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Trump again seeks foreign help to probe Biden, calls on China
INTERNATIONAL – President Donald Trump on Thursday again invited foreign interference in a U.S. presidential election, calling on Ukraine and China to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden – similar to a request that has already triggered an impeachment inquiry in Congress. As he left the White House for a visit to Florida,...
Trump again seeks foreign help to investigate Bidens, calling on China
INTERNATIONAL – President Donald Trump on Thursday again invited foreign interference in a U.S. presidential election, calling on Ukraine and China to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden – similar to a request that has already triggered an impeachment inquiry in Congress. As he left the White House for a visit to Florida,...
Newsdeck: U.S. diplomat at center of Trump-Ukraine affair to meet with House committee staff
WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) – A longtime U.S. diplomat who served as President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine will tell his story to congressional committee staff on Thursday as part of a Democratic-led impeachment probe of the Republican president. …read more Source:: Daily...
Newsdeck: Temperamental Trump blows his top over impeachment inquiry
Easily rankled when Democrats accuse him of wrongdoing, Trump boiled over on Wednesday at the impeachment inquiry they are pursuing over his July 25 phone call to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. …read more Source:: Daily...
News24.com | Trump accuses Democrats of wasting time with impeachment ‘bullshit’
President Donald Trump has accused the Democratic Party of wasting time on the impeachment probe sparked by the Ukraine scandal engulfing the White House, dismissing the inquiry as “bullshit”. …read more Source::...
‘It is a coup:’ Trump escalates impeachment rhetoric
Washington – US President Donald Trump has ramped up his rhetoric on the impeachment inquiry from Democratic lawmakers, taking to Twitter to label the investigation a “coup” designed to “take away the power of the people.” “As I learn more and more each day, I am coming to the conclusion that what is taking...
News24.com | Ukraine probes ex-prosecutor named in Trump scandal
Ukraine has opened a probe into possible abuse of power by Yuriy Lutsenko, the former prosecutor who figures in the whistleblower complaint against US President Donald Trump. …read more Source::...
Mike Pompeo accuses Democrats of bullying in impeachment probe
Washington — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday declared that House Democrats are trying to “intimidate, bully and treat improperly” five current and former career officials in demanding depositions providing Ukraine matter. Pompeo said in a letter to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, as part of the chamber’s...
News24.com | House subpoenas Trump lawyer Giuliani for docs in impeachment probe
House Democratic leaders have slapped Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani with a subpoena to turn over Ukraine-related documents as part of an accelerating formal presidential impeachment probe. …read more Source::...
US Senate urged to take up impeachment if House approves
Washington – Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that Senate rules would require him to take up any articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump if approved by the House, swatting down talk that that the GOP-controlled chamber could dodge the matter entirely. “I would have no choice but to take it up,”...
