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BREAKING: Top Republican Demands Top Democrat Testify In Impeachment Inquiry
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, demanded in a letter late on Friday night that Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) testify in a closed-door deposition about any interactions that either he or his staff may have had with the whistleblower. “On November 6th, you announced the beginning of public …
BREAKING: Obama’s Ukraine Ambassador Allegedly Lied Under Oath In Impeachment Inquiry, Congressman Suggests
Marie Yovanovitch, who was appointed to be the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine by former President Barack Obama, allegedly made false statements under oath during her October 11 closed-door testimony in House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. “Before the contents of the whistleblower complaint were known publicly, a Democratic congressional staffer contact the former American ambassador to Ukraine …
How Each House Member Voted on Trump Impeachment Inquiry Rules
The U.S. House voted 232-196 on Thursday morning to pass the resolution that lays out the rules for the impeachment inquiry into President Donald J. Trump, as it heads into a more public phase. The Times tracked how every representative voted, live from the House chamber. Thursday’s vote was the first time since the Democrats …
Tim Morrison: White House national security official set to testify in impeachment inquiry stepping down soon
Morrison’s departure had been “planned for some time,” the source added. Morrison was recruited to join the NSC by former national security adviser John Bolton, and his departure has been expected since Bolton was fired in September. A number of Bolton’s other allies at the NSC left around the time that he did. Morrison is …
House to vote on impeachment inquiry procedures
The Thursday vote will push back against a White House and Republican congressional talking point that the impeachment inquiry is not legitimate because it hasn’t been formally authorized, which comes as Democrats are facing off for the first time with a witness defying a subpoena as part of the inquiry. The resolution, which will be …
Charles Kupperman: Former deputy national security adviser declines to show for impeachment inquiry deposition Monday
But Democrats said that attempts by Kupperman and others not to comply with subpoenas will not delay their impeachment investigation, regardless of whether they decide to go to court to try to enforce the subpoenas. “We are not willing to allow the White House to engage us in a lengthy game of rope-a-dope in the …
Live updates: Republicans resume attacks on Trump impeachment inquiry; key witness expected to defy subpoena
Kupperman listened in to the July 25 call in which Trump pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. That call is at the center of the impeachment inquiry. ●Trump seizes on Baghdadi raid to paint Democrats as dangerous leakers — and it’s likely to inflame …
The State Department’s Philip Reeker testifies in impeachment inquiry hearing
Philip Reeker, acting assistant secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, became the latest State Department official to testify on Capitol Hill in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump Saturday. Although the testimony occurred behind closed doors, the Wall Street Journal reported that Reeker testified that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo actively …
Former top Trump aide asks court to rule on whether he must testify in impeachment inquiry
Charles Kupperman, who served as a deputy to former national security adviser John Bolton, is seeking a judicial ruling on whether he should comply with a subpoena from House Democrats or follow instructions from the White House not to appear. “Plaintiff obviously cannot satisfy the competing demands of both the Legislative and Executive Branches, and …
John Bolton’s attorneys consulting with lawmakers about possibly cooperating with the impeachment inquiry
Attorneys for former National Security Adviser John Bolton are consulting with lawmakers about possibly cooperating with the impeachment inquiry, CBS News’ Paula Reid reports. Bolton was one of the officials on the July 25 phone call between Mr. Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, and witnesses have testified that Bolton was so concerned by the …
