by Jim Heath | Nov 7, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment
House Democrats today released the transcript of a senior diplomat who purportedly told Congress last month as part of the impeachment inquiry that President Trump’s anti-corruption campaign in Ukraine was itself corrupt. George Kent, a senior State Department...
by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2019 | Headlines
Since the impeachment inquiry into President Trump began, most Republicans in Congress have made the argument that Trump’s decision to withhold military aid to Ukraine in exchange for investigating a political opponent was not a quid pro quo or an abuse of...
by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2019 | Congress, Headlines, Impeachment
The House Intelligence Committee will hold the first of a series of public impeachment hearings next week, Democrats announced today, calling three senior State Department officials to testify as they begin laying out their case against President Trump. In the debut...
by Jim Heath | Nov 5, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment
A critical witness in the impeachment inquiry offered Congress substantial new testimony this week, revealing that he told a top Ukrainian official that the country likely would not receive American military aid unless it publicly committed to investigations President...
by Jim Heath | Nov 4, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment
The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine described to House impeachment investigators a diplomatic corps under siege by President Trump and his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, saying she felt threatened by Trump’s posture toward her. Marie Yovanovitch said individuals...