Digging Into Corruption News Today

All that pence has done, trump still remembers the one act of disloilt. that was after the ""access hollywood"" tape came out. pence put out a statement distancing himself from the president. except for that one example, pence has walked the trump line and stowed it. that easily could have been referring to discussions about joe biden or hunter biden and corruption. he didnt say he hadnt talked to him. all of the indications weve seen are pence was aware what he was doing, delivered that message...

Being held in contempt of congress being charged with obstruction of justice. mike pompeo is a great example of the perils of a rise. from being a member of congress to director of cia to the secretary of state. and done that largely unscathed until recently. theres really two key reasons hes done that. its because of his fierce loyalty to the president. on that call, after he admitted hefts on the call, he quickly transitioned to say the call was all about digging into into corruption. so thats...

The call was all about digging into corruption. so thats the first reason. the second reason is he has been able to dodge, kind of stay out of the spotlight and dodge bulle bullets. and until recently thats worked. you know, i think now hes kind of lost control of the narrative. hes going to be under a lot of scrutiny as this plays out. susan, i have some things to read for you. bill taylor texts, as i said on the phone, i think its crazy to ask for help. then gordon soundland texts back hours l...

He really cares that much about it. it seems like the only time he does care about corruption is when it involves one of his political opponents. so i dont buy it. >> josh, there is this remarkable moment, from the 2016 vice presidential debate. here it is. >> we all need to know out there. this is basic stuff. foreign donors and certainly foreign governments cannot participate in the american political process. >> what happened to 2016, mike pence? >> well, donald trump got elected and made him...

Happened. >> specifically, number one, did you discuss joe biden at all during that meeting yesterday with the ukrainian president? number two, can you assure ukraine that the holdup of that money has absolutely nothing to do with efforts, including by rudy giuliani to try to dig up dirt on the biden family. >> as president trump had me make clear, we had great concerns about issues of corruption. too invest additional taxpayer dollars in ukraine the president wants to be assured that those vee ...

Serious request but just another attempt by the do nothing democrats to call attention to their partisan impeachment. but like it or not, vice president pence is caught up in the impeachment inquiry. lets walk you through it. in may the president instructed vice president pence to cancel his planned travel to ukraine to attend president zelenskys inauguration on the 20th of may. then the president put a freeze on aid for aid. pence was told about the call the very next day and the transcript of ...

>> good evening. >> did you -- i saw your faces when he said that. why that reaction? >> you know, its very rare that the person committing the corruption is so proud of it and says it so blatantly and so repeatedly on national television. what you have to remember about this whole scandal is that rudy giuliani has been doing it for months before any of us started talking about it, before the whistle-blower complaint, months before that. everybody in washington knew it, too. he gave his intervie...