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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin's "real goal" is to push deeper into Europe and that the only way to stop him is for North Atlantic Treaty Organization member nations to keep supplying tactical support to Ukraine. “I can say what we need: We need security guarantees, and you have to find a place for Ukraine in the common security space. There will be either urgent help for Ukraine, which is enough to win, or Russia's postponed war with you,” Zelenskyy said as reported by The Daily Beast. “Next year could be a worse situation [for] not only Ukraine but also several other states, possibly members of the alliance… under fire from Russia.” Zelenskyy delivered his remarks while President Joe Biden was meeting with NATO leaders to finalize the admission of Sweden and Finland into the defense alliance. READ MORE : How Vladimir Putin is 'targeting American audiences' to cripple support for Ukraine...

Former Trump acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney explained to CNN's Jake Tapper his fear for the mental stability of Mark Meadows as the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was unfolding. "Leading this hour, she must have struck a nerve," Tapper said. "The lawyer for former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson issued a statement stating that Hutchinson stands by all of the testimony she gave to the Jan. 6 select committee yesterday, under oath. Several of Donald Trump's staunchest Republican defenders have attacked her publicly, though not under oath, we should note." "Others have been publicly silent after Hutchinson's stunning testimony. "In private, however, former Trump aides tell CNN the testimony painted a picture of Trump completely unhinged and losing all control," he reported. "A damning portrait." For analysis, Tapper interviewed Mulvaney, who also served as director of the Office of Management and Budget, Congress, a...

Republicans and right-wing media pundits have been falling over themselves trying to rationalize and discredit ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's blockbuster Tuesday testimony before the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. Scores of conservatives from Rudy Giuliani to Roger Stone and even former President Donald Trump himself have desperately tried to paint Hutchinson as a nobody and a liar, despite the fact that she was the assistant to then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and worked just steps from the Oval Office. Hutchinson's detractors have also steadfastly refused to provide sworn statements, preventing their accusations from being properly vetted. The latest attempt to smear Hutchinson occurred on Wednesday afternoon when Fox News host Jeanine Pirro claimed that multiple unnamed individuals supposedly from the White House told her that Hutchinson was never anywhere near Trump. READ MORE : Columnist...

This article was paid for by Raw Story subscribers. Not a subscriber? Try us and go ad-free for $1 . Prefer to give a one-time tip? Click here . WASHINGTON, D.C . — "Where do I begin?" Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) asked, speaking to Raw Story after the House Select Committee's sixth public hearing. She explained that what former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson revealed on Tuesday was "a total betrayal by the president of the United States and their oath" of office. "It was a setup. He was a part of it. He wanted to lead it. He wanted to lead the criminal insurrection, the overthrow of the government. His own government." What stood out in this hearing, Dean explained, is how brave Hutchinson was, but also "the transparently grotesque behavior by the president — the child-like behavior of throwing plates. The temper tantrum in 'The Beast,' the attempt to grab the wheel. The stark silence of Mark Meadows. It's just a shocking be...

United States Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) complained on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon about the damning testimony that ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson delivered at the sixth public hearing hosted by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. Hutchinson served as an adviser to former President Donald Trump and his Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, both of whom were implicated by Hutchinson as being instrumental participants in the events of January 6th. Hutchinson's recorded deposition was previously featured in the Select Committee's fifth session last Thursday. But according to Graham, Hutchinson's sworn statements – which contained explosive new revelations about what she witnessed during the final days of Trump World – were unenlightening. "Apparently Ms. Hutchinson testified numerous times for multiple hours about what she knew about the events leading up to January 6 and its aftermath. In her ...

The revelations from former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson are being called “bombshells” and, according to a former advisor to the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, a “cluster bomb.” But one Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University, Dr. Joanne Freeman, is urging Americans to focus on an important part of Hutchinson’s testimony. “People are focusing on the drama of [Donald Trump] trying to grab the steering wheel to force his car to go to the Capitol,” Dr. Freeman writes . “But far more revealing — and alarming — is the fact that he wanted to walk into the House with an armed mob.” “Again: think COUP.” \u201cPeople are focusing on the drama of DJT trying to grab the steering wheel to force his car to go to the Capitol.\n\nBut far more revealing -- and alarming -- is the fact that he wanted to walk into the House with an armed mob.\n\nAgain: think COUP.\n\n#HATH\u201d — Dr. Joanne Freeman (@Dr. Joanne Freeman) 1656451468 Freema...

Former GOP Rep. Denver Riggleman, who worked as a senior staff member for the House Select Committee Investigating the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, suggested that the bombshell testimony at Tuesday's public hearing was just the beginning. "TRUMP SOUGHT TO JOIN JAN. 6 MOB," was the headline online by The New York Times . "Enraged, He Lunged for Limo Wheel, Aide Says." "Trump wanted armed mob to march to Capitol, sought to join, aide says," was The Washington Post headline . Riggleman was interviewed about the hearing by MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace. "I want to be very careful in how I say this, Nicolle. I said Mark Meadows was the MVP of the committee of the investigation. Today, I think we see Mark Meadows is the Rosetta Stone of the investigation. He was sort of the pivot man for everything happening between these groups and up to the president," he said. "When you hear an individual on the couch sending text messages -- I...