With all of the craziness happening today, this bit of craziness also happened. Kerry Eleveld at Daily Kos reports: In an effort to seize the narrative [today], the White House released a transcript Friday morning of Donald Trump’s first phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on April 21, immediately following Zelensky’s election to office. … Read more
Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testified to lawmakers on Friday that when she read how President Trump had talked about her to his Ukrainian counterpart in a July phone call — saying ominously that “she’s going to go through some things” — the color drained from her face. “It sounded like a threat,” she … Read more
The first public impeachment hearing on Wednesday went exactly as I predicted it would. Democrats approached the proceedings with a high degree of sobriety and seriousness. Republicans engaged in disruption, distraction, and disinformation in an effort to undermine the credibility of the proceedings. They only served to undermine their own credibility. The State Department experts on … 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
Axios claims a Scoop: GOP outlines theory of impeachment defense in memo to members: Republicans on the three House committees conducting the Trump-Ukraine investigation have settled on “four key pieces of evidence” that they claim will undermine Democrats’ arguments for why the president should be impeached, according to a staff memo circulated to committee members … Read more