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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 505 days 10 hours 51 minutes
Day 987: "China, if you're listening."
1/ Trump urged China to investigate Joe Biden and his son despite already facing impeachment for using the office of the presidency to press Ukraine to investigate a political rival. Trump said he hadn't directly asked Chinese President Xi Jinping...
Day 986: "BULLSHIT."
1/ The House threatened to subpoena the White House if it doesn't comply with its request for documents related to Trump's attempts to get Ukraine to investigate Biden and his son. House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings noti...
Day 985: Entitled.
1/ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told House Democrats that the five State Department officials scheduled depositions before the committees conducting the impeachment inquiry would not appear. Pompeo characterized efforts to depose officials as "a...
Day 984: Fractures.
1/ Trump called the whistleblower "a fraud," suggested that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff be arrested for "Treason," and warned of a "civil war-like fracture" in America if he's removed from office. Trump accused Schiff of "ill...
Day 981: Profound.
1/ The White House and the Justice Department learned about the whistleblower complaint against Trump before the formal complaint was passed from the intelligence community. The whistleblower, reportedly a CIA officer, lodged the formal complaint ...
Day 980: "The President abused his office for personal gain."
1/ The whistleblower complaint accused Trump of "abus[ing] his office for personal gain" by "[soliciting] interference" from Ukraine in the 2020 election and that the White House took steps to cover it up. Multiple White House officials were repor...
Day 979: "Do us a favor."
1/ Trump urged President Volodymyr Zelensky to "do us a favor" and "look into" potential corruption by Joe Biden's son, according to the White House readout of the July 25th call. Trump told Zelensky he'd have Attorney General William Barr and Rud...
Day 978: "A betrayal."
1/ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry into Trump. Pelosi told House Democrats in a closed door meeting she will support a formal impeachment inquiry, believing that Trump pressuring the president of Ukraine to invest...
Day 977: "It doesn't matter."
1/ Trump admitted that he discussed getting dirt on Joe Biden with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and that he is withholding the whistleblower complaint from Congress. Trump pressed Zelensky to dig up potentially damaging information again...
Day 972: Dastardly.
1/ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Iran of having carried out an "act of war" with strikes on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. Trump, however, pushed back against American military response in the Middle East, saying wars are "very easy to s...