ArchiveSeptember 2019

A partial “transcript” released by the White House on Wednesday revealed that Donald Trump made a likely illegal request for aid for his 2020 reelection in a July phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. But, a Democratic Congressman pointed out, it also implicated his attorney general, William Barr, who has not recused himself from the matter. Rep. Sean Patrick...

The White House on Wednesday released what Donald Trump has described as a “transcript” of a July 25 telephone call he had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Though Trump has repeatedly claimed it would prove his “perfect call” was totally above board, it in fact shows he likely violated federal law. The “transcript” is a memorandum of Trump’s...

A statement from the Justice Department contradicts Donald Trump’s words about Attorney General William Barr’s involvement in pressuring the Ukrainian government to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden. “The President has not spoken with the Attorney General about having Ukraine investigate anything relating to former Vice President Biden or his son,” a Wednesday...

After Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump’s alleged criminal activities, Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) decided to attack her fellow members of Congress. “It’s a total distraction,” McSally said about the inquiry. “People can make their voices heard at the ballot box, right?” McSally seems to be dismissing the latest major...

On Wednesday, Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) took two very different approaches to the news that Congress would launch an impeachment inquiry following the Trump administration admitting that it pressured Ukraine to investigate a political rival. First, he denied that the impeachment inquiry really exists; then he suggested a bizarre conspiracy theory that the whole thing was an effort to distract from...

The White House on Wednesday released a memo of the July 25 phone call between Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. In the document, Trump asked the Ukranian leader to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and implicates Attorney General Bill Barr as part of the effort, along with Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, to dig up dirt on his political enemy via a...

Freshman GOP House member Lance Gooden (R-TX) decided Tuesday would be a great time to try to remove the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY). It’s the latest in a series of increasingly desperate moves from House Republicans who now realize they’re staring down the barrel of an impeachment vote. Gooden issued a short statement saying that Nadler had said...

Rudy Giuliani isn’t really doing Donald Trump any favors these days. His increasingly disjointed appearances on television in which he first denies, then loudly admits, any number of illegal actions about Ukraine, are becoming a near-daily thing. On Tuesday night, after word broke that the House would indeed be pursuing impeachment, Giuliani thought it would be a great idea to go on Laura...

Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that Democratic efforts to launch an impeachment inquiry into him had rendered the party useless. “The Democrats are so focused on hurting the Republican Party and the President that they are unable to get anything done because of it, including legislation on gun safety, lowering of prescription drug prices, infrastructure, etc.” Trump tweeted Tuesday...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi emerged from a Tuesday meeting with the Democratic Caucus to announce her full support for an impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump’s misconduct. Trump’s actions “have seriously violated the constitution,” Pelosi said at a press conference. Further, Trump’s behavior is a “betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security...