Dec 04 Ukrainian gas chief meets with prosecutors probing Giuliani By Desmond Butler, Michael Biesecker, Associated Press Federal prosecutors have interviewed the head of Ukraine’s state-owned gas company as part of an investigation into the business dealings of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and two of Giuliani’s business associates. Continue reading
Dec 04 Fiery partisan disagreements as Judiciary Committee holds first impeachment hearing By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The Judiciary Committee is holding its first hearing since the release of a 300-page report by Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee that found “serious misconduct” by the president. Continue reading
Dec 04 Read Jonathan Turley’s full opening statement in the Trump impeachment hearing By Gretchen Frazee The Judiciary hearing comes after the House Intelligence Committee held hearings in late November and aims to define grounds for a presidential impeachment. Continue reading
Dec 04 Read Michael Gerhardt’s full opening statement in the Trump impeachment hearing By Gretchen Frazee The focus of the Judiciary hearing is to define grounds for a presidential impeachment. The hearing comes after the House Intelligence Committee held hearings in late November. Those hearings featured key witnesses who had knowledge of Trump's dealing with Ukraine. Continue reading
Dec 04 Read Pamela Karlan’s full opening statement in Trump impeachment hearing By Gretchen Frazee The Judiciary hearing comes after the House Intelligence Committee held hearings in late November and aims to define grounds for a presidential impeachment. Continue reading
Dec 04 Read Noah Feldman’s full opening statement in the Trump impeachment hearing By Gretchen Frazee The focus of the Judiciary hearing is to define grounds for a presidential impeachment. Continue reading
Dec 03 What does it mean to censure a politician? By Candice Norwood The House and Senate have adopted internal rules that allow them to draft and approve a censure resolution, which provides a public record disapproving of an official’s actions. Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch 9:37 House Intelligence Committee report details Trump’s alleged offenses After weeks of closed-door and public hearings, the House Intelligence Committee released a 300-page report making the case for impeachment of President Trump, arguing that he solicited the interference of a foreign government in a U.S. election, obstructed the impeachment… Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch 7:54 As NATO’s 70th anniversary summit kicks off, member countries squabble President Trump arrived in London Monday night for a NATO summit meant to celebrate the alliance’s 70th anniversary. But the meeting’s first day was marred by acrimony among at least three member countries, as Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron… Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch 7:38 Inside the ‘extraordinary’ campaign to put Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court President Trump's nomination of federal judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court in 2018 launched a bitter partisan fight that grew even more polarized when Christine Blasey Ford said Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her in high school. Kavanaugh was ultimately… Continue watching