It’s Veterans Day, Donald Trump is back in Manhattan and Washington is getting ready for more momentous events Pete Buttigieg praised the accomplishments of Barack Obama’s presidency after an LA Times report misquoted the Democratic presidential candidate as lamenting the “failures of the Obama era.” I appreciate this reporter’s swift and honest correction of a misquote on my views of the Obama presidency. From health care to DADT repeal to the rescue of the auto industry, my appreciation of the great leadership of Barack Obama comes from a very personal place. https://t.co/eWvSDtcpTQ A new report emerged yesterday that falls into the “big if true” camp: the president’s personal lawyer directly tied Ukraine’s frozen military aid to an investigation of Joe Biden, according to one of Rudy Giuliani’s associates. The New York Times reports: Not long before the Ukrainian president was inaugurated in May, an associate of Rudolph W. Giuliani’s journeyed to Kiev to deliver a warning to the country’s new leadership, a lawyer for the associate said.
The associate, Lev Parnas, told a representative of the incoming government that it had to announce an investigation into Mr. Trump’s political rival, Joseph R. Biden Jr., and his son, or else Vice President Mike Pence would not attend the swearing-in of the new president, and the United States would freeze aid, the lawyer said. Continue reading... |