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Trump abruptly removes inspector general named to oversee $2T in stimulus spending Impeachment

Trump abruptly removes inspector general named to oversee $2T in stimulus spending

President Donald Trump has effectively removed the inspector general set to monitor spending from the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, the latest move to curb oversight efforts over the massive government coronavirus crisis relief measure. Top congressional Democrats immediately charged Trump's move was politically motivated. Glenn Fine, the acting Department…
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April 7, 2020
Grisham leaving as White House press secretary after holding no formal briefings Impeachment

Grisham leaving as White House press secretary after holding no formal briefings

Kayleigh McEnany is moving from the Trump campaign to fill the role.April 7, 2020, 6:22 PM6 min read After less than a year on the job, White House press secretary and communications director Stephanie Grisham is stepping down, according to senior Trump administration officials. Grisham is returning to the East…
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April 7, 2020
Fired Watchdog Says He Was Bound By Law, Oath To Air Ukraine Whistleblower Complaint Impeachment

Fired Watchdog Says He Was Bound By Law, Oath To Air Ukraine Whistleblower Complaint

The outgoing inspector general for the U.S. intelligence community fired Friday by Donald Trump was legally required to alert Congress to a whistleblower complaint about the president’s troubling Ukraine phone call last year, he said in a statement Sunday. Michael Atkinson said he was “legally obligated to ensure that whistleblowers had…
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April 6, 2020
To Donald Trump, coronavirus is just one more chance for a power grab Impeachment

To Donald Trump, coronavirus is just one more chance for a power grab

Photograph: Patrick Semansky/APThe utter chaos in America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic – shortages of equipment to protect hospital workers, dwindling supplies of ventilators and critical medications, jaw-dropping confusion over how $2.2tn of aid in the recent coronavirus law will be distributed – was perhaps predictable in a nation that…
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April 5, 2020
Trump Just Fired The Man Who Kicked Off His Impeachment Investigation Impeachment

Trump Just Fired The Man Who Kicked Off His Impeachment Investigation

President Donald Trump is firing the intelligence community’s top government watchdog, who just happens to be the man who kicked off Trump's impeachment by alerting Congress about his call with the Ukrainian president. Michael Atkinson, the intelligence community’s inspector general, was central to Trump’s impeachment trial: he informed Congress about…
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April 4, 2020
Democrats blast Trump’s ‘unconscionable’ decision to fire IG who informed Congress about Ukraine whistleblower complaint Impeachment

Democrats blast Trump’s ‘unconscionable’ decision to fire IG who informed Congress about Ukraine whistleblower complaint

President Trump on Friday fired Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson, who informed Congress about the whistleblower complaint regarding Trump's communications with Ukraine that eventually led to his impeachment. The president said he "no longer" has the "fullest confidence" in Atkinson.Democrats were not happy with the decision, especially considering it…
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April 4, 2020
Pence said Trump never ‘belittled’ the threat of coronavirus, but the president spent weeks downplaying it Impeachment

Pence said Trump never ‘belittled’ the threat of coronavirus, but the president spent weeks downplaying it

Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a news conference next to President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, March 29, 2020. Al Drago/Reuters Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday rejected the assessment that President Donald Trump "belittled" the threat of the coronavirus pandemic. "I…
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April 1, 2020
How U.S. Presidents Have Tried to Use Legal Action to Stop People From Insulting Them Impeachment

How U.S. Presidents Have Tried to Use Legal Action to Stop People From Insulting Them

It is a common, and very human, response to be stung by insults. Yet Presidents and politicians recognize that being insulted is part of their profession. Almost all presidents brood in private about the insults aimed at them. George Washington complained about press “outrages on common decency.” Richard Nixon kept…
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April 1, 2020
Fox Business lets go anchor who called coronavirus ‘impeachment scam’ Impeachment

Fox Business lets go anchor who called coronavirus ‘impeachment scam’

Trish Regan hosted Fox Business Network's "Trish Regan Primetime." (Alex Kroke / Fox Business Network)Trish Regan, who was pulled from her prime-time slot on Fox Business Network after calling the coronavirus an "impeachment scam," will not be returning to the channel.Fox Business — the sister channel of Fox News —…
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March 27, 2020