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News24.com | New impeachment witness shakes White House
A new witness in the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump rocked the White House Tuesday with testimony that he personally witnessed officials pressuring Ukraine to help Trump politically. …read more Source::...
Donald Trump’s adviser to testify over concerns about Ukraine call
Washington – One of President Donald Trump’s top advisers on European affairs is set to testify on Tuesday that he told a government lawyer about concerns that U.S. national security could be undermined after a phone call between Trump and Ukraine’s president. Alexander Vindman, director of European affairs on the National...
US House to hold vote to formalise Trump impeachment inquiry
Washington – House Democrats will hold a vote this week to formalise their impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, according to US news reports Monday. The resolution will come up for a vote on the floor of the House, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a letter to fellow Democrats. She said the resolution “affirms the...
Republican lawmakers disrupt Democratic-led Trump impeachment inquiry
Washington – Republican lawmakers, encouraged by President Donald Trump to get tougher in fighting Democrats’ attempts to impeach him, on Wednesday disrupted the US House of Representatives impeachment inquiry and prevented a Pentagon official from testifying. The Republicans stormed into a hearing room where Laura Cooper, the US defence...
News24.com | Trump and Ukraine: The case for impeachment grows
Democratic lawmakers’ case for impeaching US President Donald Trump has grown stronger when the top US diplomat in Ukraine testified that the White House withheld assistance to Kiev “for domestic political reasons”. …read more Source::...
Newsdeck: U.S. diplomat testifies Trump tied Ukraine aid to politically motivated probes
WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – The top American diplomat in Ukraine testified on Tuesday that President Donald Trump made the release of U.S. security aid to Ukraine contingent on Kiev publicly declaring it would carry out politically motivated investigations that he demanded. …read more Source:: Daily...
Immediate backlash after Trump calls impeachment probe ‘a lynching’
WASHINGTON — Conjuring memories of violent racially motivated murders and drawing an immediate bipartisan backlash, President Donald Trump on Tuesday described House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry as a “lynching.” Trump made the statement in a morning tweet that began with a warning that “if a Democrat becomes president...
US official who questioned ‘crazy’ Ukraine policy to testify in Trump probe
Washington – US lawmakers conducting an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump will hear on Tuesday from the top US official in Ukraine, who once said it was “crazy” to withhold military aid for the country for domestic political reasons. William Taylor, a former Army officer and career US diplomat now leading the US...
Trump impeachment probe to focus on more key witnesses this week
Washington – US lawmakers leading an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump are expected to hear another round of crucial testimony this week, including from the acting ambassador to Ukraine who had raised concerns that security aid was being withheld to apply improper political pressure. Veteran State Department officer William...
Donald Trump reverses course on G7 as Republicans grow tired of defending him
Washington – President Donald Trump was forced to abandon his decision to host next year’s Group of Seven summit at his private golf club after it became clear the move had alienated Republicans and swiftly become part of the impeachment inquiry that threatens his presidency. In a round of phone calls with conservative allies this...
