| Megathread: US Government Accountability Office finds Trump administration violated the law by freezing Ukraine aid Posted: 16 Jan 2020 07:42 AM PST Today, the US Government Accountability Office issued a legal decision concluding that the Office of Management and Budget violated the law when it withheld approximately $214 million appropriated to DOD for security assistance to Ukraine. The President has narrow, limited authority to withhold appropriations under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. OMB told GAO that it withheld the funds to ensure that they were not spent "in a manner that could conflict with the President's foreign policy." The law does not permit OMB to withhold funds for policy reasons.
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| Discussion Thread: Senate Impeachment Trial - Day 1 | 01/16/2020 - Ongoing Posted: 16 Jan 2020 06:47 AM PST Today the Senate Impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins with the reading of the impeachment articles and swearing-in of Chief Justice John Roberts & Senators. Several events and sessions are scheduled today: submitted by /u/PoliticsModeratorBot [link] [comments] |
| Parnas: I’ll Release a Photo Each Time Trump Denies Knowing Me Posted: 16 Jan 2020 04:22 AM PST |
| Ukraine launches criminal investigation into alleged surveillance of US ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Posted: 16 Jan 2020 04:56 AM PST |
| Trump struggled to read US constitution, expose says: 'It's like a foreign language' - President reportedly blames others in room for difficulties Posted: 16 Jan 2020 04:42 AM PST |
| Lev Parnas: Mike Pence Canceled Ukraine Visit In Quid Pro Quo Posted: 16 Jan 2020 05:57 AM PST |
| Former Federal Prosecutor: AG Barr ‘Should Probably Retain a Criminal Defense Attorney’ Posted: 16 Jan 2020 08:38 AM PST |
| 'Barr had to have known everything': Giuliani associate Lev Parnas alleges AG Barr was 'basically on the team' to pressure Ukraine Posted: 16 Jan 2020 03:52 AM PST |
| Mitch McConnell should recuse himself Posted: 16 Jan 2020 03:27 AM PST |
| Rep. Mark Pocan announces he's endorsing Bernie Sanders in Wisconsin primary Posted: 16 Jan 2020 05:09 AM PST |
| Ukraine opens criminal investigation into possible surveillance of Marie Yovanovitch Posted: 16 Jan 2020 05:01 AM PST |
| Lev Parnas Just Became a Problem for Trump (and Pence and Giuliani and Barr and Nunes) Posted: 16 Jan 2020 06:43 AM PST |
| Trump takes credit for McCain-Sanders veterans bill signed by Obama: “One of my greatest honors” Posted: 16 Jan 2020 07:12 AM PST |
| Susan Collins’s willful blindness already looks awful Posted: 16 Jan 2020 06:49 AM PST |
| 'I owe the American people an apology': A former healthcare executive says he's sorry for devising the biggest argument against Medicare for All Posted: 16 Jan 2020 07:53 AM PST |
| 'Pence had to know': Vice president dragged into Trump impeachment scandal by indicted associate Posted: 16 Jan 2020 08:13 AM PST |
| R.E.M. still trying to stop ‘fraud and con man’ Trump from using band’s music at rallies Posted: 16 Jan 2020 03:53 AM PST |
| President Bernie Sanders Posted: 16 Jan 2020 08:11 AM PST |
| FBI Visits Home Of Trump Donor Who Sent Menacing Texts About Yovanovitch Posted: 16 Jan 2020 08:46 AM PST |
| Devin Nunes now remembers talking to Giuliani associate Lev Parnas after previously saying he couldn't recall his name Posted: 16 Jan 2020 07:25 AM PST |
| Robert Hyde Says He Was Only 'Playing' In Texts About Surveillance Of Marie Yovanovitch Posted: 16 Jan 2020 04:44 AM PST |
| Sen. Roy Blunt blasted Democrats for impeachment secrecy. But now limiting access is OK? Posted: 16 Jan 2020 05:56 AM PST |
| F.B.I. Arrests Suspected Members of Neo-Nazi Group Before Virginia Gun Rally — The three men had obtained guns and discussed traveling to Virginia for protests against new gun control measures, officials said. Posted: 16 Jan 2020 08:25 AM PST |
| Trump threatened UK with 25% car tariffs unless it agreed to accuse Iran of breaking nuclear deal Posted: 16 Jan 2020 08:02 AM PST |
| Giuliani associate Parnas threatens to release photo every time Trump denies knowing him Posted: 16 Jan 2020 06:09 AM PST |
| ‘He knows who I am’: Lev Parnas says Devin Nunes was ‘involved in getting all this stuff on Biden’ Posted: 16 Jan 2020 01:37 AM PST |
| Democrats can get witnesses with 50 votes — if Roberts does his job Posted: 16 Jan 2020 07:29 AM PST |
