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The president’s call for Chinese intervention means that Trump and his attorney general have solicited assistance in discrediting the president’s political opponents from Ukraine, Australia, Italy, and, according to one report, Britain. In speaking so publicly Thursday, a defiant Trump pushed back against critics who have called such requests an abuse of power, essentially arguing that there was nothing wrong with seeking foreign help. … [Read more...] about Trump publicly urges China to investigate the Bidens

“Thus, under the Framers’ plan, the determination whether the President is making decisions based on ‘improper’ motives or whether he is ‘faithfully’ discharging his responsibilities is left to the People, through the election process, and the Congress, through the Impeachment process. The Framers’ idea of political accountability has proven remarkably successful, far more so than the disastrous experimentation with an ‘independent’ counsel statute,” he wrote. … [Read more...] about Trump’s lawyers draw a legal cloak around him

The congressman wasn’t identified by name in court papers, but the donations to ‘‘Congressman 1’’ in the indictment match campaign finance reports for former Republican US representative Pete Sessions. In May 2018, Parnas posted a photo of himself and an associate with Sessions in his Capitol Hill office, with the caption ‘‘Hard at work !!’’ … [Read more...] about 7 things to know about the arrests of the 2 Giuliani associates

For months, Sondland’s deep involvement in issues related to Ukraine struck diplomats in Brussels and Washington as highly unusual, given his role as envoy to the European Union, a large trade bloc that does not include Ukraine. Former US officials have said Sondland viewed the Ukraine assignment as critical to winning Trump’s favor and auditioning for a more senior job in the administration. … [Read more...] about Trump’s envoy who denied quid pro quo now says he isn’t certain