House Froze Ukraine Aid Two Hours After Zelensky Call
“Based on guidance I have received and in light of the Administration’s plan to review assistance to Ukraine, including the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, please hold off on any additional DoD obligations of these funds, pending direction from that process,” Mike Duffey, an Office of Ma…
You Asked For It, GOP: Full House Will Vote On The Process For Impeachment
“As committees continue to gather evidence and prepare to present their findings, I will be introducing a resolution to ensure transparency and provide a clear path forward, which the Rules Committee will mark up this week,”McGovern said in his announcement.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) s…
Feds Nab Fourth Defendant In Case Against Giuliani Pals At JFK Airport In New York
Correia is a longtime business partner of Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas, two Soviet-born American businessmen. The three – along with Andrey Kukushkin – were indicted last week on charges related to an alleged criminal campaign finance scheme to subvert federal reporting requirements and funnel mon…
Reports: Federal Giuliani Probe Involves Counterintelligence Concerns
New York attorney Kenneth McCallion told USA Today and CNN Wednesday that he was approached by federal investigators earlier this year to ask about Giuliani’s connections to Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, the two men indicted last week on campaign finance violation charges. McCallion, who has had c…
As Bad As It Gets: Trump Ukraine Call Records Are Explosive
In a Wednesday statement, Barr said that he only learned of the call “several weeks” after it took place, upon receiving a criminal referral from the Intelligence Community Inspector General. Barr denied having any communications with Ukraine, and also said that neither Trump nor Giuliani had di…
Trump Took Fox News Tucker Carlson, Not John Bolton, To North Korea
This wouldn’t be the first time Carlson’s gotten directly involved in Trump’s foreign policy: The Daily Beast reported that the Fox host has been privately urging Trump not to go to war with Iran and criticizing Trump’s more “hawkish” advisers–which includes Bolton.
FEC Chair: Didn't Think I'd Need To Clarify, But Taking Foreign Dirt Is 100% Illegal
“I would not have thought that I needed to say this,” FEC Chair Ellen Weintraub said in a tweet of her statement, which did not name Trump, but was a clear reference to Trump’s recent admission that he’d probably at least listen to a foreign entity that tried to offer him dirt on a political opp…
FBI Director Wray Confirms That White House Limited Kavanaugh Probe
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Russia Brags Of ‘Verbal Agreements’ With Trump, US Unsure What They Were
Russia’s ambassador to the United States told the media in Moscow on Wednesday that Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin...