by Jim Heath | Oct 26, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment
A lawyer for the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland told The Wall Street Journal that Sondland told impeachment committee members that President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine amounted to a quid pro quo. Sondland’s lawyer, Robert Luskin,...
by Jim Heath | Oct 26, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment
Philip Reeker, a senior State Department official who tried to counteract a campaign of falsehoods that undermined the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, testified before House impeachment investigators today. According to an official working on the impeachment inquirer,...
by Jim Heath | Oct 26, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment
Former GOP Rep. David Jolly tore into congressional Republicans over their defenses of President Trump against Democrats’ impeachment investigation, saying they “look like fools.” “What we’re seeing from House Republicans, frankly, is this childish...
by Jim Heath | Oct 23, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment
Republicans’ defense of President Trump grew more frantic and disjointed today, with House members storming a closed-door meeting, delaying the testimony of an impeachment witness as the GOP grappled with a growing abuse-of-power scandal centered on the president....
by Jim Heath | Oct 23, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment
A federal judge said today that he will order the State Department to begin releasing Ukraine-related documents in 30 days, potentially making public sensitive records and communications at the heart of an ongoing House impeachment inquiry into President Trump. The...
by Jim Heath | Oct 22, 2019 | Analysis, Headlines, Impeachment
They say nothing is certain in life except death and taxes, but after the testimony of Donald Trump’s top envoy to the Ukraine today, you can add impeachment to the list. The opening statement from Bill Taylor, the acting US ambassador to Ukraine, to the House...