Impeachment Update: Trump's 'Meltdown', White House Admission

White House Chief Of Staff Ties Withheld Ukraine Aid To Trump political Probes

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney indicated Thursday that the Trump administration held up military aid to Ukraine earlier this year in part because officials wanted Kiev to help investigate 2016 election interference.

The Hill

Democrats Say Trump Had 'Meltdown' At Meeting With Pelosi

Congressional Democratic leaders offered a remarkable readout of a meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying that the President called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a "third-rate politician" in what they described as a "meltdown."

CNN

Key U.S. Envoy In Ukraine Probe Distances Himself From Trump

Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union distanced himself Thursday from President Donald Trump, planning to tell House impeachment investigators that he was disappointed Trump directed him to work with his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine policy and that he believes it’s wrong to invite a foreign government to conduct investigations for
the purpose of influencing American elections.

The Associated Press

Senate Talks Impeachment Rules

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell led a lesson Wednesday on the rules of impeachment as the chamber’s top Republican and as one of a handful of Republicans remaining in the Senate from the 1999 impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. McConnell promised that “we
intend to do our constitutional responsibilities” and warned senators won’t be allowed to speak because they are jurors. McConnell said such silence “would be good therapy for a number of them.”

The Associated Press

Ex-Pompeo Adviser ‘Disturbed’ By Attempts To Use Foreigners To Hurt Trump Opponents

Michael McKinley, a former senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, told House impeachment investigators Wednesday he quit his job last week out of concern about the mistreatment of career U.S. diplomats and the alarming allegations related to efforts to pressure Ukraine’s president into investigating President Trump’s political rivals.

The Washington Post

Trump keeps tabs on GOP senators as impeachment threat looms

President Donald Trump is intensely monitoring his standing among Senate Republicans as the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry ramps up, according to senators who have been in contact with the president and White House officials. And some Republicans are taking a more proactive approach to demonstrate their loyalty.

Politico