Trump Says Schiff “Has Not Paid the Price, Yet.” That’s Even More Terrifying Than You Thought.
Alex Brandon/AP President Donald Trump took his war on Rep. Adam Schiff to new heights Sunday morning, tweeting that the Democrats’ lead impeachment manager had not “paid the price, yet, for what he has done to our Country!” Shifty Adam Schiff is a CORRUPT POLITICIAN, and probably a very sick man. He has not paid…
Trump Threatens to Cut NPR’s Funding After Pompeo Meltdown
Drew Angerer/Getty Images Two days ago, NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly revealed that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had berated her with expletives after she asked him about the Ukraine scandal. Today, President Donald Trump chimed in—by appearing to threaten to cut off NPR’s federal funding. Trump retweeted a comment from right-wing radio host Mark…
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,…
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…