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WASHINGTON (AP) — Accusing President Donald Trump of “an incitement to violence,” House Democratic leaders bluntly warned Trump and his administration Wednesday not to intimidate potential witnesses in their impeachment inquiry. They said they were readying a subpoena demanding documents related to the president’s dealings with Ukraine House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Trump may not “recognize how dangerous his statements are” against a whistleblower who exposed a July phone call that Trump had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

WASHINGTON - In his quest to rewrite the history of the 2016 election, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney has turned to an unusual source of information: Trump’s imprisoned former campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Rudy Giuliani in recent months has consulted several times with Manafort through the federal prisoner’s lawyer in pursuit of information that would bolster his theory that the real story of 2016 is not Russian interference to elect Trump, but Ukrainian efforts to support Hillary Clinton. The alliance, which Giuliani acknowledged in an interview

Democrats say MORE is putting at risk the physical safety and well-being of the government whistleblower at the heart of their impeachment investigation. As they seek to get additional testimony from the anonymous official, they are also warning Republicans and the White House that the federal protections that encourage potential informants within the government to speak up should be respected. Rep.

Secretary of State MORE on Tuesday warned that officials at his agency would not show up for scheduled depositions with House investigators, ramping up a heated battle with Democrats in their impeachment inquiry. Democrats responded by arguing that Pompeo’s actions may constitute witness intimidation and obstruction of Congress’s investigation, which could be used as an argument for filing articles of impeachment. The chairmen of three House committees have requested depositions with five current and former State Department officials starting this week as part of thei

MORE on Tuesday ripped former White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert, accusing him of being “bitter” about his exit from the administration after the ex-aide admonished Giuliani’s role in pushing theories about Ukraine. In an interview with The Hill, Giuliani blasted Bossert for his comments on ABC’s “This Week” in which the former adviser blamed the president’s attorney for reinforcing a “debunked” theory about Ukraine’s role in 2016 election interference. “Tom Bossert’s not a lawyer.

MORE. The White House last week released a rough transcript of the July 25 call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which showed Trump urging Zelensky to get in touch with his personal attorney and the attorney general to investigate possible wrongdoing by Biden. A whistleblower complaint made public last Thursday shed further light on how the White House sought to conceal the contents of the call by limiting those who had access to the transcript. Trump's tweet on Tuesday mirrored the rhetoric he deployed during former special counsel shou

MORE’s role at the heart of the Ukraine controversy that has engulfed the administration. A White House transcript and whistleblower complaint have shed additional light on the extent of the former New York City mayor’s efforts to dig up dirt on Democratic presidential candidate MORE in service of Trump. Giuliani’s involvement has implicated members of the State Department, frustrated Republican officials and placed the former mayor in the crosshairs of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. A former administration official, who requested anon

“I’m calling on the GOP to stop Trump’s filthy talk of whistleblowers being spies & using mob language implying they should be killed. Impeachment is not good enough for Trump. He needs to be imprisoned & placed in solitary confinement.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has valiantly fought the war on crazy long enough. She tried her best to be the sane, adult centrist in her party — no easy task for a lifelong politician from San Francisco. In the end, it was too much. She has given up the fight. The inmates have taken over the asylum. For Republican political operatives hoping to win back the House, this is good news.

Senator Harris is calling for Twitter to silence President Trump after he tweeted that he believes impeachment efforts are actually “a coup” meant to take away the power of the American people, as well as their vote, freedoms, Second Amendment, religion, military, border wall, and God-given rights. “Hey @jack.