Trump impeachment

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Impeachment Probe Now Includes Bizarre Lawsuit

That's thanks to Charles Kupperman, who is testifying this week

(Newser) - For only the fourth time in US history, the House of Representatives has started a presidential impeachment inquiry. House committees are trying to determine if President Donald Trump violated his oath of office by asking Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden and his family, and to investigate the country'...

Whistleblower Attorneys to GOP: Lay Off Our Client

Andrew Bakaj and Mark Zaid make their case in the 'Washington Post'

(Newser) - The Ukraine whistleblower's identity will remain under wraps, as long as his—or her—attorneys have a say in it. "Speculation about the whistleblower's identity has only increased," Andrew Bakaj and Mark Zaid write in the Washington Post . "As each allegation in the complaint is...

Impeachment Inquiry Is Valid, Judge Rules

Justice Department must turn over Mueller evidence

(Newser) - The impeachment inquiry is legitimate even without a vote of the full House, a federal judge ruled Friday, and the Justice Department must turn over evidence from Robert Mueller's investigation to accommodate it. "Even in cases of presidential impeachment, a House resolution has never, in fact, been required...

Graham Resolution Formally Slams Impeachment Probe

Senator wants House Democrats to move forward with a vote

(Newser) - A leading Senate ally of President Trump introduced a resolution Thursday condemning the Democratic-run House for pursuing an "illegitimate impeachment inquiry" and demanding that Republicans be given more chances to question witnesses. The nonbinding resolution announced by GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina gives Senate Republicans a chance...

WSJ Editorial Puts Forth New Defense of Trump
WSJ Editorial
Puts Forth
New Defense
of Trump
OPINION
Oct 24, 2019 1:40 PM CDT

WSJ Editorial Puts Forth New Defense of Trump

But he probably won't like it: Idea is that he wanted quid pro quo, but was too 'inept'

(Newser) - President Trump will likely agree with many points of a new editorial from the conservative pages of the Wall Street Journal . It blasts the "secret testimony" of impeachment witnesses, accuses Democrats of "selective leaks" to make Trump look as bad as possible, and calls on Democratic Rep. Adam...

Trump&#39;s New Defender Is Familiar Face
Bannon Has
Some Advice
for Trump
on Impeachment
the rundown
Oct 24, 2019 10:15 AM CDT

Bannon Has Some Advice for Trump on Impeachment

Steve Bannon launches podcast to help president, suggests 'witch hunt' be retired

(Newser) - Steve Bannon is no longer in President Trump's inner circle, but Bannon thinks that same inner circle is doing a lousy job defending the president over impeachment. As a result, Bannon has just a launched a daily podcast from the basement of his townhouse in DC to offer advice...

GOP &#39;Stunt&#39; Delayed Pentagon Official&#39;s Testimony for 5 Hours
GOP Lawmakers' Storming
of Room Caused 5-Hour Delay
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 24, 2019 7:41 AM CDT

GOP Lawmakers' Storming of Room Caused 5-Hour Delay

House Republicans accused of flouting security procedures

(Newser) - Defense Department official Laura Cooper testified before House committees at a closed-door impeachment hearing Wednesday—eventually. The hearing was delayed for five hours after at least two dozen House Republicans stormed the secure area where Cooper was due to speak and staged a sit-in, demanding that the proceedings be opened...

MLB Ump Warns of 'CIVAL WAR' in Pro-Trump Tweet

League looking into deleted post by Rob Drake

(Newser) - Rob Drake's 20 years as an MLB umpire may now be in jeopardy after a tweet about the possible impeachment of President Trump. As in, he's clearly upset by the impeachment inquiry, evidenced by a post seen by ESPN that he put up late Tuesday (and has since...

GOP Lawmakers Storm Room in Capitol's Basement

Laura Cooper was set to give testimony in closed-door hearing

(Newser) - The Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility sits in the basement of the Capitol, and it's been the site of more than a little drama on Wednesday. More than two dozen House Republicans who had been giving a news conference outside the room stormed into it as Laura Cooper—deputy assistant...

NYT Says Ukraine Timeline Isn't What We Thought

Paper says documents, sources show Ukraine knew about aid freeze in early August

(Newser) - Diplomat William Taylor's Tuesday testimony to House impeachment investigators drew "sighs and gasps" —and a "pfft!" from President Trump, who dismissively tweeted on Wednesday morning, "Neither he (Taylor) or any other witness has provided testimony that the Ukrainians were aware that military aid was...

Trump, McConnell at Odds on This Point
Is This the
'Sea Change' on
Impeachment?
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 23, 2019 6:33 AM CDT

Is This the 'Sea Change' on Impeachment?

Trump, McConnell at odds on one point as testimony continues

(Newser) - The deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia will testify in the House impeachment inquiry Wednesday about the withholding of military aid from Ukraine, following up the stunning testimony of the top US diplomat in Ukraine. This as President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell appear...

&#39;Sighs and Gasps&#39; as William Taylor Testifies
'Sighs and Gasps' as
Ukraine Envoy Testifies
the rundown
Oct 22, 2019 7:03 PM CDT

'Sighs and Gasps' as Ukraine Envoy Testifies

William Taylor testifies 'everything' was dependent on Ukraine launching probes

(Newser) - There were "sighs and gasps" on Capitol Hill Tuesday as William Taylor testified before the House Intelligence, Oversight, and Foreign Affairs Committees as part of the Trump impeachment hearings, Politico reports. Taylor, the top US diplomat in Ukraine, first gave what CNN describes as a "lengthy and detailed...

New Figure Enters Ukraine Controversy
New Figure Enters
Ukraine Controversy
the rundown
Oct 22, 2019 11:47 AM CDT

New Figure Enters Ukraine Controversy

Hungarian leader Viktor Orban reportedly bad-mouthed Ukraine before call

(Newser) - New reports out Tuesday add more context to President Trump's view of Ukraine before he made his famous call to that nation's leader in July. The upshot is that Vladimir Putin and Hungary's Viktor Orban each bad-mouthed Ukraine as a corrupt nation to Trump, reinforcing what he...

Trump Uses Controversial New Word on Impeachment

This is a 'lynching,' he says, and black lawmakers are not pleased

(Newser) - President Trump doesn't think the impeachment investigation is merely a "witch hunt." In a tweet Tuesday, he called it a "lynching," and black lawmakers are not pleased. "So some day, if a Democrat becomes President and the Republicans win the House, even by a...

House Blocks GOP Attempt to Censure Adam Schiff

Vote to shelve resolution was along party lines

(Newser) - A House GOP bid to censure one of President Trump's least favorite lawmakers was blocked Monday night, as widely expected. The measure to censure House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, a Democrat, was shelved after lawmakers voted 218-185 along party lines to block it, reports Reuters . In their resolution...

GOP Ready to Make Its Move Against Schiff
GOP Ready
to Make Its
Move Against
Schiff
the rundown
Oct 21, 2019 2:41 PM CDT

GOP Ready to Make Its Move Against Schiff

But push to censure expected to fail in the House Monday evening

(Newser) - Republicans want the House to censure Democrat Adam Schiff over his handling of the Trump impeachment hearings, and NBC News reports that they'll push for a vote Monday evening. The move is widely expected to become a symbolic one, however, because Democrats will be able to easily block the...

Lindsey Graham Talks Impeachment
Lindsey Graham
Talks Impeachment
the rundown
Oct 21, 2019 8:33 AM CDT

Lindsey Graham Talks Impeachment

Senator backs Trump, but opens the door a crack to changing his mind

(Newser) - An interview between Axios and Lindsey Graham is causing a stir, though there's some different interpretations over his comments on the topic of President Trump's impeachment. The upshot is that Graham says he still hasn't seen evidence of an impeachable offense, but he's open to changing...

GOP Rep Open to Impeaching Trump Is Retiring

Francis Rooney is heading home to Florida after a single term

(Newser) - Florida Republican Rep. Francis Rooney is full of decisions these days: On Friday, he said he's open to impeaching President Trump if it's "the right thing because I’ll be looking at my children a lot longer than I’m looking to anybody in this building."...

Diplomat: I Raised &#39;Hunter Issue&#39; With Biden&#39;s Office
Official: I Tried to Warn Biden
Oct 19, 2019 5:40 PM CDT

Official: I Tried to Warn Biden

George Kent says he worried about the optics of Burisma

(Newser) - A career diplomat says he voiced concerns about Joe Biden's son, but to little effect. In closed-door testimony this week, George Kent told congressional investigators he'd warned the office of then-Vice President Biden about his son's position at a Ukrainian energy company, sources tell the Washington Post...

Shadowy Oligarch Has a Thing for Giuliani: Report

And Giuliani allegedly used back channels to help a former Ukrainian official

(Newser) - The media spotlight fell Rudy Giuliani again this week amid fresh accusations and an intriguing foreign-bribery case. Testifying to congressional investigators, diplomat George Kent said Giuliani had pressed the White House and the State Dept. to get a visa for former Ukrainian prosecutor Victor Shokin, CNN reports. Shokin had lost...

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