Indicted Ukrainian Oligarch Paid $1 Million to Giuliani Pal, Prosecutors Say
Lev Parnas arrives at Federal Court on December 17, 2019 in New York City.Stephanie Keith/Getty Images Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash paid $1 million to Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, federal prosecutors said in a court hearing Tuesday in Manhattan. Firtash, a natural gas mogul with Kremlin connections, lives in Vienna and is…
The Nunes Crew Is Neck-Deep in the Ukraine Scandal
J. Scott Applewhite/AP During the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment hearings last month, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the panel’s ranking member, angrily decried the process. He called the proceedings a “drug deal” concocted by the Democrats for TV ratings and claimed Donald Trump had done nothing wrong in his attempt to get Ukraine to launch investigations…
With This Impeachment, Trump Is Getting Off Easy
Mother Jones illustration; Patrick Semansky/AP; Getty Donald Trump got off easy. On Friday morning, the House Judiciary Committee approved two articles of impeachment against the 45th president of the United States. In the historic move, Trump was cited for abusing his office and obstructing Congress’ investigation of that abuse. The abuse was a narrow matter:…
The Republican Impeachment Counsel Just Made a Blatantly False Claim
Republican counsel Steve Castor with Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and Rep Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)Susan Walsh/AP In his presentation during Monday’s House impeachment hearing, Republican counsel Steve Castor deployed a thoroughly debunked talking point to argue that President Donald Trump did nothing wrong when he pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Trump’s political enemies. Several…
Trump’s Sordid History of Accepting, Requesting, and Encouraging Foreign Interference in US Elections
Susan Walsh/AP One of the key lines in the House Democrats’ impeachment report distills the Trump-Ukraine scandal to a simple idea: “[T]he impeachment inquiry has found that President Trump, personally and acting through agents within and outside of the U.S. government, solicited the interference of a foreign government, Ukraine, to benefit his reelection.” And in…
The Ukraine Scandal Is Bigger Than We Realized, Democrats’ Report Suggests
President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a meeting in New York on September 25 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.Saul Loeb AFP via Getty Images A 300-page impeachment report released on Tuesday by House Democrats describes how President Donald Trump used “the powers of his office to solicit foreign interference on his…