by Jim Heath | Sep 30, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment
Mitch McConnell made it clear today that if the House impeaches President Trump, a trial in the Senate is unavoidable. But how the Senate majority leader proceeds from there is far less known. Should the impeachment spotlight turn to the Senate in the coming weeks,...
by Jim Heath | Sep 28, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment
Kurt Volker, the State Department’s special envoy for Ukraine who got caught in the middle of the pressure campaign by President Trump and his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to find damaging information about Democrats, abruptly resigned his post on Friday. Volker offered no...
by Jim Heath | Sep 27, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment
For only the second time in its long history, The New York Times has recommended an impeachment inquiry on the president. The Times editorial board laid out a compelling factual case in today’s edition. Here is the editorial in its entirety: The peaceful...
by Jim Heath | Sep 26, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment
Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, said it should be “impossible” for the Ukraine whistleblower to be considered the “hero” when he is the one acting in the government’s interests. “It is impossible...
by Jim Heath | Sep 26, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment
The whistleblower memo to the heads of congressional intelligence committees released this morning outlines a concerted effort by the White House to cover up President Trump’s July 25 phone conversation with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. Senior White House...
by Jim Heath | Sep 26, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment
A former top Ukrainian prosecutor, whose allegations were at the heart of the dirt-digging effort by Rudy Giuliani, said today he believed that Hunter Biden did not run afoul of any laws in Ukraine. “From the perspective of Ukrainian legislation, he did not violate...