While the fist public impeachment hearing was absorbing public attention yesterday, another court ruled against Donald Trump on the disclosure of his financial records and taxes. This time it was an en banc panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. CNN reports, Appeals court hands Trump another loss, saying Congress can seek his tax returns: … Read more
Two other events, in addition to the reality versus alternate reality impeachment inquiry hearings, have occurred this week which illustrate the upside-down trajectory the 2016 Popular Vote Loser has put this country on. First, a person accused of harboring illegal aliens in Arizona is facing a second trial prosecuted by federal authorities. The accused, Scott … Read more
Donald Trump’s new “fixer,” Attorney General William “Coverup” Barr, has been globetrotting around the world in his personal review of the origins of the intelligence communities’ investigation into the the Trump campaign in 2016. This is in addition to John H. Durham, the federal prosecutor whom Barr assigned to review the origins of the Russia … Read more
Axios provides a viewer’s guide to witnesses appearing in the impeachment hearings beginning today. I am making modifications and adding links to their prior deposition testimony. A viewer’s guide to the impeachment hearings: Testifying Wednesday, November 13: Ambassador Bill Taylor: The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine. He says it was his “clear understanding” that Trump would not release … Read more
I cautioned you yesterday against reading too much into oral argument as a predictor of how the court will rule in the DACA case, Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California (three consolidated cases for hearing). Nevertheless, the current headline at the New York Times reads, Supreme Court Appears Ready to … Read more