At the eleventh hour, “The Enemy of The People,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued his rules for the Senate impeachment trial — the rules were not negotiated with Senate Democrats, but they were done in “total coordination” with the Defendant in the White House — which depart significantly from the “Clinton Rules” of impeachment … Read more
On January 3, U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken in Manhattan authorized Lev Parnas, the associate of Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, to turn over documents and the contents of his iPhone to a House panel as part of the impeachment process against President Donald Trump. The Justice Department did not object to Parnas handing them over. Giuliani associate can … Read more
In an unfortunately timed report, sandwiched between Christmas and New Year’s Day when people are celebrating and not paying attention to the news, the New York Times made the case for why key witnesses who were blocked from cooperating with the House impeachment committee hearings need to be called at the Senate impeachment trial. The … Read more
A federal judge on Monday dismissed and declared moot (.pdf) a lawsuit by former deputy national security adviser Charles Kupperman, who was seeking a ruling on whether to comply with a subpoena in the House’s impeachment inquiry or a directive from the White House blocking his testimony. Kupperman and his former boss, former national security adviser John … Read more
Diogenes of Sinope (c. 404-323 BCE) was a Greek Cynic philosopher best known for holding a lantern (above) to the faces of the citizens of Athens claiming he was searching for an honest man because he believed there was no such person. Current history, especially among Republicans in the Senate, suggest that Diogenes could be … Read more