President Donald J. Trump will almost certainly be impeached by the United States House of Representatives before the next election. Evidence that the President demanded foreign interference against a political opponent in exchange for financial support is clear. According to the White House rough transcript of the phone call Ukraine … [Read more...]
Federal Courts Weigh Questions of Testimony Related to Impeachment, Mueller Report
(Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian, Public Domain) From the moment Democrats took control of the House of Representatives, the Trump White House has responded to Congressional oversight with unapologetic stonewalling. The administration has refused to turn over documents, prevented witnesses from testifying, … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Too Partisan to Hear Landmark NRA Challenge, Democratic Senators Allege
The Roberts Court, November 30, 2018. Seated, from left to right: Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Samuel A. Alito. Standing, from left to right: Justices Neil M. Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Brett M. Kavanaugh. (Photograph by Fred Schilling, … [Read more...]
Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report: James Comey
https://youtu.be/kbYdH7k2ewc?rel=0 In early 2017, FBI Director James Comey was a man without many friends. His decision, made in the closing weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign, to announce in a letter to Congress that the FBI was re-opening the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail server during her time as Secretary … [Read more...]
Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report: Michael Flynn
https://youtu.be/MoZUTEVa0Rw?rel=0 During the 2016 presidential campaign, retired General Michael Flynn was one of Donald Trump's regular campaign surrogates, to the extent that Trump considered him for the Vice Presidency. Flynn frequently spoke at Trump campaign rallies and appeared on television to speak for the campaign. Flynn was, at … [Read more...]
Obstruction of Justice in The Mueller Report: Important Definitions
https://youtu.be/OKzGrVCuT7A?rel=0 When Special Counsel Robert Mueller broke his long silence and gave a televised address on May 29, he didn't take any questions from the assembled press. And he didn't say much of anything that would surprise those who had been closely following the story. Most of his more striking quotes, including the famous … [Read more...]
“Transparent” Trump Administration Desperate to Hide President’s Financial Information
(Photo Credit: Tulin, CC 2.0) Last week, the President of the United States stood in the White House Rose Garden and said, “I'm the most transparent President probably in the history of this country.” While every day seems to bring a new, staggeringly dishonest rhetorical strategy from the Trump Administration, this statement qualified as … [Read more...]
Pelosi Faces Rising Pressure To Impeachment
According to Politico, Nancy Pelosi is facing rising pressure to launch an impeachment inquiry. Despite repeated pronouncements from the California Democrat that she doesn’t want to try to remove Trump from office — including taking a hard line in a tense leadership meeting Monday night — Pelosi faces increasing calls from her rank and file to … [Read more...]
Trump’s Emergency Border Wall Funds At The Center Of A Court Hearing
According to Reuters, U.S. President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to divert more than $6 billion to build a wall on the border with Mexico will face its first test in court on Friday, when states and advocacy groups are expected to ask a federal judge to block the funding. At the center of Friday’s hearing is the question of … [Read more...]
Mueller Won’t Testify Next Week
According to Reuters, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler on Friday said that U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller will not testify before Congress next week. Nadler told reporters that he hopes not to have to subpoena Mueller to appear before lawmakers, but that he would do so if necessary. Nadler also reiterated plans to hold … [Read more...]
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