Byron York
Chief political correspondent, Washington Examiner, Fox News contributor, author of The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy
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The G-7 Needs a Different Hotel
WSJ 13h 2 tweets
Hosting the summit at a Trump resort is, at best, poor political judgment.
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Byron York slams Trump for selecting his own property for G-7: 'The G-7 needs Needs a Different Hotel.' 3h
The Impeachment Defense That Doesn’t Work
National Review 3h 2 tweets
If we’ve learned anything from the last couple of weeks, it’s that the “perfect phone call” defense of Trump and Ukraine doesn’t work.
Byron York Read 'The Impeachment Defense That Doesn’t Work.' 3h
"Everybody Is Freaking Out": Freelance Writers Scramble to Make Sense of New California Law
The Hollywood Reporter 40h 10 tweets
A new bill that caps freelance submissions may make writing financially unsustainable for many workers even though the legislator behind the law insists that the goal is "to create new good jobs and a livable, sustainable wage job."
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Byron York This is astonishing, even for California: ''Everybody Is Freaking Out': Freelance Writers Scramble to Make Sense of New California Law.' 4h
Clinton says Russia is grooming Gabbard to be a third-party candidate
POLITICO 17h 4 tweets
Quid Pro Quo and Extortion: Welcome to Foreign Relations
National Review 12d 5 tweets
A president’s management of foreign policy and his political interests naturally overlap.
What Hunter Biden did on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma
U.S. 25h 7 tweets
During his time on the board of one of Ukraine’s largest natural gas companies, ...
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Byron York New report suggests, but does not prove, that Hunter Biden might have been paid $83,333 per month, or about $1 million a year, for his presence on board of Ukrainian company Burisma. 17h
Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire
Kenneth P. Vogel - POLITICO 831d 41 tweets
Kiev officials are scrambling to make amends with the president-elect after quietly working to boost Clinton.
Byron York More than two and a half years later, still the best article on Ukraine's efforts to sabotage the 2016 Trump campaign and the ill will that followed. From 21h
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Byron York Think everyone needs to separate Trump's idea of Ukraine having DNC server, which appears to be totally baseless, with efforts in Ukraine (not necessarily government efforts) to influence the 2016 election, for which there is some evidence. 21h
Hillary Clinton Appears to Claim Russians ‘Grooming’ Tulsi Gabbard to Run as Third-Party Candidate
The Daily Beast 24h 4 tweets
She made the remark on Campaign HQ with David Plouffe, calling 2016 Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein “a Russian asset.”
Extortion: Democrats test new charge against Trump
Byron York - Washington Examiner 46h 1 tweets
In recent weeks, some Democrats have struggled to cite a crime committed by President Trump in the Ukraine affair. While the intelligence community inspector general suggested the president might have violated campaign finance laws, Democrats have...
Byron York Extortion: Democrats test new charge against Trump. 46h
Elijah E. Cummings, Powerful Democrat Who Investigated Trump, Dies at 68
Sheryl Gay Stolberg - Nytimes.com 53h 23 tweets
A son of sharecroppers, he fought tirelessly for his hometown of Baltimore and became a key figure in the impeachment investigation of President Trump.
Schiff pressed Volker to say Ukraine felt pressure from Trump
Byron York - Washington Examiner 3d 9 tweets
In a secret interview, Rep. Adam Schiff, leader of the House Democratic effort to impeach President Trump, pressed former U.S. special representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker to testify that Ukrainian officials felt pressured to investigate former...
Byron York New: Schiff pressed Volker to say Ukraine felt pressure from Trump. 3d
Byron York In secret testimony, Adam Schiff wanted envoy Kurt Volker to say Ukraine felt pressured by Trump. But Volker did not think that was the case. So Schiff pressed and pressed. 'You're making this much more complicated than it has to be.' 3d
Byron York How are Dems running secret impeachment interviews? Chairman Schiff starts with a story, and then presses the witness to agree with it. Over and over and over. 52h
At Democratic debate, notes of caution on impeachment
Byron York - Washington Examiner 3d 6 tweets
WESTERVILLE, Ohio -- In the most recent Quinnipiac national poll, 90 percent of Democratic voters approved of the party's impeachment inquiry targeting President Trump. So the candidates gathered here for the first debate since House Democrats...
Byron York Link: At Democratic debate, notes of caution on impeachment. 3d
Byron York 'We shouldn't have any illusions that impeaching Donald Trump will, one, be successful or, two, erase the problems that got him elected in 2016.' 3d
Byron York New: At Democratic debate, notes of caution on impeachment. 3d
Bolton Objected to Ukraine Pressure Campaign, Calling Giuliani ‘a Hand Grenade’
Nicholas Fandos, Peter Baker - Nytimes.com 5d 32 tweets
John R. Bolton, then the national security adviser, ordered an aide to report the machinations by the president’s personal attorney to a White House lawyer, House investigators were told.
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Byron York Well look at this. Dems impose tight secrecy on impeachment interviews. Can't let witnesses coordinate their stories! And yet, a detailed version of damaging parts of Fiona Hill testimony appears in NYT. Meanwhile, Republicans obey secrecy rules. 4d
Where’s the whistleblower? Key GOP questions about Schiff’s contact may never be answered
Susan Ferrechio - Washington Examiner 4d 1 tweets
House Republicans are eager to ask the whistleblower at the center of the impeachment inquiry a variety of questions about the scope and frequency of his contact with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff.
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Byron York From 'Where’s the whistleblower? Key GOP questions about Schiff’s contact may never be answered.' 4d
Mexico military police halt migrant caravan on its way to U.S.
U.S. 5d 1 tweets
Mexico's military police on Saturday halted and turned back a caravan of up...
Byron York From : 'Mexico military police halt migrant caravan on its way to U.S.' 5d
Focus group: These Ohio swing voters are outraged over impeachment
Alexi McCammond - Axios 5d 4 tweets
An early warning sign that some swing voters see it as a distraction.
Byron York Participants in Ohio focus group aren't buying Nancy Pelosi's we're sad, we're reluctant, we're prayerful explanation for impeaching Trump. 'Distraction, unease, exhaustion.' From : 5d
Dems ratchet up impeachment secrecy
Byron York - Washington Examiner 6d 5 tweets
A week ago House Republicans complained that Democrats imposed excessive secrecy on interviews conducted as part of the drive to impeach President Trump. Now, the situation appears to have gotten worse.
Byron York New: Dems ratchet up impeachment secrecy. 6d
Byron York A week ago Republicans complained about secrecy Democrats imposed on impeachment interviews. Now, it's gotten worse. 6d
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Byron York House Dems refused to release transcripts of Volker, Atkinson interviews. But some news leaked out. Now, with Yovanovitch, they've imposed even tighter secrecy. Members could face ethics probe if they reveal anything she said. 6d
The case for identifying the whistleblower
Washington Examiner 7d 11 tweets
The identity of the person who filed the intelligence community whistleblower complaint that sparked the drive to impeach President Trump remains a secret. Democrats leading the impeachment campaign say his or her identity (for brevity, the...
Byron York From : 'The case for identifying the whistleblower.' 7d
Byron York Does Trump-Ukraine whistleblower have a right to anonymity? If so, does that right outweigh the public's right to know salient facts in proceeding to impeach and remove the president? 1/9 5d
Byron York 2) The whistleblower set the terms of the debate. Complaint laid out accusation Democrats would wholly adopt in effort to remove president. 4/9 5d
What, Exactly, Is Tulsi Gabbard Up To?
Nytimes.com 7d 20 tweets
As she injects chaos into the 2020 Democratic primary by accusing her own party of “rigging” the election, an array of alt-right internet stars, white nationalists and Russians have praised her.
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Byron York Alt-right. White nationalist. Russian bots! NYT throws everything it has at Tulsi Gabbard. 7d
James Comey Would Like to Help
Matt Flegenheimer - Nytimes.com 7d 12 tweets
The former F.B.I. director wants an end to the Trump presidency. And yes, he knows you might think he caused it.
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Byron York NYT: 'James Comey plans to spend the next 13 months working to drive President Trump from power.' So what has he been doing the last 40 months? 7d
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Byron York As a man of courage, Comey is paying the price for standing up to a president. From NYT: 7d