Last week, details leaked about a phone conversation US President Trump had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in July. This week, a rough transcript was released that shows Trump had urged Zelenskiy to investigate former VP Joe Biden for corruption, apparently over a Ukrainian company Biden’s son had ties to. The call happened while the Trump admin was withholding aid to Ukraine, causing some alarm over whether this combination of pressures was violating the law. Trump has said he was only withholding aid because he wanted Europe and others to…
The Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled on Tuesday that it is a violation of free speech for President Trump to block his critics on Twitter. The ruling which the 2nd Circuit upheld would require Trump, as well as other government officials who use their social media presence to deliver official statements, to allow open access for all users to view such statements. In particular, the ruling applies to critics of the president, whom he has been known to block from viewing or commenting on his Twitter postings.…