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Giuliani associate Lev Parnas arrives, takes selfies at Capitol Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, poses for a selfie with protester outside of the Capitol on Jan. 29, 2020. Yuri Gripas / Reuters Lev Parnas arriving on Capitol Hill ahead of today's impeachment trial pic.twitter.com/Q1C9CsTlKS — Allan Smith (@akarl_smith) January 29, 2020 Share this -







Parnas can attend Trump's impeachment trial, but judge won't let him take off ankle monitor A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Lev Parnas, one of Rudy Giuliani's indicted associates, can attend President Donald Trump's impeachment trial — but he won't be able to take off his ankle monitor, so he most likely won't be permitted on the Senate floor. Attorney Joseph Bondy asked U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken of New York for a modification to Parnas' bail conditions, including the removal of his GPS monitoring device, because it wouldn't be permitted in the Senate Gallery. The proposal was for Parnas to travel from New York to Washington on Wednesday and attend the trial from 12:30 to 2:45 p.m. Read the story. Share this -







Manchin says he thinks Hunter Biden is a relevant witness Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Wednesday that he thinks former Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden is a relevant witness in the impeachment trial. "You know, I think so. I really do," Manchin said. "I don't have a problem there because this is why we are where we are. Now I think that he can clear himself of what I know and what I’ve heard." "But being afraid to put anybody that might have pertinent information is wrong no matter if you’re a Democrat or a Republican," he continued. The Mountaineer State senator added that if Chief Justice John Roberts, who is presiding over the trial, agreed that the younger Biden is "pertinent," Manchin would vote to call him. Sen. Manchin: I think Hunter Biden is a relevant witness Jan. 29, 2020 08:00 Manchin's state overwhelmingly voted in favor of Trump in 2016 and then reelected Manchin in 2018. Democrats have contended that Hunter Biden is not a relevant witness to Trump's impeachment trial, since he has no direct knowledge of what Trump was charged with — abusing his power and obstructing Congress. Manchin said he favors approving witnesses in the case, and Republicans have said they will seek to bring witnesses like the Bidens and the whistleblower forth if witness testimony is approved. Share this -







Trump rages at Bolton, says former adviser would have caused 'World War Six' President Donald Trump berated his former national security adviser John Bolton on Wednesday, bashing his former top aide after the aide reportedly contradicted a key element of the president's impeachment defense in an upcoming book. Trump suggested that if Bolton, a conservative war hawk, were still in the White House, the U.S. "would be in World War Six by now." Those comments came hours after another tweet in which Trump asked: "Why didn't John Bolton complain about this 'nonsense' a long time ago, when he was very publicly terminated. He said, not that it matters, NOTHING!" Bolton asserts he was not fired. Read the story. Share this -







Exclusive: Dutch Trump superfan who claimed he surveilled Ambassador Yovanovitch told people he was DEA The Dutch man who claimed to have Marie Yovanovitch under surveillance when she was the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine has been masquerading as a U.S. federal law enforcement officer and told people he was starting a tech company that could track movements electronically, according to interviews and documents obtained by NBC News. And despite saying he had "no connection" to Ukraine, the man, Anthony de Caluwe, was romantically involved with a Ukrainian woman, who returns regularly to her home country, at the same time in early 2019 that he sent text messages about Yovanovitch's purported whereabouts in Kyiv, according to two people who know de Caluwe and photographs obtained by NBC News. Read the NBC News exclusive. Share this -





