The Video of Donald Trump Telling Associates to “Get Rid of” Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Has Been Released
On Friday, ABC reported that a recording by Lev Parnas from April 2018 captured President Donald Trump telling associates that he wanted to “get rid” of the United States Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch. On Saturday, a lawyer for Parnas released the full video. The video, which according to BuzzFeed was released by Joseph Bondy,…
The Trump Legal Team’s Entire Defense Is Just Recycled Fox News Talking Points
Watching the impeachment trial today, I was struck by how old the arguments Trump’s defense put forward were. It was the same nonsense we’ve been hearing for months. Literally. And there’s a very good reason for that: All of these arguments have indeed been on Fox for months. My colleague Dan Friedman catalogued and debunked…
The Guy Who’s Running Trump’s Fight to Hide Evidence Said Democrats “Hid Evidence”
White House counsel Pat Cipollone speaks during impeachment proceedings in the Senate on January 25, 2020.Senate Television via Getty Images Of all the whoppers President Donald Trump’s lawyers jammed into their relatively brief launch of his defense Saturday, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone may have made the most brazen claim. Cipollone, in his opening remarks,…
Trump’s Legal Team Opened Their Impeachment Defense With a Blizzard of Lies
President Donald Trump speaks as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a meeting in New York on September 25, 2019.Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump’s lawyers launched their defense Saturday morning with a blizzard of false claims. It started with the president’s critical July 25th call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. White…
Mike Pompeo Freaked Out at an NPR Reporter Friday. He Just Released a Statement That Is…Not Good.
Michael Candelori/ZUMA On Friday, NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly revealed a loony interaction she had with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo following an interview in which she had the temerity to ask about the scandal at the heart of the President’s current impeachment trial, one in which Pompeo himself has been implicated. NPR’s Mary Louise…
Mike Pompeo Goes Postal on NPR Reporter
Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images via ZUMA Now here’s a story. NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly interviewed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday. After asking a bunch of questions about Iran, she switched subjects to Ukraine. Pompeo got pissed off even though his staff had agreed that Ukraine could be part of the interview. Kelly asked Pompeo…