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January 27, 2020

Biden pushes for witnesses in impeachment trial but says of his Ukraine role, 'What is there to defend?'

Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden told reporters Monday that he does not think it's necessary for him to testify as a witness in President Trump's impeachment trial because he has "nothing to defend." 

January 27, 2020

Pence chief of staff says he never heard Trump tie Ukraine to Biden investigations

In a rare statement on a private conversation with the president, Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff on Monday said that President Trump never asked the vice president to raise the issue of former Vice President Joe Biden’s family or their connections with the natural gas company Burisma in conversations with the president of Ukraine last year.

January 27, 2020

Republicans call Bolton leak Kavanaugh ‘2.0,’ as publisher denies coordination

Republican defenders of President Trump on Monday likened the 11th-hour revelations that John Bolton's forthcoming book alleges a quid pro quo concerning the matter at the heart of impeachment to the bombshell allegations that surfaced near the end of now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation proceedings -- as Bolton and his publishers adamantly denied coordinating with the media on the story. 

January 27, 2020

Trump's legal team downplays 'speculation' over Bolton book claims

President Trump’s legal team on Monday brushed aside the claims made by former national security adviser John Bolton about a delay in aid in Ukraine – dismissing them, in a thinly veiled slight, as “speculation” and “allegations that are not based on evidentiary standards.”

January 27, 2020

Ari Fleischer: John Bolton has 'moral obligation' to tell the press what he knows

Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said Monday that former national security adviser John Bolton “has a moral obligation to step forward and explain what he knows” after a report in The New York Times revealed a bombshell excerpt from Bolton's forthcoming book that could prove pivotal in President Trump's impeachment trial.

January 27, 2020

Nadler misses part of Senate impeachment trial because of wife's pancreatic cancer

Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., will skip out on part of the Senate impeachment trial against President Trump Monday in order to remain by his wife’s side as she battles pancreatic cancer.

January 27, 2020

Deroy Murdock: Trump Senate trial -- Democrat impeachment managers voted AGAINST military aid to Ukraine

Given how pivotal these Democrats say Ukraine is to America’s national security surely these members of Congress did everything within their power to speed military aid to Ukraine?

January 27, 2020

Fred Fleitz: Ambassador Bolton, withdraw your book

Given the importance of protecting a president’s confidential discussions with his senior advisers, I strongly disagree with Bolton’s decision to release the book before the November presidential election and call on him to withdraw it from the publisher immediately.

January 27, 2020

Chris Wallace: Bombshell claim by John Bolton has Trump defenders 'spinning like crazy'

The reported bombshell claim by former National Security John Bolton has left President Trump's defenders "spinning like crazy" and likely a "furious" response by Senate Republicans toward the White House, "Fox News Sunday" anchor Chris Wallace said Monday. 

January 27, 2020

Protester to Adam Schiff: 'Move to Venezuela, Mr. Schiff!'

Several angry protesters got up close and personal with House impeachment manager Adam Schiff on Capitol Hill during President Trump's Senate trial, calling the California Democrat a "liar," among other things, and advising him to “Move to Venezuela!"