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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...
Newsdeck: ‘Couldn’t believe what I was hearing’: White House aides testify in impeachment probe
WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) – 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.” …read more Source:: Daily...
News24.com | Zelensky says Ukraine getting ‘tired’ of Trump scandal
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that his country is “tired” of questions related to the Trump scandal, amid a critical week of public impeachment hearings in Washington. …read more Source::...
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...
News24.com | Ukraine ex-leader named witness in power abuse probe
Ukraine’s former leader Petro Poroshenko has been designated a witness in a criminal investigation related to the nomination of judges, the state investigation bureau says. …read more Source::...
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...
News24.com | Trump aide curbed access to Ukraine call, fearing fallout
A top US official restricted access to the summary of Donald Trump’s Ukraine call that triggered an impeachment probe, fearing it would damage the president, released testimony has showed. …read more Source::...
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...
