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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
McConnell Rejects Calling Mulvaney or Bolton for Impeachment Trial  —  Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader, had sought testimony from four witnesses the White House had blocked, including Mick Mulvaney and John Bolton.  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader …
Discussion: Slate, Reason and The Mahablog
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CNN:
Disparate group of Republican senators worry White House and GOP leaders ahead of impeachment trial  —  (CNN)Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's high-profile push for witnesses to testify in the Senate's expected impeachment trial of President Donald Trump shifted attention and political pressure …
Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart, HuffPost and Raw Story
Zachary Basu / Axios:
McConnell rejects Schumer's call for new witnesses in Senate trial  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) dismissed Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) call to have four White House witnesses testify in the Senate's likely impeachment trial, arguing that it's the House's …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell rejects Schumer's opening offer on impeachment trial  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday pushed back strongly against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's request to simultaneously agree to witnesses and the parameters of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell takes heat from all sides on impeachment
Discussion: National Review
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Impeachment moves to Senate. Get ready for a scramble — and a January surprise
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:   Seth Meyers Goes Off on Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham for ‘Rigging’ Trump Impeachment Trial
Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:   McSally 'hasn't been convinced' Trump should be impeached
New York Times:
We Are Republicans, and We Want Trump Defeated  —  The president and his enablers have replaced conservatism with an empty faith led by a bogus prophet.  —  The authors have worked for and supported Republican campaigns.  —  Patriotism and the survival of our nation in the face of the crimes …
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Trump conservative critics launch PAC to fight reelection  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A small group of President Donald Trump's fiercest conservative critics, including the husband of the president's own chief adviser, is launching a super PAC designed to fight Trump's reelection and punish congressional Republicans deemed his “enablers.”
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Giuliani Provides Details of What Trump Knew About Ambassador's Removal  —  Rudolph Giuliani said in an interview that he briefed the president “a couple of times” about Marie Yovanovitch, the envoy to Ukraine, setting her recall in motion.  —  WASHINGTON — Rudolph W. Giuliani said on Monday …
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Axios:
Rick Gates sentenced to 45 days in jail after Mueller cooperation  —  Former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates was sentenced to 45 days in jail — to be served on weekends — on Tuesday in a Washington, D.C. federal court.  —  Why it matters: His sentencing wraps up one of the final outstanding portions …
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Washington Post:   The president goes after Mueller's witnesses
Washington Post:   Rick Gates sentenced to 45 days in jail, 3 years probation for conspiracy and lying to FBI in Mueller probe
Politico:
Rick Gates gets 45 days of weekend jail, 3 years of probation
Discussion: Raw Story
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Rick Gates, Ex-Trump Aide and Key Witness for Mueller, Is Sentenced to 45 Days in Jail
Discussion: National Review
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Family emergency sidelines Jerry Nadler day before expected impeachment vote  —  Nadler is expected to return to Washington late Tuesday or early Wednesday.  —  House Judiciary Jerry Nadler on Friday.  Matt McClain/The Washington Post via AP, Pool  —  House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler …
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USA Today:   Yea or nay on impeachment: USA TODAY Opinion contributors take sides
Washington Post:
Americans locked in partisan stalemate on removing Trump from office, Post-ABC poll finds
Wall Street Journal:
Peter Thiel at Center of Facebook's Internal Divisions on Politics  —  Billionaire investor thinks political-ad policy shouldn't change; some directors and executives disagree  —  Facebook Inc. FB 1.96% 's senior leadership is increasingly divided over how to address criticism of the company's effect …
Mark Weiner / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Rep. Anthony Brindisi will vote to impeach President Trump (Exclusive)  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi says he plans to vote Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump after concluding the president abused the power of his office and obstructed Congress.
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Press Herald:
Our View: President Trump betrayed nation and should be impeached
Discussion: Raw Story
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump invokes Kavanaugh to fight impeachment
Discussion: Raw Story
Medium:
HISTORIANS' STATEMENT ON THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP  —  President Trump's numerous and flagrant abuses of power are precisely what the Framers had in mind as grounds for impeaching and removing a president.  Among those most hurtful to the Constitution have been his attempts to coerce …
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
More than 700 scholars pen letter urging House to impeach Trump
Discussion: Breitbart
Lee Moran / HuffPost:   More Than 750 Historians Call For Donald Trump To Be Impeached
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump Is Forever  —  The four reasons why Republicans won't turn on Trump, no matter what.  —  The level of loyalty Donald Trump commands from elected Republicans seems qualitatively different from that offered to previous Republican presidents.  —  For instance: Republicans told President Nixon to resign his office.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Christina Zhao / Newsweek:
GOP State Senator Rebukes Trump, Declares ‘Republicans All Over the Country’ Want President Impeached
Discussion: The Hill
BBC:
Trump says Armenia massacres were not genocide, directly contradicting Congress  —  President Trump has said he does not consider the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 to be a genocide, contradicting a unanimous vote by the US Senate.  —  The historic vote last week incensed Turkey …
ABC News:
Ex-Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort hospitalized for cardiac event: Sources  —  Manafort is slated to be released from prison Christmas Day 2024.  —  President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been hospitalized for a cardiac event while serving his over seven year sentence …
Nathan Hodge / CNN:
Maria Butina, convicted of being a foreign agent in the US, will host Russian state-funded TV show  —  London (CNN Business)Russian gun-rights enthusiast Maria Butina, recently released from a US prison, will become the host of an online video program, Russia's state owned network RT announced Tuesday.
USA Today:
USA TODAY Poll: Impeached or not, Trump leads his Democratic rivals for another term  —  Susan Page William Cummings Nicholas WuUSA TODAY  —  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, the first modern president to face impeachment during his first term in the White House, now leads …
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Russian disinformation network said to have helped spread smear of U.S. ambassador to Ukraine  —  The web analysis firm Graphika has linked posts to a ‘known Russian operation’  —  The story that appeared on The Hill website on March 20 was startling.  —  Marie Yovanovitch …
Washington Post:
Mormon Church has misled members on $100 billion tax-exempt investment fund, whistleblower alleges  —  A former investment manager alleges in a whistleblower complaint to the Internal Revenue Service that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has amassed about $100 billion …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
On Tuesday, March for Impeachment  —  The anti-Trump majority needs to make itself seen.  —  Brian Kilmeade — the dark-haired guy on “Fox & Friends,” Fox News's morning show — was surprised.  During the program on Monday, a correspondent reported that a Fox News poll showed that 50 percent …
Discussion: Raw Story, Hullabaloo, Mediaite, Redstate and CNN
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Most expect fair trial for Trump; 7 in 10 say let aides testify (POLL)  —  Seven in 10 say Trump should let his aides testify in a Senate trial.  —  Seven in 10 Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll say President Donald Trump should allow his top aides to testify in a Senate trial …
Discussion: CNN, The Guardian and The Hill
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Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
IG Report Undercuts Credibility of Impeachment Manager Nadler  —  Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, the House Judiciary Committee chairman who has drawn up articles of impeachment accusing President Trump of abusing his power, last year falsely accused a Trump campaign aide of being a Russian spy …
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
FISA Report Was So Bad That FBI's Top Lawyer During Russia Probe Felt ‘Distressed’ After Reading It
Discussion: BizPac Review
 
 
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