EXCLUSIVE: The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee has formally requested that the panel’s chairman, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., testify in a closed-door setting as part of the impeachment inquiry against President Trump. Fox News has obtained a letter written by committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes, R-Calif., who demanded that Schiff appear for a deposition in private before lawmakers. “On…
It may have taken a few years, but the national media are finally getting around to sort of, kind of asking questions about what Ukraine did to try to help Hillary Clinton win in 2016. Both CNN and BuzzFeed reported over the weekend on a “conspiracy theory” that President Trump’s 2016 campaign associates have been…
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said on Monday that he didn’t see an example of quid pro quo during the conversation between President Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, but argued that even if there was, it wouldn’t warrant removing the president from office. Cornyn, when asked if there was a quid pro quo, pointed to a rough transcript of…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. Congress took a major step toward impeaching President Donald Trump this week when they agreed on the rules for publicly televised hearings after weeks of testimony behind closed doors. But it is also a step onto more politically perilous terrain for a party seeking to persuade Americans that…
A sharply divided House voted Thursday to approve a resolution setting “ground rules” for the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, putting lawmakers on record over the contentious process while setting the stage for proceedings to move into the public eye after weeks of closed-door depositions. The measure passed largely along party lines, 232-196. Two Democrats defected on the…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday the House will vote this week on a resolution to formalize — and establish the parameters — of the Trump impeachment inquiry. In a letter sent to Democratic House lawmakers, Pelosi, D-Calif., said the resolution “affirms the ongoing, existing investigation” and “establishes the procedure” for future investigative steps. “We are taking this step to eliminate any…