Marie Yovanovitch says associates of the president’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani could have been financially threatened by her anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine.
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House Democrats subpoena Energy Secretary Rick Perry in impeachment probe
He is asked to provide documents related to a Ukrainian state-owned energy company as well as his involvement in a July call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Joe Biden says Trump should be impeached to preserve ‘our democracy’
The Democratic presidential candidate makes the remarks a day after the White House tells the House that it won’t cooperate in an impeachment inquiry.
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Watch: Social media coverage of Trump supporters rallying on Lisbon Street
Maine Republicans invited party members to join them at the rally outside Jared Golden’s congressional office Tuesday in Lewiston to “take a stand against Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer’s impeachment witch hunt.”
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White House says it won’t cooperate with impeachment probe, fueling constitutional clash
The House Intelligence Committee said earlier that the no-show of the U.S. European Union ambassador will be considered evidence of obstruction of Congress.
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Jared Golden, in the middle on impeachment, frustrating both sides
The first-term Democrat from District 2 will face a Republican-led rally at his Lewiston office this week.
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Q&A: Former national security insider explains whistleblower’s allegations of a Trump coverup
How the White House transcript storage system works.
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Analysis: It doesn’t take a crime to impeach a president
The Constitution’s standard of “high crimes and misdemeanors” for impeachment is vague and open-ended to encompass abuses of power even if they aren’t, strictly speaking, illegal, legal scholars say.
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Pompeo says he’s complied, but subpoenaed documents remain undelivered
Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union ensnared in the impeachment inquiry of Trump, has also agreed to meet behind closed doors Tuesday with the three House committees.
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GOP Sen. Susan Collins: Donald Trump’s remarks ‘completely inappropriate’
Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says “it’s not OK” for a president to encourage a foreign state to investigate a political rival