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Trump Celebrates Impeachment Victory Over ‘Vicious’ Democrats
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a copy of The Washington Post as he speaks in the East Room of the White House one day after the U.S. Senate acquitted on two articles of impeachment, on February 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP President Donald Trump celebrated his impeachment acquittal Thursday in a rambling, emotional...
US Senate Acquits Trump Of Impeachment Charges
US President Donald Trump drew on staunch Republican support Wednesday to defeat the gravest threat yet to his three-year-old presidency, winning an acquittal in the Senate on impeachment charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Only the third US leader ever placed on trial, Trump readily defeated the effort to expel him from office...
Trump nears likely acquittal as U.S. Senate to cast impeachment vote
Four months after Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives launched a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, the Senate is poised on Wednesday to acquit him on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. …read more Source:: Pulse...
‘No One Above The Law,’ Democrats Say As Trump Trial Nears End
Democratic prosecutors, declaring that “no one is above the law,” made a last-ditch appeal to senators at US President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Monday to vote to remove him from office for abuse of power. “Your duty demands that you convict President Trump,” Colorado lawmaker Jason Crow said as prosecutors began presenting their...
Ukraine Says Iran ‘Knew From Start’ Missile Downed Plane
A photo combination of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani. AFP Kiev on Monday accused Tehran of knowing from the start that an Iranian missile had downed a Ukrainian airliner last month after leaked recordings emerged from Iranian air traffic control. The recordings, aired on Ukraine’s 1+1 TV...
Impeachment: Republicans Slam Trump But Back Him For Senate Acquittal
US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2020. JIM WATSON / AFP Leading Republicans took to the talk show circuit Sunday to defend their expected acquittal of US President Donald Trump at his Senate trial next week — despite offering sharp criticism of his role in...
John Bolton rattles Trump’s impeachment trial
US President Donald Trump and his defence team at his impeachment trial appear to be rattled following the disclosure by former National Security Adviser John Bolton that indeed there was a quid pro quo about US aid to Ukraine. Excerpts from Bolton’s new book leaked Sunday, claimed that Trump told him that Ukraine aid was … The post...
Ukrainians Rate President Zelensky High Despite Trump, Downed Jet Issues
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a press conference after a summit on Ukraine at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on December 9, 2019. CHARLES PLATIAU / POOL / AFP In his first nine months as Ukrainian president, former comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has found himself at the center of major international crises, including the US impeachment...
Tape Reveals How Trump Demanded Sack Of Ukrainian Envoy
US President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks to the press on the South Lawn of the White House before departing in Washington, DC on August 9, 2019. AFP Donald Trump demanded the dismissal of Marie Yovanovitch, the ambassador to Ukraine and a key figure in the president’s impeachment trial, according to a video recording released to US...
Trump ‘Should Be Removed’ – Adam Schiff
File Photo: US President Donald Trump Lead House impeachment manager Adam Schiff called dramatically for the Senate to remove President Donald Trump from office Thursday, saying the US leader cannot be trusted to put the country’s interests ahead of his own. “The American people deserve a president they can count on, to put their interest...
