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Report: Whistleblower's Concerns Went Beyond Trump Phone Call

Lawmakers say complaint is 'deeply disturbing'

(Newser) - Lawmakers have now reviewed the whistleblower complaint that led to the Trump impeachment inquiry—and while the contents remain classified, Democrats and Republicans are commenting on what they read. Sources tell the New York Times that the intelligence official who filed the complaint had concerns that went beyond President Trump'...

Trump: Pelosi Is No Longer Speaker of the House

Rather, she's been 'taken over by the radical left,' president claims at press conference

(Newser) - President Trump addressed the ongoing Ukraine phone call controversy during a press conference Wednesday in New York after he'd spent the day at the UN General Assembly. The news conference—his first since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that an impeachment inquiry would be launched following a whistleblower's...

Oops: White House Sends Ukraine Stategy to Dems

And Democrats put it up on Twitter

(Newser) - "Unsend," anyone? The White House mistakenly emailed its talking points on the Ukraine scandal to House Democrats on Wednesday, the Hill reports. The offices of Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Don Beyer were among those who confirmed receiving the 11:22am email, which the White House tried to recall...

Sources Say Acting DNI Threatened to Resign

But Joseph Maguire denies the story

(Newser) - Joseph Maguire was just named the acting Director of National Intelligence last month, and multiple sources tell the Washington Post he threatened to step down from the position if he's not allowed to speak freely when he testifies before Congress on Thursday regarding the whistleblower complaint made against...

They've Read the Transcript: 5 Takes on Quid Pro Quo

Takeaways from Trump's call with Zelensky

(Newser) - The 5-page memo detailing President Trump's late July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is out , and much of the ensuing discussion has swirled around the phrase "quid pro quo." Six takes:
  • At the Washington Examiner , Philip Klein calls the transcript "bad news" for Trump. The
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The 5-Page Summary of Trump&#39;s Call Is Out
Here's What Trump Said
to Ukraine's President
the rundown
Sep 25, 2019 10:28 AM CDT

Here's What Trump Said to Ukraine's President

White House has released a 5-page memo summarizing the call

(Newser) - The White House on Wednesday released a five-page memo summarizing the July 25 call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The AP shies away from using the word "transcript," and the Washington Post explains that what was released "is a memorandum of a telephone conversation...

Report: Officials Didn't Want Trump to Call Ukraine Leader

They were worried about Giuliani's 'shadow agenda'

(Newser) - National security officials didn't want President Trump to make the call to Ukraine's president that led to a whistleblower complaint and the opening of an impeachment investigation , sources tell the Washington Post. The insiders say officials, alarmed by Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani's pursuit of what the Post...

Sources: White House to Give Congress Whistleblower Complaint

Sources say it's being reviewed, declassified

(Newser) - Two sources tell CNN that the White House is preparing to release the whistleblower complaint regarding President Trump's controversial phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Congress. The complaint could be released as early as Wednesday, within hours of the planned release of the transcript of the phone...

Trump: Ukraine Aid Delay Had Nothing to Do With Bidens
Trump: We'll Release
Transcript of Phone Call
UPDATED
Sep 24, 2019 6:33 PM CDT

Trump: We'll Release Transcript of Phone Call

President says it will be out Wednesday

(Newser) - Will Wednesday bring answers to the Ukraine controversy? President Trump tweeted Tuesday afternoon that he has authorized release of "the complete, fully declassified and unredacted transcript of my phone conversation with President Zelensky of Ukraine." He added that it will prove the call was "totally appropriate."...

Pelosi Offers 'Hints' Before Her Statement on Impeachment

She's expected to speak around 5pm ET

(Newser) - (The update as of 5pm ET is that Nancy Pelosi has indeed announced a formal impeachment inquiry. See that here , or read on for more of the latest.) Major media outlets including the Wall Street Journal , Washington Post , and NBC News are reporting by way of sources that...

Report: Pelosi Is Testing the Waters on Impeachment

Lawmaker says there has been a 'seismic change in mood'

(Newser) - After months of resisting calls to impeach President Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is warming to the idea and has been sounding out Democratic caucus members, insiders say. One freshman Democratic lawmaker tells Politico that there has been a "seismic change in mood" amid reports that Trump pressured Ukraine'...

Report: Trump Froze Military Aid Days Before Ukraine Call

Trump denies there was any link to demand to investigate Bidens

(Newser) - In what Democrats are calling potential "extortion," President Trump froze almost $400 million in military aid to Ukraine days before a phone call to the country's president that sparked a whistleblower complaint, insiders tell the Washington Post . The sources say Trump personally ordered acting chief of staff...

Trump on Whistleblower: 'Is He on Our Country's Side?'

President also blasts Biden

(Newser) - As criticism mounts on President Trump over his Ukraine call, the president fired back Monday at the whistleblower whose report started the controversy. "Who is this so-called 'whistleblower' who doesn’t know the correct facts," Trump tweeted . "Is he on our Country’s side. Where does...

Bill Weld Has Jarring Idea for Trump Punishment
Bill Weld Has Jarring
Idea for Trump Punishment
the rundown
Sep 23, 2019 12:16 PM CDT

Bill Weld Has Jarring Idea for Trump Punishment

'The penalty for treason under the US code is death,' says 2020 GOP challenger

(Newser) - President Trump's Democratic critics are calling for impeachment over the Ukraine controversy , but a Republican critic just outdid them by a mile. Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, who is challenging Trump for the GOP nomination, weighed in on the subject during the Morning Joe program and raised the idea...

Trump: Yes, I Talked to Ukraine
Trump: Yes,
I Talked to
Ukraine
Sep 22, 2019 4:20 PM CDT

Trump: Yes, I Talked to Ukraine

And it seems he brought up Joe Biden, too

(Newser) - President Trump suggested Sunday that he raised former Vice President Joe Biden and Biden's son in a summer phone call with Ukraine's new leader, as Democrats pressed for investigations into whether Trump improperly used his office to try to dig up damaging information about a political rival, the...

AOC Lights &#39;Impeachment&#39; Fire
AOC: Dems Have the Scandal
sunday talk shows
Sep 22, 2019 4:00 PM CDT

AOC: Dems Have the Scandal

On Twitter and talk shows, Ukraine is a hot topic

(Newser) - Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rekindled the impeachment flame Saturday with a tweet that accused Democrats of harboring a scandal worse than anything President Trump has done, USA Today reports. "At this point, the bigger national scandal isn't the president's lawbreaking behavior—it is the Democratic Party's refusal...

Ukraine Call is Trouble for Trump, or Maybe Biden
Ukraine Call is Trouble
for Trump, or Maybe Biden
opinion
Sep 22, 2019 10:51 AM CDT

Ukraine Call is Trouble for Trump, or Maybe Biden

Calls for president's impeachment run into calls for investigating Democratic candidate

(Newser) - Reports about a call from President Trump to Ukraine's president about Joe Biden have pretty much settled the impeachment debate, Tom Nichols writes in the Atlantic. If it's shown that the president did ask a foreign government to act against an American political opponent, Nichols says, "President...

Biden to Trump: Make Your Call With Ukraine Public

Ex-VP wants Trump chat aired in which he reportedly pressured Zelensky to probe Biden

(Newser) - On Friday, the Wall Street Journal wandered into the fray of the Trump whistleblower flap , backing up unconfirmed reports that what set off the hubbub was a July phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Journal reported that Trump "repeatedly" asked Zelensky to work with...

Trump Draws Biden Into Whistleblower Controversy
This Might Be the Reason
for the Whistleblower Flap
the rundown
Sep 20, 2019 3:15 PM CDT

This Might Be the Reason for the Whistleblower Flap

'Wall Street Journal': Trump repeatedly pressed Ukraine leader to investigate Biden

(Newser) - President Trump again addressed the whistleblower controversy on Friday and dismissed it as a "partisan hack job." In comments to reporters and on Twitter , the president repeated a theme: All of his conversations with foreign leaders have been appropriate, and an unidentified whistleblower from the intelligence community who...

Report: Trump Whistleblower Complaint Involved Ukraine
Report: Ukraine at Crux of
Whistleblower Complaint
THE RUNDOWN
Sep 20, 2019 6:20 AM CDT

Report: Ukraine at Crux of Whistleblower Complaint

Giuliani denies, then admits asking country to investigate Joe Biden

(Newser) - More details on the whistleblower complaint from an intelligence official about President Trump are beginning to emerge—and they include a possible connection to the 2020 election. Sources tell the Washington Post that the complaint centers on Ukraine and may involve a call to the country's president that House...

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