donald trump impeachment
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It’s About to Get Really Real: House to Take Formal Vote Thursday on Rules of Impeachment
House Democrats want to make one thing very clear to Donald Trump: The impeachment inquiry into his tenure in the Oval Office is the real deal. And, so, on Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House will take a vote “to formalize procedures” as to the rules when it comes to the probe,…
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Republicans Bumrush Impeachment Inquiry With MAGA Lives Matter Protest
Republican lawmakers staged an impromptu protest against the Constitution on Wednesday, intentionally obstructing justice and delaying testimony from a key witness in the impeachment inquiry investigation into crimes that Donald Trump and White House staff already publicly admitted to. Yes, this is a thing that happened. On Wednesday, members of the House Intelligence Committee were…
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Trump Foolishly Compares Impeachment Inquiry to a Lynching: ‘Republicans Must Remember What They Are Witnessing Here’
Since the conclusion of the Civil War, lynching has been one of the country’s most prominent manifestations of racialized violence. These public displays of terrorism instilled fear in black communities and served as cruel reminders of our “place” in society. And so with all the emotions the mere mention of such a heinous act evokes,…
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Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney Blows Up Trump’s Spot on Ukraine Scandal
Apparently, we all need to “get over it” when it comes to notions of wrongdoing with regard to Donald Trump using his political office to enrich himself or push his personal agenda. So said Trump’s acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, on Thursday when he basically blew Trump’s cover of apparently feigned innocence as to…
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Elijah Cummings, the Longtime Congressman From Maryland, Is Dead at 68
Rep. Elijah Cummings, the long-serving Democratic congressman from Maryland, died early Thursday morning at the age of 68. Cummings died at Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Hospital at 2:45 a.m. Thursday “due to complications concerning longstanding health challenges,” the lawmaker’s office said in a statement, according to WBAL TV 11. Cummings, who had served in the House…
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Giuliani to Congress Eyeing Boss Trump’s Impeachment: I Got Nothing to Say
Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday blew off a congressional subpoena to provide documents and details on his dealings in Ukraine on behalf of Donald Trump. House lawmakers had given Trump’s personal lawyer a deadline of Tuesday to provide documents and communications files about his efforts to dig up dirt on a potential political rival of Trump,…
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Ex US Ambassador to Ukraine Tells House Impeachment Investigators Trump Dumped Her Based on ‘False Claims’
The woman Donald Trump booted this spring from her post as US ambassador to Ukraine told House impeachment investigators Friday that her ouster came about due to falsehoods promoted by forces more concerned about making a dollar than the nation’s security interests. Marie Yovanovitch arrived on Capitol Hill like a boss, walking openly across the…
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Donald Trump’s All in His Feelings as Fox News Poll Finds Majority of Americans Want Him Impeached and Out of Office
Donald Trump was apparently feeling some kind of way Thursday after his “friends” over at Fox News released new polling showing most of the country definitely want him to be impeached. In fact, the Fox News poll released Wednesday showed that 51 percent of Americans not only want Trump to be impeached, they want him…
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Biden Calls for Trump’s Impeachment, Openly Aiming for His GOP Rival’s Head for the 1st Time
After almost daily pointed attacks by Donald Trump as he tries to wiggle his way out of the Ukraine scandal, Joe Biden is finally striking back, making a direct call Wednesday for Trump’s impeachment. As Politico explains, it’s the first time the Democratic presidential hopeful and former vice president has clearly and unequivocally said that…
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A Defiant Donald Trump Tells House Impeachment Investigators That He and His Peeps Won’t Be Talking
Donald Trump appears to have thrown down the gauntlet before House Democrats, announcing Tuesday that he and his administration will no longer cooperate with the House’s impeachment inquiry into Trump’s actions. The writing was on the wall Tuesday morning when Trump abruptly yanked his permission to have the U.S. ambassador to the E.U., Gordon Sondland,…