White House Counsel Pat Cipollone sent a letter to Nancy Pelosi and the chairs of the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Reform Committees, essentially throwing a tantrum. “No, no, no! Won’t testify, you are picking on the President!” Reports are that faces in the White House are turning blue. IANAL, but it’s a …
Impeach the Motherfucker!
The Crackpot Dome Scandal Impeachment Strategy
Greg Sargent at The Post talked to Rep. Schiff about how the Democrats might proceed with impeachment since the Trump administration has declared itself above the law: There has been some suggestion that Democrats would give up on the courts, and merely take all of this stonewalling and make it the subject of an article …
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Sondland’s a No Show
The State Department has directed Gordon Sondland, Ambassador to the EU and enthusiastic user of WhatsApp, not to testify. Sondland can’t testify because he’s still an employee. If I were him – that is, if I were a person caught red-handed as a lower-echelon conspirator – I would just quit and testify, and then go …
Noon Open Thread
I thought this Post explainer was a good round up of the whole Ukraine mess for non-addicts, including Sondland’s role. It might shock you to know that a guy who gave a million bucks to Trump’s inaguration is an asshole: In Brussels, Sondland garnered a reputation for his truculent manner and fondness for the trappings …
Ah, The Evening News Dump
This morning, Donald Trump said that it would be fine with him if China investigated Joe Biden, thereby confirming that he wants other countries, including the authoritarian ones, to do his dirt-digging for him. Here's the video: Trump is now openly urging the leaders of Ukraine and China to investigate one of his political rivals.Via …
Self Impeaching
Trump just word sharted all over the White House lawn, telling China to investigate the Bidens and admitting he asked Ukraine to do the same. Not the smartest politics: By a 52-21 margin, Americans think asking Ukraine to investigate Biden is an abuse of power, per USAToday poll. The gap among independents is huge: 45%-16%. …
What I Can’t Get Over
As we watch Trump soil himself on Twitter, up to and including suggesting that his impeachment would lead to civil war, I just can’t get over how badly he shot himself in the foot by releasing that call memorandum. He clearly caught his moron defenders flat-footed. Their latest defense is that the whistleblower’s information is …