As expected, retaliation.Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who gave a bombshell testimony in the House impeachment investigation last month on President Donald Trump’s Ukraine scheme, will be removed from his post at the White House National Security Council.https://t.co/tVmWffAcCA — Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) November 10, 2019 A lesson and a warning.
With Public Hearings To Start, Republicans Have No Decent Witnesses
Devin Nunes sent his witness list to Chairman Adam Schiff last week for witnesses he wanted included in the House Impeachment Investigation. The list includes: Devon Archer, Hunter Biden’s business partner Hunter Biden Alexandrea Chalupa, the DNC consultant who conducted oppo research on Manafort [corrected] via non-official sources Undersecretary of State David Hale, who gave a private deposition the details … Read More
Trump’s Defense Strategy Is Bizarre
The man is unhinged, The call to the Ukrainian President was PERFECT. Read the Transcript! There was NOTHING said that was in any way wrong. Republicans, don’t be led into the fools trap of saying it was not perfect, but is not impeachable. No, it is much stronger than that. NOTHING WAS DONE WRONG! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November … Read More
Mulvaney Is A No Show And More Testimony Dumps
White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney was subpoenaed last night by the House Impeachment Inquiry Committee for appearance this morning at 9 a.m. To nobody’s surprise, he was a no-show. I do wonder why the quick turn-around time, but I suppose we will find out in time. Last month, Mulvaney told reporters in the White House briefing room that … Read More
House GOP Strategy To Defend Trump Is To Throw His Loyal Underlings (Except Themselves) Under The Bus
Um… House Republicans’ latest plan to shield President Trump from impeachment is to focus on at least three deputies — U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, Trump’s lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani, and possibly acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney — who they say could have acted on their own to influence Ukraine policy. All three occupy … Read More
Yet Even More Impeachment Committee Testimony Released
Key excerpts from Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent: The full testimony can be found here. Trump is a little behind on the process:
Oh, And The Quid Pro Quo Almost Worked
NY Times headline reads “Ukraine’s Zelensky Bowed to Trump’s Demands, Until Luck Spared Him”: Aides to Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, decided that military aid and support for peace talks outweighed the risks of appearing to take sides in American politics. It was early September, and Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelensky, faced an agonizing choice: whether to capitulate to President Trump’s … Read More
Document Dump: Bill Taylor Testimony
As per my practice, the full testimony is too large to place here, so you get the key excerpts: The full testimony is here. As you may recall, Taylor’s testimony, along with Vindman, really cracked the whole thing wide open. We’re just like a couple pages in and already Taylor is contradicting the picture Sondland laid out. Says Sondland said … Read More
Outing The Whistleblower
In the past two days, there has been a lot of threats to reveal the name of the whistleblower who got the ball rolling in the Trump Impeachment Inquiry. There is, of course, no reason to out him. The whistleblower complaint has been superseded by firsthand testimony, and the phone call transcript summary, which corroborate, if not go futher than, … Read More
May 29 Letter From Trump To Zelenesky Offers Unwavering Support
Trump pledged “unwavering” support to Ukraine in a May 29 letter congratulating its new president on his election victory and invited Zelensky to the White House, as evidence of the United States’ “commitment” to the young democracy, it was reported yesterday. “Trump’s letter … points to a sharp contrast between Trump’s official, warm communications with Zelensky and the moves he actually … Read More
Bombshell: Sondland Admits Quid Pro Quo
And he knows because he is the one who laid it out. As I posted earlier, Sondland, through his attorney, filed an addendum with the House Impeachment Committee yesterday, which is below. His testimony now, as he calls it, is “Oh. Yeah. There was a quid pro quo. I know because I told the Ukrainian officials about it.” Sondland’s full … Read More
Document Dump: House Impeachment Committee Releases More Depo Transcripts — Sondland and Volker
Key excerpts from Ambassador Sondland’s testimony: The full testimony is here. Notably, the full testimony contains an addendum that Sondland filed after his testimony in which he recounted how he told Ukrainian officials military aid was tied to their commitment to investigations President Trump wanted. QUID PRO QUO. I will likely take this up in a subsequent post. Key excerpts … Read More
Parnas In Open Talks With FBI
It is too much to claim the Giuliani associate Lev Parnas has “flipped” against the Trump Team, but the current news can’t be good for that team. People following this inquiry are aware of the John Dowd letter mapping out what amounted to a Joint Defense Agreement between the President, Rudy Giuliani, Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman, and Dmitry Firtash (with … Read More
House Impeachment Committee Releases Some Transcripts
Key Points of Testimony of Marie “Masha” Yovanovitch, Former United States Ambassador to Ukraine, conducted on October 11, 2019. Full testimony is here. Key excerpts from the testimony of former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State Ambassador P. Michael McKinley from October 16, 2019: Full testimony is here. Democrats will release transcripts from Kurt Volker and Gordon Sondland tomorrow