• As House probe intensifies, Trump mounts a strategy of offense

    As House probe intensifies, Trump mounts a strategy of offense

    Oct 04, 2019 10:55 PM EDT

    ... conditioned on investigations?" Sondland doesn't say. He responds, "Call me." Just over a week later, on September 9, a few things happen. The intelligence inspector general notifies Congress about the whistle-blower complaint, and House Democrats announce they are investigating the Ukraine issue. That day, Bill Taylor, the top ...

  • Trump shocks again by encouraging China to investigate the Bidens

    Trump shocks again by encouraging China to investigate the Bidens

    Oct 03, 2019 10:57 PM EDT

    ... responded with a letter of her own. She said the Constitution doesn't require a House vote before proceeding with an impeachment inquiry. Tomorrow, the inspector general of the intelligence community, Michael Atkinson, is scheduled to go behind closed doors with the House Intelligence Committee to discuss the whistle-blower ...

  • Democrats warn White House that time is up to produce documents

    Democrats warn White House that time is up to produce documents

    Oct 02, 2019 10:55 PM EDT

    ... Congress is out of town. So it was staffers and one member of Congress who attended this briefing. And in that, the State Department attorney general -- inspector general, as Yamiche has reported, brought sort of some documents having to do with this whole Ukraine discussion. What were those documents? Those ...

  • Whistleblower spoke to Schiff aides before filing complaint

    Whistleblower spoke to Schiff aides before filing complaint

    Oct 02, 2019 10:31 PM EDT

    ... occurrence for whistleblowers to seek guidance from the committee. “Consistent with the committee’s longstanding procedures, committee staff appropriately advised the whistleblower to contact an inspector general and to seek legal counsel,” Boland said. Other congressional committees follow a similar process. The New York Times first reported the interaction. The ...

  • Whistleblower protection, explained

    Whistleblower protection, explained

    Oct 02, 2019 08:58 PM EDT

    ... founder and general counsel for the National Whistleblower Center, an advocacy group.The protocol is for an intelligence official to file a complaint with the inspector general who is expected to refer the matter to the director of national intelligence. In this case, the inspector general alerted the House Intelligence ...

  • House Democrats say they will subpoena White House for documents

    House Democrats say they will subpoena White House for documents

    Oct 02, 2019 02:36 PM EDT

    ... memo to committee members Wednesday that the action is necessary because the White House has ignored multiple requests. Given the “stark and urgent warnings” the inspector general for the intelligence community has delivered to Congress, Cummings said, the panel has “no choice but to issue this subpoena.” The subpoena is ...

  • WATCH: Pompeo confirms he was on Trump-Ukraine phone call

    WATCH: Pompeo confirms he was on Trump-Ukraine phone call

    Oct 02, 2019 11:39 AM EDT

    ... seeking help from the new Ukrainian president in investigating Democratic political rival Joe Biden and Biden's son Hunter. On Wednesday, the State Department's inspector general is expected to brief congressional staff from several House and Senate appropriations, oversight, foreign affairs and intelligence committees on their requests for information ...

  • News Wrap: Iraqi forces fire on protesters in Baghdad

    News Wrap: Iraqi forces fire on protesters in Baghdad

    Oct 01, 2019 10:50 PM EDT

    ... under Texas law. A U.S. Justice Department watchdog is blaming the federal Drug Enforcement Administration for a slow response to the opioid crisis. The inspector general's report today said that the DEA sharply reduced its policing of opioids, even as overdose deaths exploded from 2013 to 2017. The ...

  • Why Barr asking foreign leaders for help in probe of U.S. agencies raises concerns

    Why Barr asking foreign leaders for help in probe of U.S. agencies raises concerns

    Oct 01, 2019 10:45 PM EDT

    ... here. What is the timeline? What do we know about when Durham's investigation might come out? What do we know about when the DOJ inspector general's report might come out? Devlin Barrett: So, the inspector general report is expected pretty soon, maybe a matter of weeks or a ...

  • Trump focuses anger at whistleblower as impeachment inquiry deepens

    Trump focuses anger at whistleblower as impeachment inquiry deepens

    Sep 30, 2019 10:55 PM EDT

    ... State Pompeo to hand over documents that the House Intelligence Committee is seeking. Also, Friday is when the House Intelligence Committee will hear from the inspector general, who basically led this whole whistle-blower investigation over the department for the DNI and intelligence agencies. But, Judy, I think a bigger ...