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Ex-Ambassador to Ukraine Speaks Out
Ex-Ambassador
to Ukraine Speaks Out
the rundown
Oct 11, 2019 1:14 PM CDT

Ex-Ambassador to Ukraine Speaks Out

Marie Yovanovitch says Trump pressured State Department to remove her over 'false claims'

(Newser) - The former American ambassador to Ukraine says President Trump himself pressured the State Department to remove her from that post over "false claims," reports NBC News . Marie Yovanovitch was testifying behind closed doors Friday to House impeachment investigators, but her opening remarks were made available to multiple outlets....

Appeals Court: Turn Trump's Finance Records Over to House

The president could appeal to the Supreme Court

(Newser) - A federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Trump's financial records must be turned over to the House of Representatives, per the AP . The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said lawmakers should get the documents they have subpoenaed from Mazars USA. The firm has...

17 Watergate Prosecutors Have Bad Message for Trump

In 'Washington Post' op-ed, they back impeachment

(Newser) - President Trump lashed out at Fox News on Thursday over its poll showing that a majority of Americans back impeachment. The president will like even less a new op-ed in the Washington Post signed by 17 special prosecutors who worked on the Watergate case. In it, they state flatly that...

Trump Says He &#39;Didn&#39;t Know&#39; Giuliani Associates
Trump Says He 'Didn't
Know' Giuliani Associates
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 11, 2019 7:18 AM CDT

Trump Says He 'Didn't Know' Giuliani Associates

'Now it's possible I have a picture with them because I have a picture with everybody'

(Newser) - President Trump says he doesn't know two Rudy Giuliani associates arrested for campaign finance violations —although photos posted on social media show that he has definitely met Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas. The Florida businessmen also posted a picture of themselves having breakfast with Donald Trump Jr. last...

Crowd Chants 'Lock Him Up' at Minneapolis Trump Rally

Democrats 'want to erase your voice,' president said

(Newser) - A defiant President Trump sought to convert the impeachment probe into a weapon on the campaign trail Thursday night, with biting attacks on Joe Biden. At a rally in Minneapolis, the first since Democrats began proceedings two weeks ago to remove him from office, the president's performance revealed a...

Latest House Subpoena Goes to Rick Perry

Committees want documents on Ukraine contacts

(Newser) - Energy Secretary Rick Perry has been subpoenaed by three House committees for documents in connection with their investigations into President Trump's communications with Ukraine. Perry has until Oct. 18 to turn over the files, Axios reports. News reports "have raised questions about any role you may have played...

Trump Responds to Negative Fox News Poll

Pollster 'sucks' and network 'doesn't deliver for us anymore'

(Newser) - A new Fox News poll delivered bad news for President Trump, showing that 51% of respondents supported his impeachment and removal from office. It caught the attention of Trump himself, who clearly wasn't pleased. "Whoever their Pollster is, they suck," the president tweeted , adding that Fox "...

They Helped Giuliani in Ukraine. Now They're in Handcuffs

Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman arrested on campaign finance violations

(Newser) - Two Florida businessmen tied to President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani have been arrested on campaign finance violations resulting from a $325,000 donation to a political action committee supporting Trump's reelection. Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman—both involved in the push to get Ukraine to investigate Joe...

Report: Tillerson Rejected Trump Request as Illegal

Bloomberg: Then-secretary of state declined to have DOJ drop a case against Giuliani client

(Newser) - Bloomberg is out with a report that it says is in sync with President Trump's test-the-boundaries style of governing. In 2017, Trump asked then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to get the Justice Department to drop a case against an Iranian-Turkish man who just happened to be a client...

Trump on UK Crash: Wrong-Way Driving 'Happens'

Notes suggest Anne Sacoolas will not return to UK

(Newser) - Anne Sacoolas, the 42-year-old wife of a US diplomat who fled the UK after a fatal Aug. 27 crash in which she claims diplomatic immunity, has no plans to return, according to notes provided to President Trump. A Washington Post photographer got a look at briefing notes given to Trump...

Trump Offers Bizarre Reason for Abandoning Kurdish Allies

'They didn't help us in Normandy,' he says

(Newser) - President Trump angered critics including fellow Republicans with bizarre remarks Wednesday downplaying the importance of the alliance between US and Kurdish forces against ISIS, and of alliances in general. The president defended his decision to allow a Turkish offensive in northern Syria by pointing out that Kurdish fighters did not...

Fox Poll Shows 55% in Favor of Impeachment

Most of them also want Trump removed from office

(Newser) - President Trump has been known to dismiss unfavorable polls as "FAKE NEWS," but the latest one comes from an outlet he has praised in the past. Fox says that according to its poll , a record 51% of voters want Trump to be impeached and removed from office. Another...

For Biden, a 1st With Regard to Trump's Impeachment

Biden declares his support for the first time

(Newser) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Wednesday for the first time that President Trump must be impeached for abusing the powers of his office to help his own reelection, the AP reports. Biden made the remarks as part of a blistering 25-minute speech in New Hampshire, departing from his usual...

Hillary Issues Tantalizing Tweet in Tiff With Trump

The former Secretary of State suggests anything is possible in 2020

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton isn't running in 2020—positively, definitely, for sure—except for a tantalizing tweet posted Wednesday on her Twitter account, CNN reports. After President Trump urged her to join the Democratic fray, Clinton responded: "Don't tempt me. Do your job." And while talking to Judy...

Graham Hopes Letter Will Stop Pelosi From Destroying America

Says he's sending her a note that explains GOP senators won't impeach Trump over call

(Newser) - Sen. Lindsey Graham says he's going to send Nancy Pelosi a letter that he hopes will stop her from "destroy[ing] the nation for no good." That's what she and her fellow House Democrats are doing in pursuing an impeachment inquiry, he says. "I want Nancy...

Book on Trump: We Logged 26 'Unwanted' Sexual Encounters

'All the President's Women' is out later this month, with new allegations

(Newser) - It's a big day for upcoming books with explosive sexual allegations. Esquire is out with an excerpt from All the President's Women: Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator, a book by journalists Barry Levine and Monique El-Faizy that pulls from more than 100 interviews to chart...

As Facebook Turns Down Biden, Warren Makes Big Claim

Senator suggests social media site will help elect Trump

(Newser) - Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have refused to pull a Trump campaign ad claiming Joe Biden offered $1 billion in aid to Ukraine if the country removed a prosecutor investigating a company linked to Biden's son. CNN refused the grainy, 30-second ad released Sept. 27, citing false claims, reports the...

Pelosi to Trump: You're Not Above the Law

She fires back after White House calls impeachment inquiry 'illegitimate'

(Newser) - The White House has called the Trump impeachment inquiry "illegitimate" —and Nancy Pelosi has accused the president of thinking he is above the law. "For a while, the President has tried to normalize lawlessness. Now, he is trying to make lawlessness a virtue." After White House...

In Tweets, Subtle Shifts From Trump on Turkey
Pat Robertson Has Savage
Response to Trump Move
the rundown
Oct 8, 2019 1:16 PM CDT

Pat Robertson Has Savage Response to Trump Move

President could lose 'mandate of Heaven' if he facilitates the slaughter of the Kurds

(Newser) - President Trump on Tuesday took to Twitter to double down on his claims that he's not siding with Turkey over America's Kurdish allies with his decision to pull a small number of troops from northern Syria, a decision that apparently paves the way for Turkey to attack the...

Trump Defends Snubbing of &#39;Kangaroo Court&#39;
Schiff Issues a Warning
After Witness No-Show
the rundown
Oct 8, 2019 11:05 AM CDT

Schiff Issues a Warning After Witness No-Show

He sees obstruction of justice while Trump slams 'kangaroo court'

(Newser) - The White House took the controversial step Tuesday of ordering a key witness in the Ukraine controversy not to testify before Congress, and President Trump quickly defended the move on Twitter. "I would love to send Ambassador Sondland, a really good man and great American, to testify, but unfortunately...

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