Roger Stone Wants a Pardon. He Previously Tried to Get One for Assange.
Roger Stone leaves court in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Roger Stone’s conviction Friday on charges of lying to Congress, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering has drawn widespread speculation about whether President Donald Trump will pardon his longtime adviser. Trump, after all, publicly cheered Stone’s promise not to testify against the president in special…
Gordon Sondland’s Testimony Could Lead to Yet Another Article of Impeachment
Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union, may have given Democrats fodder for an additional article of impeachment against President Donald Trump.Drew Angerer/Getty Before even opening his mouth Wednesday, Gordon Sondland gave Democrats even more evidence that the White House and State Department are obstructing Congress’ impeachment inquiry. Sondland has repeatedly changed or…
Kurt Volker Says He Tried to “Thread the Needle” on Ukraine Investigations
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Former US special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker entered Tuesday’s afternoon impeachment hearing as one of the few witnesses with testimony that could potentially be favorable to President Donald Trump. Unlike other government officials who described a strategy of pressuring the Ukrainian leader to investigate Trump’s political rival, Volker told House investigators in…
Impeachment Day 3: Republicans Continue Their Attack on Reason and Reality
Mother Jones illustration; J. Scott Applewhite/AP (2); Getty “Are you aware that Democrats were accused in 1968 of voting irregularities? Do you know that Democratic officials were involved in private opposition research efforts targeting the president? Do you know that Bob Woodward was part of a secret society at Yale University?” Those are the sort…
Trump Campaign Attacks Another Impeachment Witness as He Testifies
Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, director for European Affairs at the National Security Council, is sworn in before testifying in the House impeachment inquiry on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA President Donald Trump’s campaign attacked Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman as he testified during Tuesday morning’s impeachment hearing. Using one of its…
More Intimidation: Nunes Baselessly Claims Whistleblower May Have Broken the Law
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)Ron Sachs/CNP via ZUMA Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, kicked off Tuesday’s impeachment hearing with a fusillade of attacks on Democrats, the media, and the anonymous whistleblower whose complaint brought the Ukraine scandal into public view. In perhaps the most consequential portion of his opening statement, Nunes…