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Newsdeck: U.S. House intelligence chairman says Trump impeachment report early next month
WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. congressional committee that is leading the inquiry into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine said on Monday the impeachment process would move to the next step shortly after lawmakers return to Washington next week from a break. …read more Source:: Daily...
Trump says he ‘wants a trial,’ brushes off worries on impeachment
Washington – Following the public testimony of nine witness in the ongoing impeachment inquiry, President Donald Trump said he wanted a trial and sounded convinced he would walk away vindicated. “I think its very hard for them to impeach you if they have absolutely nothing,” Trump said as part of a phone-in interview with Fox...
Newsdeck: Former Trump aide calls Ukraine meddling theory fiction; Trump would welcome Senate trial
WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s former Russia adviser urged lawmakers in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry on Thursday not to promote “politically driven falsehoods” that cast doubt on Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election. …read more Source:: Daily...
News24.com | Top diplomat implicates Trump in explosive impeachment testimony
A senior US diplomat has directly implicated US President Donald Trump in a scheme to force Ukraine to probe a political rival, in bombshell testimony to a televised impeachment hearing. …read more Source::...
Trump’s ex-Russia adviser tells lawmakers to stop promoting ‘falsehoods’
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s former Russia adviser Fiona Hill urged lawmakers in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry on Thursday not to promote “politically driven falsehoods” that cast doubt on Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election. In her prepared testimony, Hill said some members of...
Top diplomat implicates Trump in explosive impeachment testimony
Gordon Sondland says he followed the president’s orders in seeking a “quid pro quo” deal for Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden …read more Source:: Mail &...
Lawmakers to grill eavesdropping US embassy official in Trump impeachment probe
Washington – Lawmakers will question an official from the U.S. embassy in Ukraine on Thursday as they seek to learn more about a phone call in which he says he overheard President Donald Trump ask about the status of an “investigation” into a political rival. The public impeachment hearing marks the last scheduled day of...
Newsdeck: “Everyone was in the loop” – Sondland testifies in impeachment hearings
A U.S. diplomat on Wednesday described broad involvement at the most senior levels of the Trump administration in a pressure campaign against Ukraine on Day 4 of the impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump …read more Source:: Daily...
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...
News24.com | Ambassador brings Pompeo deeper into Trump impeachment
A US envoy says that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo directed him to co-ordinate Ukraine policy with President Donald Trump’s lawyer, further implicating the top US diplomat in the impeachment drama. …read more Source::...
