Nancy Pelosi Says Trump Should Testify Under Oath Instead of Sounding Off on Twitter
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Ahead of the next batch of marathon impeachment hearings this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi invited President Donald Trump to answer questions from investigators instead of sounding off on Twitter. In a Sunday interview with Face the Nation, Pelosi declined to say whether bribery would be among the articles of impeachment filed against…
Trump Attacks Vice President’s Aide Ahead of Her Impeachment Testimony
Evan Vucci/AP On Sunday, President Donald Trump attacked Jennifer Williams, a national security aide to Vice President Mike Pence, calling her a “Never Trumper” just two days before Williams is set to testify before lawmakers in the ongoing impeachment inquiry. Tell Jennifer Williams, whoever that is, to read BOTH transcripts of the presidential calls, &…
Attorney General Bill Barr Is Getting Roasted for His Outrageous Speech Blasting Progressives
Attorney General Bill Barr during an appearance on Capitol Hill in April J. Scott Applewhite/AP As the impeachment hearings continued, Attorney General Bill Barr on Friday trash-talked Democrats for attempting to “drown the executive branch with oversight demands,” saying they were working for political gain without thinking of the consequences. “In waging a scorched-earth, no-holds-barred…
Donald Trump Has Had a Lot of Terrible Lawyers. Rudy Giuliani Might Be the Worst.
Mario Ruiz/ZUMA As a candidate, President Donald Trump boasted that he would hire “the best and most serious people.” But as impeachment bears down on his presidency, a lot of his problems may be because he has hired a very bad lawyer. That man, of course, is Rudolph Giuliani. Trump brought Giuliani—a former federal prosecutor,…
Democrats Say Trump’s Ukraine Conspiracy Theories Parallel Putin’s
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Osaka, Japan on June,28,2019.Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images During Friday’s testimony by Marie Yovanovitch, the former US ambassador to Ukraine, Democrats argued that Trump’s views on that country run parallel to talking points pushed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. While questioning Yovanovitch, Daniel Goldman, a top Democratic…
Marie Yovanovitch’s Testimony Showcases Donald Trump’s Obsession With Revenge
Mother Jones illustration; Oliver Contreras/Sipa/AP; Getty The blood drained from her face as Marie Yovanovitch, the career diplomat removed as the US ambassador to Ukraine, read the reconstructed transcript of President Donald Trump’s July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the day it was released. There was the president referring directly to her: “The…