Diplomat’s Testimony Drew “Direct Line” Between Military Funds and Biden Probe
Tom Williams/Zuma The top US diplomat in Ukraine testified Tuesday that he was informed by a Trump administration official that the president had conditioned military aid for the country on an investigation into Trump’s political rivals, the Washington Post reports. In closed-door testimony to House impeachment investigators, William B. Taylor alleged that he had been told by…
New Evidence Hints at Another Justice Department Coverup
Attorney General William Barr speaks at vigil for law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty in Washington, DC in May. Shane T. Mccoy via ZUMA Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) released evidence on Tuesday that the Justice Department buried the whistleblower complaint about President Donald Trump’s call with the Ukrainian president by…
Read Nancy Pelosi’s “Fact Sheet” About Trump’s Ukraine Call
Caroline Brehman/Zuma House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) released a “fact sheet” Monday detailing President Donald Trump’s “shakedown” of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as well as a “pressure campaign” to get Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and a subsequent “cover up,” the Washington Post reports. “President Trump has betrayed his oath of office,…
John Kasich Calls for Impeachment
Yesterday, White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney admitted on national TV that Donald Trump had attempted to use vital military aide to extort Ukraine into investigating Democrats. Mulvaney made a valiant attempt to un-admit that in a statement issued hours later, but the damage was already done. For some Republicans on Capitol Hill, Mulvaney’s…
“Heels On, Gloves Off!” Women March Against Trump’s Impeachment in Washington. But Really Not Many.
Pro-Trump marchers assemble in Washington to march on the Capitol.Stephanie Mencimer/Mother Jones On Thursday, impeachment foes converged on Washington for the first big pro-Trump rally in the city since shortly after Donald Trump was elected president. According to its website, the “March for Trump: Stop Impeachment Now!” event was initiated by people who “want our…
Mick Mulvaney Issues Furious Denial of Mick Mulvaney’s “Quid Pro Quo” Allegations
Evan Vucci/AP Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Thursday night sent out a statement to reporters moonwalking back an admission he’d made during a White House press briefing earlier in the day: that the Trump administration withheld military aid from Ukraine as a ploy to get Ukraine to investigate a baseless theory…