Section: Independent Online (South Africa)
Impeachment inquiry: Ambassador worked with Giuliani at Trump’s ‘express direction’
Washington – Ambassador Gordon Sondland told House impeachment investigators on Wednesday that he worked with Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine at the “express direction” of President Donald Trump and pushed for a political “quid pro quo” with Kiev because it was what Trump wanted. “Mr Giuliani was expressing the desires of the president of the United...
65% of Americans will not be swayed by new information on impeachment – poll
Washington – Sixty-five percent of Americans have said they don’t think they are likely to change their minds about the impeachment against President Donald Trump as the Democrats-controlled House inquiry moved into the second week of public hearings, according to a new poll released on Tuesday. Only 30 percent of the surveyed thought...
White House aides express shock and fear over Trump’s ‘improper’ demands
Washington – Senior U.S. officials told impeachment investigators in Congress on Tuesday they were concerned by President Donald Trump’s effort to get Ukraine to investigate a political rival, with one White House official calling it a “shock.” The third day of impeachment hearings conducted by the House of Representatives...
Democrats dubious as Donald Trump ‘strongly considers’ impeachment testimony offer
Washington – Democrats responded sceptically on Monday to President Donald Trump’s declaration that he might be willing to testify in his impeachment inquiry and also said they were examining the truthfulness of his testimony in the Russia 2016 election interference probe. Trump said on Twitter that he would “strongly...
Trump says he might be willing to testify in impeachment inquiry
Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday indicated publicly for the first time that he might be willing to testify in the impeachment inquiry over his dealings with Ukraine “even though I did nothing wrong.” Democrats leading the impeachment process in the U.S. House of Representatives have not formally called Trump as...
Pelosi raises issue of resignation in Trump-Nixon impeachment comparison
Washington – US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is amplifying her unfavorable comparison of President Donald Trump to fellow Republican Richard Nixon, saying that disgraced president at least cared enough about the country to leave office before his impeachment. The top Democrat in Congress told reporters last week that Trump’s pressure on...
Donald Trump lashes out at second witness of impeachment probe
Washington – US President Donald Trump lashed out at a government official who will testify in public in the coming week, as part of the impeachment inquiry, a move that comes on the heels of a previous barb that Democrats said was witness intimidation. Jennifer Williams testified in a closed-door session that she was concerned the July 25...
Ousted US ambassador to Ukraine to testify in Trump impeachment probe
Washington – The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, whom President Donald Trump called “bad news” before firing her, will be in the spotlight on Friday when she testifies at the second day of televised impeachment hearings. The session before the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. (1400...
Impeachment is a ‘dirty word’ that been ‘very hard’ on my family: Trump
Bossier City, Louisiana — President Donald Trump said Thursday that the impeachment probe has been “very hard” on his family, even as he tried to flex his political muscle to flip the governor’s mansion in deep-red Louisiana. Speaking in friendly territory in a state he carried in 2016 by 20 percentage points, Trump lashed out at Democratic...
Love him or hate him, voters say impeachment hearings will not change their views on Trump
Flint, Michigan/Bethlehem, Pennsylvania – As the first televised hearing of the impeachment probe unfolded on Wednesday on the screen in his home in Flint, Michigan, Quincy Murphy said there was no chance the proceedings would alter his view that President Donald Trump is unfit to hold the office. “I watch it in disgust,” said...
