Lev Parnas Wants to Be a Resistance Hero
Lev Parnas, center, and his attorney, Joseph Bondy, left, speak outside federal court in New York.Mariela Lombard/AP Last month, Lanny Davis placed a call to Joseph Bondy. Bondy’s legal client, Lev Parnas, had just appeared on the Rachel Maddow Show, and Davis was calling to dispute a claim that Parnas had made about him. But…
Ukrainian President Asks Trump to “Please, Please Stop Saying That Ukraine Is a Corrupt Country”
President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks after a press conference in Kyiv in February 2020.STR/NurPhoto/Getty President Donald Trump famously had a request for the president of Ukraine when the two leaders spoke over the phone on July 25. That request to launch politicized investigations into Joe Biden and his son turned into a months-long congressional investigation, making…
Trump Ousts Gordon Sondland, the EU Ambassador Who Testified There Was a Quid Pro Quo
Andrew Harnik/AP On Friday, the White House dismissed yet another impeachment witness, Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, as President Donald Trump continued his apparent retaliation campaign to oust members of his administration who testified against him. SONDLAND out as well: “I was advised today that the President intends to recall me effective immediately…
White House Ousts Alexander Vindman, Who Testified in Donald Trump’s Impeachment
Alexander Vindman testified on Nov. 19 during an impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump’s efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents.Alex Brandon/AP On Friday, just days after the Senate acquitted President Donald Trump in a swift impeachment trial, White House officials escorted Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman from the premises after…
Impeachment and the State of the Union: How Trump Attacks the System with Disinformation
Leah Millis/Pool/AP It was rather fitting that Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech, which pundits praised as a strong and effective rallying cry for his base, occurred the night before he was acquitted in his impeachment trial, for each of these dubious achievements relied upon the same crucial element: disinformation. And both the just-concluded…
The Story of the Ukraine Scandal Begins With Documents Dumped in a River
When Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych fled in 2014, journalists salvaged thousands of waterlogged documents that exposed the extent of his government’s corruption.Mikhail Pochuyev/Zuma On a chilly morning in February 2014, a group of journalists stood on a dock inside the abandoned estate of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and saw an astonishing sight. Loose papers and…