Trump’s Impeachment Woes Grow In Latest Twitter Rant
Spencer Platt/Getty Somebody is thinking about impeachment this morning. President Donald Trump’s latest weekend tweetstorm took aim at Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), two of the top Democrats leading the chamber’s investigation into whether Trump’s request for Ukraine to investigate a political rival merits his…
Donald Trump Compared Impeachment to a Lynching. Eric Holder Explains Why It’s “Reprehensible.”
Nate Palmer The day after President Donald Trump ignited backlash by comparing his impeachment inquiry to a lynching, former Attorney General Eric Holder called the comment “reprehensible.” “You think about thousands of people who were lynched in this nation. To compare that to a constitutionally mandated, or constitutionally authorized, process that’s underway in our Congress…
Did Trump Use Trade Talks to Push for Biden Investigation? The White House Won’t Say
Ron Sachs/Zuma While the House of Representatives continues its impeachment inquiry over Donald Trump’s attempts to pressure Ukraine to investigate the Biden family, the White House is refusing to say whether the president used sensitive negotiations with China to push for a similar investigation of the Bidens by that country. As the Ukraine scandal ramped up several…
Giuliani’s Pet Goon Links Donald Trump to His Campaign Finance Case
Lev Parnas, pictured, and Igor Fruman are charged with conspiracy to make illegal contributions to political committees supporting President Donald Trump and other Republicans. Mark Lennihan/AP An attorney for Lev Parnas, a client of Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani under indictment for allegedly making illegal political contributions, made an unusual claim in court on…
Republicans Are Acting Like Babies Because They Know That Babies Get What They Want
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via ZUMA When a group of Republican congressmen led by Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz crashed a House impeachment hearing Wednesday, it was hard not to think of a specific historical parallel: The image of several dozen middle-aged white men in suits shutting down a closed-door meeting brought to mind the infamous…
The Trump-Ukraine Scandal: More than a Quid Pro Quo, It’s Extortion
Jacquelyn Martin/AP Donald Trump is at it again. In the face of new and damning evidence in the Trump-Ukraine scandal, he is making false claims and trying to mount diversions. On Wednesday morning, Trump responded to William Taylor, the acting US ambassador to Ukraine, who the day before presented testimony to Congress confirming the White…