Pick Which GOP Explanation for Why Bolton Shouldn’t Testify Is the Craziest
Donald Trump and John Bolton on August 20, 2019. Alex Wong /Getty Images President Donald Trump, GOP lawmakers, and White House lawyers presenting their case for Trump’s acquittal in the Senate spent Monday publicly workshopping a series of arguments for why the president’s ongoing impeachment trial should not include testimony from former national security adviser John…
Trump’s Lawyer Just Made the Most Misleading Statement I Have Ever Heard
Jay SekulowSenate Television via AP During the Senate impeachment trial Monday, Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow made a bold claim. “Not a single witness,” he declared, “testified that the president himself said that there was any connection between any investigation and security assistance, a presidential meeting, or anything else.” While he talked, Trump’s legal team displayed…
House Dems Now Considering Whether to Call Bolton to Testify in House
John BoltonPablo Martinez Monsivais/AP In the aftermath of the John Bolton bombshell—the news that a draft of his upcoming book recounts the president telling Bolton he was withholding military aid from Ukraine to force that country to launch political investigations to benefit him—some House Democrats are considering demanding Bolton appear before a House committee, perhaps…
Report: John Bolton’s Book Draft Says Trump Conditioned Ukraine Aid on Biden Investigations
John Bolton, then Trump’s national security advisor, speaks at an August press conference in Ukraine.Serg Glovny/ZUMA President Donald Trump told his former national security adviser John Bolton that he would maintain a freeze on military aid to Ukraine until the country took steps to open investigations into the Bidens, according to an unpublished manuscript by the…
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…