Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday the House should suspend its inquiry while the president is overseas.
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Trump counsel says president won’t participate in House Judiciary Committee’s first hearing
Pat A. Cipollone, who did not rule out participation in future proceedings, characterized the first hearing to be held by the House Judiciary Committee as unfair.
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Another View: Speaker Pelosi, please replace NAFTA with USMCA
Factory workers and farmers are fed up with excuses for not cementing trade relations with our northern and southern neighbors.
Posted inNation & World, Politics, Uncategorized
Trump is asked if he wants his lawyers at impeachment hearings
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is giving the president a week to decide.
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Giuliani was in talks to work for Ukraine official as they sought dirt on Democrats
Such a deal would have provided the prosecutor with a pipeline to White House officials, and would have been a way for Rudolph Giuliani to benefit financially from a person whose efforts might help another client, Donald Trump.
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Aid withheld from Ukraine was released after Trump learned of whistleblower complaint
The White House has claimed there was no link between the suspension of aid and the president’s request for Ukraine to investigate his political rival Joe Biden and his family.
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Leonard Pitts: Russia, not Ukraine, is our enemy, but Republicans still buy the lie
Donald Trump is a national emergency. Why don’t we all recognize this?
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Rep. Cooper: Trump investigation hearkens back to stymied LePage impeachment
There is an obligation to rein in the chief executive when he or she has flouted the Constitution and the rule of law, even if conviction is unlikely.
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House invites Trump to participate as impeachment probe digs into Constitution
The Judiciary Committee is set to take over the impeachment probe of the president next week, scheduling a Dec. 4 hearing with legal scholars.
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Former White House counsel Donald McGahn must comply with House subpoena, judge rules
The ruling has major implications for other high-value witnesses in the Democrats’ ongoing impeachment investigation, including former national security adviser John Bolton and his deputy Charles Kupperman.