Prosecutor in Trump-Ukraine Scandal Refused to Cooperate With US Congress
Democrats want to know if Donald Trump pressured Petro Poroshenko during the 72nd session of the United Nations.Mikhail PalinchakTASS via Getty In May 2018, the New York Times broke a significant story about Ukraine that did not receive great attention at the time: The nation’s chief prosecutor had halted cooperation with special counsel Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation…
The Washington Post Published a Bombshell Report About Trump and Russia
Susan Walsh/AP On Friday night, the Washington Post published an absolute bombshell report about President Donald Trump: President Trump told two senior Russian officials in a 2017 Oval Office meeting that he was unconcerned about Moscow’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election because the United States did the same in other countries, an assertion…
After a Week From Hell, Donald Trump Calls Democrats “Savages”
Utrecht, Robin/Action Press via ZUMA Press How was your Friday night? Donald Trump’s was terrible. His envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker, stepped down. Rep. Mark Amodei of Nevada became the first Republican member of Congress to come out in support of an impeachment inquiry. And the Washington Post reported on another bombshell meeting with a…
How Trump’s Response to the Ukraine Scandal Helped Russia
Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images When President Donald Trump released a quasi-transcript of his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, he was trying to short-circuit a burgeoning scandal that was fueling a cry for his impeachment. Because there was no making-an-offer-you-can’t-refuse quid pro quo in the memo reconstructing the conversation, Trump believed he could…
Trump’s Intelligence Chief Offers a Timely Reminder: Trump Is a Liar
Evan Vucci/AP Just about every day Donald Trump busts a norm—a norm of politics, a norm of governance, a norm of decency. This never-ending fusillade makes it is easy to lose sight of his individual acts of lowering (or demolishing) standards. Yet on Thursday morning, Trump’s top intelligence official presented a stunning reminder that Trump has…
Trump and His Right-Wing Allies Are Losing Their Minds Over the Whistleblower Complaint
Chip Somodevilla/Getty The long-anticipated whistleblower complaint that has become a central part of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump was finally released Thursday, and it did not reflect well on the White House. There was already damning public information thanks to a memo, released Wednesday, detailing what was said during Trump’s July 25…