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CNN host Jake Tapper conceded that Hunter Biden’s decision to take a job for a Ukrainian natural gas firm while his father was vice president “stinks.” During an interview with Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy III on Sunday, Tapper acknowledged that he found it suspicious that Biden, 49, landed a high-paying position on the board of Burisma while his father, Joe Biden, was leading diplomatic efforts in the region for President Barack Obama. Tapper acknowledged that there is not evidence of criminal wrongdoing between the Bidens and Burisma but admitted that the optics were not great. “It is true that...

Tough talking Joe Biden, the former vice president leading the race for the Democrat’s presidential nomination, reversed his defiant stance from just 24 hours ago that he would defy any subpoena issued by the Senate to compel his testimony in President Trump’s looming impeachment trial, telling a Fairfield, Iowa audience Saturday night, “I would obey any subpoena that was sent to me”.

Trump lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani says he’s uncovered proof of “extensive” corruption in Ukraine, including “clear” proof of money laundering by Burisma energy company and Hunter and Joseph R. Biden. In a series of tweets, Mr. Giuliani said his trip earlier this month to Ukraine “garnered witnesses & documents which reveal the truth behind this impeachment,” which he said includes no wrongdoing by President Trump. “Evidence revealed that corruption in 2016 was so extensive it was POTUS’s DUTY to ask for US-Ukraine investigation,” Mr. Giuliani tweeted, days before the House prepares to vote on impeaching the president. He said impeachment...

House Judiciary Committee Republicans offered their first amendment to impeachment articles against Donald Trump: striking an 'abuse of power' article After it was voted down, Rep. Matt Gaetz brought up an amendment naming Hunter Biden He used the amendment to outline Biden's brush with the law when a crack pipe and white powder were found in his rental car Republicans say Trump was trying to investigate Hunter Biden and Burisma and was not abusing his power Democrats began their Thursday hearing by having a clerk read two impeachment articles against President Trump Chairman Jerry Nadler introduced a 'substitute' amendment changing...