House investigators are releasing key transcripts from their hours of closed-door interviews in the impeachment inquiry as they prepare for public sessions with witnesses next week. Read more
An attorney for Bolton, Charles Cooper, said his client had not received a subpoena. Cooper had previously said Bolton wouldn’t appear without one. Read more
House Democrats are investigating Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to investigate political rivals as aid money was being withheld from the Eastern European country. Read more
“That was my clear understanding, security assistance money would not come until the president committed to pursue the investigation,” Ukraine diplomat William Taylor said. Read more
Exposing whistleblowers can be dicey, even for a president. Read more
The State Department’s third-ranking official is expected to tell House impeachment investigators today that political considerations were behind the agency’s refusal to deliver a robust defense of the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. Read more
A top diplomat revised his testimony in the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump to acknowledge he understood that U.S. aid to Ukraine was being withheld until the country promised to investigate corruption. Read more
The transcript came out on the same day that four Trump administration officials defied subpoenas to testify, acting on orders from a White House that is fighting the impeachment investigation with all its might. Read more
The partisanship that was rank during the impeachment of President Bill Clinton seems almost quaint 21 years later in a time of declining civility and limited cooperation. Read more
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“As we move towards this new public phase of the impeachment inquiry, the American public will begin to see for themselves the evidence that the committees have collected.” Read more
Two other White House witnesses scheduled for this afternoon are also not expected to show. Read more
U.S. whistleblower laws exist to protect the identity and careers of people who bring forward accusations of wrongdoing by government officials. Read more
For only the fourth time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives has started a presidential impeachment inquiry . House committees are trying to determine whether President Donald Trump violated his oath of office by asking Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden and his family, and to investigate the country’s involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Read more
The offer comes as Trump has repeatedly demanded the release of the whistleblower’s identity, tweeting today that the person “must come forward.” Read more
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pushed the idea that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind the hack of the Democratic National Committee servers, Manafort’s deputy told investigators during the special counsel’s Russia probe. Read more
She didn’t rule out the investigation continuing into 2020 — an election year — saying the emergence of new investigative leads cannot be predicted. Read more
The lawyers’ role is critical because two witnesses have suggested they took the extraordinary step of shielding access to the transcript not because of its covert nature but rather its potential damage to the Republican president. Read more
White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said in a statement that Vindman “never suggested filling in any words at any points where ellipses appear in the transcript.” Read more
A defense hawk well known in GOP policy circles, Morrison was the National Security Council’s top adviser for Russian and European affairs until he stepped down Wednesday. Read more
The vote was 232-196, with all Republicans against the resolution and two Democratic defectors joining them. Read more
There was no doubt that the Democratic-controlled chamber would approve the eight pages of rules on Thursday. But it was unclear exactly how many defectors each party would suffer. Read more
