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Bombshell Impeachment Report Released By House Intelligence Committee

This report lays out a damning order of events and crimes committed by the most corrupt person to ever hold the office of the President of the United States.

Ukrainian President Zelensky Was Going To Announce Biden Investigation On Fareed Zakaria GPS

Fareed Zakaria comes forward with interview that almost landed him square in the impeachment hearings.

Fareed Zakaria Describes His Role In Zelensky's Attempt To Get Funds From Trump

Fareed Zakaria describes how he found himself in the middle of the Trump's extortion plot of Ukrainian president Vlodomyr Zelensky.

David Holmes' Testimony Will Make Gordon Sondland's Hearing VERY Interesting

Holmes, a State Department official who overheard Sondland's phone call with Trump about Ukraine, provided the strongest evidence yet of Trump's crimes as president.

BOMBSHELL: New Details Of A Call Between Trump And Sondland Confirm Extortion

Ambassador Taylor testified to details of a call the day after the call with President Zelenskyy between Trump and Sondland where Trump was overheard demanding investigations before military aid was released.

Amb. Taylor Testifies That His Staff Heard Trump Demand Ukraine Extortion

Ambassador Taylor has new information linking Trump to the Ukraine extortion plot -- a phone conversation in a restaurant the day after Trump's conversation with the Ukrainian president.

Ukrainians Divided On Trump's Extortion

Ukrainians have no consensus on whether their President should have agreed to Trump's terms or resisted.

Sen. Kennedy Says Extortion 'Probably' Impeachable -- But Claims Trump Must Have 'Culpable State Of Mind'

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) on Sunday argued that Donald Trump may not be guilty of a quid pro quo with Ukraine if he did not have a "culpable state of mind" when he tried to extort the country's president.

Rep. Thornberry: Trump Ukraine Extortion Call Not Impeachable Because It's Not Different From What He Does In Public

Rep. Thornberry basically tells ABC's Martha Raddatz that Trump's lawbreaking was okay because what he said on the phone is the same as what he says in public.

GOP Rep. Claims Trump's Extortion Of Ukraine Isn't Impeachable Because He Says The Same Thing In Public

Here's the latest in the revolving series of defenses coming from Trump's Republican enablers in Congress.

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Mark Kelly Far Outdistancing Martha McSally In Fundraising

The former astronaut now has nearly twice the cash that McSally has.

Jan 17, 2020

By Ed Scarce

Rep. Ayanna Presley Bravely Goes Public About Her Alopecia

“I want to be freed from the secret and the shame that that secret carries with it,” Pressley said.

Jan 17, 2020

By Susie Madrak

Martha McSally Won't Answer Laura Ingraham When She Asks 'Liberal Hack's' Question

"You can call me a conservative hack. But do you want witnesses, yes or no?" Ingraham said.

Jan 17, 2020

By Susie Madrak

Documents Corroborate Lev Parnas Account

The president’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was engaged in a sleazy operation in Ukraine that appears to be linked to a lot more shady activities in this Ukraine gambit than we knew.

Jan 17, 2020

By digby