Ukraine Scandal Archives

Tue, Oct 15th, 2019

Cory Booker Defends Joe Biden And Slams The Media For Elevating Trump’s Lies

Cory Booker may have had difficulty getting speaking time early in the debate, but he made a splash on Tuesday night by standing up for Joe Biden.

Sean Colarossi

Sean Colarossi currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He also worked with Planned Parenthood as an Affordable Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, helping northeast Ohio residents obtain health insurance coverage.

Mon, Oct 14th, 2019

Rachel Maddow Reveals ‘Clown Car’ Full Of Criminals That Trump Enlisted For His Ukraine Scheme

On her program, Rachel Maddow ticked off the names of the five people Trump had apparently enlisted for his Ukraine extortion operation.

Sean Colarossi

Mon, Oct 14th, 2019

Dems Snag Another Key Impeachment Witness As Former Pompeo Adviser Agrees To Talk

The more current and former Trump officials who cooperate with the House impeachment probe, the more laughable the president's defense looks.

Sean Colarossi

Mon, Oct 14th, 2019

Rudy Giuliani Is Trying To Throw Trump Under The Bus As His Crimes Catch Up With Him

The president may have some protection from criminal charges and indictments while he's in office, but sleazeball lawyers do not.

Sean Colarossi

Sat, Oct 12th, 2019

Laurence Tribe Tells Trump He’s Going To Lose Badly If Impeachment Fight Reaches Supreme Court

Trump is in for a rude awakening when even the conservative SCOTUS justices will have no choice but to remind him that there is still a Constitution.

Sean Colarossi

Sat, Oct 12th, 2019

Trump Knew All Along That Rudy Giuliani Was Running A Criminal Operation In Ukraine

There is no question Donald Trump understood that his joint efforts with bumbling lawyer Rudy Giuliani to extort Ukraine were crooked.

Sean Colarossi

Thu, Oct 10th, 2019

At Least 4 National Security Officials Blew The Whistle About Trump’s Ukraine Extortion Scheme

Both before and after Trump's infamous call with Ukraine, people inside the administration were deeply disturbed by the president's conduct.

Sean Colarossi

Wed, Oct 9th, 2019

Desperate Pence Tries To Save Himself By Throwing Trump Under The Bus On Ukraine

The vice president is basically saying that, sure, Trump may have tried to extort a foreign power – but he had nothing to do with it.

Sean Colarossi

Tue, Oct 8th, 2019

Nancy Pelosi Responds To Trump’s Impeachment Tantrum By Calling Him A Traitor

Trump clearly isn't happy about how this impeachment inquiry is playing out. Perhaps he should have thought of that before he betrayed his country.

Sean Colarossi

Tue, Oct 8th, 2019

Republicans Are On A Sinking Ship As A Pro-Impeachment Wave Is Sweeping The Nation

A wave of pro-impeachment support has swept the country, with strong majorities of Americans now supporting the Democrats' inquiry.

Sean Colarossi

Mon, Oct 7th, 2019

Trump Is In Much Worse Shape Than Any Previous President Who Faced Impeachment

The polling shows that public opinion is with the Democrats as they continue to ramp up their inquiry, not with Trump-defending Republicans.

Sean Colarossi

Mon, Oct 7th, 2019

Pompeo not complying with impeachment probe subpoena

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has not yet come into compliance with a subpoena for documents in the U.S. House of Representatives impeachment probe, a top Democrat helping to lead the inquiry said.

Reuters

Mon, Oct 7th, 2019

Marie Yovanovitch is latest casualty of Trump war on career diplomats

The treatment of U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch - disparaged by President Donald Trump and abruptly recalled from Ukraine - exemplifies what current and former U.S. officials describe as a campaign by Trump against career diplomats.

Reuters

Mon, Oct 7th, 2019

Democrats call on U.S. diplomats to testify over Trump-Ukraine efforts

The interviews could yield more fodder for Democrats' impeachment drive over a whistleblower's allegations that Trump leveraged $400 million in aid to secure a promise from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate political rival Joe Biden, and his son Hunter, who sat on the board of a Ukrainian energy company.

Reuters

Mon, Oct 7th, 2019Mon, Oct 7th, 2019

Second whistleblower comes forward with first hand knowledge of Trump pressuring Ukraine to investigate rival

Lawyer Mark Zaid said the person, also an intelligence official, has direct knowledge of some of the allegations involving the initial whistleblower complaint, which triggered impeachment proceedings against the Republican president.

Reuters

Sun, Sep 29th, 2019

Trump Explodes As Democrats Are Determined To Get His Russia Calls

Trump went on a Sunday Twitter rampage after Democrats make it clear that they are determined to get his phone calls with Putin.

Jason Easley

Mr. Easley is the founder/managing editor and Senior White House and Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason spent four years as a political columnist and the politics editor at 411mania.com, where he covered such issues as the Iraq War, warrantless wiretapping, and the daily workings of the American legislative process. Jason has also written for the Blogger News Network and saw his 2008 presidential election coverage quoted in over 300 newspapers worldwide. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

Awards and Professional Memberships

Member of the Society of Professional Journalists and The American Political Science Association

http://politicususa.wpengine.com

Sun, Sep 29th, 2019

Adam Schiff Is Determined to Get Access to the Hidden Trump-Putin Phone Calls

Trump-Putin phone calls in U.S. Democrats’ sights: Schiff

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee said on Sunday Congress is determined to get access to President Donald Trump’s calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other world leaders, citing concerns he may have jeopardized national security. read more

Reuters

Sun, Sep 29th, 2019Sun, Sep 29th, 2019

In pushing probe of rival, did Trump enlist the U.S. government to help him personally?

"The core facts of this are known," said Ross Garber, who teaches impeachment law at Tulane Law School. "The piece we don't know yet, which is critical, is the why."

Reuters

Fri, Sep 27th, 2019Fri, Sep 27th, 2019

Another One Bites The Dust As Ukraine Amb. Kurt Volker Resigns

Trump's Ambassador to Ukraine Kurt Volker handed his resignation in to Sec. of State Mike Pompeo on Friday night.

Jason Easley

Awards and Professional Memberships

Member of the Society of Professional Journalists and The American Political Science Association

http://politicususa.wpengine.com

Fri, Sep 27th, 2019Fri, Sep 27th, 2019

Republicans Can’t Defend Trump So They Are Desperately Smearing Adam Schiff

House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) revealed that he either doesn't know anything about anything that's going on with the whistleblower complaint or he is blatantly lying in a desperate bid to spin the facts.

Sarah Jones

Ms. Jones is the Editor-in-Chief of PoliticusUSA and a Huffington Post contributor. She has covered President Barack Obama, 2016 Democratic candidate for president Hillary Clinton, VP Joe Biden, Senator Elizabeth Warren, First Lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Sarah hosts Politicus News and co-hosts Politicus Radio. Her analysis has been featured on several national radio, television news programs and talk shows, and print outlets including regular appearances on The Ann Walker Show With Scott Nevins for UBN Radio and KPTR 1450’s California Woman 411, The Washington Post, The Atlantic Wire, CNN, MSNBC, The Week, The Hollywood Reporter, The Richard Dawkins Foundation and more.

Sarah has won two Telly Awards and is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists. She graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in Latin and Psychology, including studying the psychology of organized crime, with graduate studies in the psychology of linguistics and Latin poetry.