The national security argument in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump was a big dud. While the House managers made the case that the United States should arm Ukraine, they didn’t follow up the point because it was weak. The president’s defenders noted, accurately, that Trump’s Ukraine policy was more militaristic than President Obama’s....
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Schiff Says NSA and CIA Withhold Documents Relevant to Impeachment
One open secret of the National Security Agency is its ability to intercept the communications of foreign leaders. That ability, it is safe to say, include Ukraine president Voldymor Zelensky, the target of President Trump’s pressure campaign to extract a public statement about rival Joe Biden. How that Trump has been impeached and faces trial...
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House Intelligence Committee Opens Investigation into Trump-Giuliani Ukraine Scheme
The chairmen of the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight Committee have opened an investigation of President Trump’s efforts to enlist the Ukraine government in his re-election campaign. The chief target, the president’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. Buzzfeed has the details of how two men working for Giuliani sought “information that could be weaponized in the...
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Who Should I Believe on Trump-Russia?
People are asking me, “Who should I believe?” In the furious debate that has followed Attorney General Bill Barr’s four-page letter about Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s 300-page report, the many consumers of left-liberal (and NeverTrump right) opinion have to choose who is more credible: Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi, and Michael Tracey? Or David Corn, Marcy...
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Rep. Adam Schiff: ‘It’s Not OK’
The chair of the House Permanent Committee on Intelligence insists that Attorney General Bill Barr’s four-page summary of Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s 300-page report does not settle the question of collusion.
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