Top NSC Official Says Mick Mulvaney Was Key Player in Trump-Ukraine Quid Pro Quo
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik On Friday afternoon, the House committees conducting the impeachment inquiry released the deposition of Fiona Hill, the former top Russia staffer on the White House National Security Council. The transcript is hundreds of pages long and covers many key areas of the Trump-Ukraine scandal. Our own David Corn has been poring over…
Why Would Anyone Buy a Greek Government Bond?
Real interest rates in the eurozone area have been negative for a while. The proximate cause is simple: Eurozone growth is tepid and inflation is subdued, which has caused the European Central Bank to set its policy rate low as a way of stimulating the economy. The current interest rate is -0.5 percent, and once…
Will Michael Bloomberg Release His Tax Returns if He Runs for President?
Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Donald Trump has enraged Democrats and ethics watchdogs with his ongoing refusal to release his tax returns, but with the possibility of another New York City billionaire mounting a bid for the White House, Trump may not be the only 2020 candidate trying to shield his finances from public scrutiny. On Thursday, supporters…
Reanimated James Dean “Not a Marketing Gimmick”
As you may have heard, an upcoming film set in the Vietnam era will star James Dean, brought back to life through the magic of CGI. Not everyone was thrilled by this news, and today the filmmaker begged for sympathy: “We don’t really understand it. We never intended for this to be a marketing gimmick,”…
Republicans Want to Throw Giuliani and Sondland Under the Bus. Their Plan Is Ridiculous.
LeManna/Getty According to an astounding report by the Washington Post, Republicans have (yet another) brand-new strategy to defend President Donald Trump from impeachment—and it involves throwing Rudy Giuliani, Gordon Sondland, and “possibly” Mick Mulvaney under the bus. Under this new approach, Republicans would essentially acknowledge what has become obvious to everyone: that Trump’s henchmen really…
Now Here’s Alexander Vindman’s Interview with the House Impeachment Probe
Tom Williams/ZUMA One of Donald Trump’s most frequent attacks against the House impeachment inquiry has been investigators’ reliance on so-called secondhand information or testimony from individuals who weren’t on the now-infamous July 25 phone call between Trump and the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. Those attacks never had much merit—the intelligence community has a long…