A key witness has agreed to cooperate with congress’ impeachment inquiry, as the president faces increasing congressional scrutiny over his behaviour.
Lev Parnas, an indicted businessman who has been linked to the Ukraine scandal is prepared to provide testimony and records to congress, his lawyer said.
Mr Parnas has close ties to Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer.
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Netflix has introduced a button that lets viewers skip jokes about US president Donald Trump on a new comedy special from Seth Meyers.
The comedian and chat show host’s new comedy special, titled Lobby Baby, sees him take aim at the president, whom he previously branded a “racist gargoyle”.
Meyers told CNN Business that it was his idea to introduce the feature, deeming a politics joke-avoiding button as “a funny and innovative way” to “take advantage of the Netflix experience”.
One year from the 2020 election, Donald Trump trails some potential Democratic rivals in head-to-head matchups, with his national support level fixed at about 40 per cent, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
The new poll highlights the degree to which most of the country already has made a judgment about the president's performance and its voting preferences next year. Among the 39 per cent of registered voters who approve of Mr Trump's job performance, Mr Trump is winning at least 95 per cent support against each of five possible Democratic opponents. But among the 58 per cent of voters who disapprove of Mr Trump, he receives no more than 7 per cent of support.
Former vice president Joe Biden, senator Bernie Sanders and senator Elizabeth Warren run strongest against the president nationally, with Mr Biden leading by 17 points (56 per cent to 39 percent), Ms Warren by 15 points (55 per cent to 40 per cent) and Mr Sanders by 14 points (55 per cent to 41 per cent).
An associate of Rudy Giuliani who was involved in a campaign to pressure Ukraine into aiding Donald Trump’s political prospects has broken ranks, opening a dialogue with congressional impeachment investigators and accusing the president of falsely denying their relationship.
The associate, Lev Parnas, had previously resisted speaking with investigators for the Democrat-led impeachment proceedings, which are examining the president’s pressure attempts in Ukraine. A former lawyer for Mr Trump was then representing Mr Parnas.
But since then, Mr Parnas has hired new lawyers who contacted the congressional investigators last week to notify them to “direct any future correspondence or communication to us”, according to a copy of the letter.
Donald Trump has mused about serving 21 more years in office, while attacking members of the press at a rally.
The president was addressing an audience in Kentucky on Monday evening.
At one point he drew the crowd’s attention to journalists covering the event.
“It’s the fake news, look at all of them,” he said, pointing at the press pen as the audience loudly booed.
“What they don’t know is that when we hang it up, in five years...or nine years, or 13 years...or maybe 17 years, or maybe – if I still have the strength - 21 years...”
