Trump allies push denials and a conspiracy theory across the Sunday talk shows as Democrats get busy working out key arrangements.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
What’s next as House committees launch impeachment probes
Democrats say they hope to finish the investigation in a matter of weeks – perhaps even before Thanksgiving.
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Posted inGreg Kesich, Opinion
Greg Kesich: History echoes in impeachment process
More than 150 years ago, the debate over a president’s bad acts set the course for what kind of nation we would be.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
How the White House and Justice learned about whistleblower
New details help flesh out the timeline of how alarm bells about Trump’s call with the Ukraine leader, in which he pressed for an investigation of a political rival, reverberated across the U.S. government.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Maine delegation members say whistleblower complaint heightens concerns
Two members of the state’s congressional delegation participated in closed-door briefings with the director of national intelligence and the inspector general of the country’s intelligence agencies.
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Trump: Person who helped whistleblower is ‘close to a spy’
President Donald Trump says whoever gave information to the whistleblower who accused him of abusing his office is “close to a spy.”
Posted inBill Nemitz, Op-Eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: Sen. Collins, with our democracy at stake, this is no time for dodgeball
There’s no getting around it: President Trump’s call to Ukraine crossed a dangerous – and impeachable – line.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
What impeachment means and how the process works
If the House of Representatives votes to impeach a president, a trial is then held in the Senate.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Foreign election meddling is wrong, Mr. President
It was extraordinary to hear a U.S. president declare that the FBI director is “wrong” for saying that candidates should report to the FBI — as the law clearly intends — any effort by foreign agents to aid a political candidate by passing along opposition research. President Donald Trump does not understand the value of […]