Trump impeachment inquiry
House Democrat Bill Pascrell: Investigate Trump administration for ‘crimes against the United States’
A House Democrat from New Jersey ignored his party leader's promise to work with the GOP and called for another political investigation into the Trump administration. Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) called for a new inquiry into the president and his leadership team and vowed to prosecute them to the maximum extent ...
Adam Schiff plans to launch new investigation into President Trump’s handling of the CCP Virus pandemic
An elected official, who is responsible for leading a group that oversees the nation's intelligence activities, wants to start a new probe into the president's response to the deadly Asian disease. Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) plans to launch a new investigation into the ...
White House Counsel Cipollone uses Senate trial to call Rep Adam Schiff a liar who manufactured ‘fraudulent’ transcript
A federally appointed legal professional condemned the head of a group, which is responsible for overseeing intelligence and U.S. government programs, for allegedly lying and spreading falsified documents. White House Counsel Pat Cipollone used his opening speech at the Senate's impeachment trial of President Donald Trump to criticize House Intelligence Committee ...
Senate will introduce a rule to quickly dismiss President Trump’s impeachment trial says Sen. Cruz
A congressional statement under consideration could give the Senate special powers to avoid a lengthly trial about whether to remove the president from office. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has confirmed the Republican Party is making final changes to a proposed resolution that allows President Donald Trump's team to dismiss the two ...
Senate trial of President Trump cannot be dismissed before hearing arguments says Sen. Graham
The leader of a committee, which is responsible for overseeing the Department of Justice, confirmed a trial to decide whether to remove the president from office will not be dismissed before any statements are heard. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has ruled out calling a vote to reject ...
House Democrats vow to pursue impeachment investigations regardless of Senate result
House Democrats' lawyers told a federal court that House Democrats intend to continue impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump after this week's impeachment vote, regardless of the eventual outcome of the impeachment trial by the Senate. “In a filing to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, House General Counsel Douglas Letter ...
Leftists ‘fear’ President Trump will stop US from becoming a socialist democracy says Republican candidate Burgess Owens
A former football player, who is running for public office, accused leftists of fearing the president's efforts to stop the United States from becoming a socialist democracy on Dec. 14. Super Bowl alumnus Burgess Owens revealed in a broadcast interview with "Breitbart News Saturday" that left leaning Democrats pushing for Donald ...
Impeachment public hearing chairperson caught not administering oath to witnesses
A civil servant responsible for ensuring public impeachment hearings run smoothly appeared to forget he was supposed to swear in witnesses on Dec. 9. Despite the fact they have had days of rehearsals to get the script right. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) was caught not administering the ...
Impeachment started with tears when an election was lost says GOP Rep Doug Collins
A senior Republican congressman blasted the impeachment inquiry for appearing to stem from the Democrats' failed bid for presidency at the last election. Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) has questioned the impartiality of House Democrats who led the impeachment investigation, because the probe appeared to start not long after former presidential candidate ...
Founder of Ukraine energy company Burisma investigated for allegedly embezzling state funds
A former Ukrainian politician was suspected of misusing state funds at an energy company that he founded and is subject to the continuing impeachment inquiry on Nov. 20. Ukraine's Prosecutor General Ruslan Ryaboshapka confirmed the Eastern European country would widen its investigation into Burisma founder Mykola Zlochevsky to include suspicion of ...
Speaker Pelosi will not let voters decide because it is ‘weak’ and ‘dangerous’
The leader of the Democrats refused to allow a general election to decide the fate of the president, the House Speaker said to her colleagues in a memo on Nov. 18. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) dismissed a suggestion from public impeachment inquiry hearings to "let the election decide" as "weak." "That ...
Democrats allegedly excluded witnesses who could exonerate Trump at impeachment hearing
The integrity of House Democrats was questioned after two witnesses with exculpatory evidence were not called to testify at the impeachment inquiry on the week ending Nov. 22. Former National Security Council Special Adviser for Ukraine negotiations Christopher Anderson and his replacement, Catherine Croft, did not appear on the House Intelligence ...
President Trump applauds ‘new Republican star’ Stefanik for quashing impeachment argument
The president commended one of the youngest women elected to Congress for delivering a major blow to House Democrats' impeachment inquiry on Nov. 17. Donald Trump has congratulated Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on successfully debunking a key theory of the investigation while questioning former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch at ...
Impeachment inquiry is a ‘colossal waste’ of time and money says White House press secretary
A White House official questioned the number of government resources being wasted on the ongoing impeachment inquiry on Nov. 14. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham slammed the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry in Congress for being a farce, consuming a large amount of taxpayer funds, and failing to produce findings that ...
Ivanka Trump: Impeachment aimed at undoing 2016 vote
Ivanka Trump on Friday, Nov. 8, echoed her father's view that the House impeachment investigation is an attempt to overturn the 2016 election. But she called the identity of the impeachment whistleblower "not particularly relevant." President Trump and some of his allies have been pressing the news media to publicize the ...
White House adding aides to deal with impeachment inquiry
The White House is beefing up its communications staff as it grapples with the ongoing House impeachment investigation. Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, and Tony Sayegh, a former Treasury Department spokesman, are expected to join the White House communications team to work on "proactive impeachment messaging" and other ...
Perry sidesteps testifying before impeachment investigators
Outgoing Energy Secretary Rick Perry was called to testify on Friday, Nov. 1, before the House Committees as part of the impeachment inquiry against President Trump but he refused to follow the request, according to the department's representative. His deposition was scheduled for next Wednesday, according to an anonymous source familiar ...
Schiff pushed Volker to say Ukraine felt pressure from Trump, reported dialogue revealed
The Washington Examiner reported on Oct. 16 the dialogue of a secret meeting where Democrat House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff compelled U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker to admit that President Trump exerted pressure on the Ukrainian government to investigate the Bidens. In the meeting that reportedly took place ...
Trey Gowdy returns as Trump defender: ‘A super smart thing’
Trey Gowdy, the Republican congressman from South Carolina, retired from office last year, declaring his skills are better used "in a courtroom than in Congress." Now he's coming back for impeachment. A former prosecutor who led the House investigation into the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, Gowdy is poised to join President ...
Pompeo: State Dept. will follow law in impeachment inquiry
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday the State Department intends to follow the law in the House impeachment investigation and vigorously defended President Donald Trump, dismissing questions about the president's attempts to push Ukraine and China to investigate a Democratic political rival. The Trump administration and House Democrats often disagree ...
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