Section: Africa&ME
Pence never discussed Bidens, Ukraine company with Sondland -Pence aide
…read more Source:: The Jerusalem...
Sondland never told Pompeo he thought Trump linked Ukraine aid to probes
…read more Source:: The Jerusalem...
Witnesses debate Ukraine policy, Trump phone call
Former deputy assistant attorney general John Yoo and former US attorney Harry Litman react to public impeachment hearings. …read more Source:: Arutz...
U.S. diplomat says top Trump administrators in on Ukraine pressure
…read more Source:: The Jerusalem...
US investigating Swedbank over Russian sanctions
US authorities are investigating whether Swedbank AB’s Baltic unit allowed money transfers that violated US sanctions against Russia, Sweden’s SVT television said. SVT’s investigative program Uppdrag Granskning said in a report aired yesterday that it had uncovered transactions between sanctioned Russian weapons maker Concern...
Westpac slapped with 23mn money laundering breaches
Regulators accused Australia’s Westpac Banking Corp of 23mn breaches of anti-money laundering laws, saying the banking giant ignored red flags and for years enabled payments from convicted child offenders and “high risk” countries. The oversight failure at Australia’s second-largest bank led to deep systemic non-compliance with...
Gordon Sondland: ‘Was there quid pro quo? … The answer is yes’
In bombshell testimony, Sondland says he and others worked with Giuliani on Ukraine at ‘the directions of the president’ …read more Source:: AL...
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...
Senior U.S. diplomat says he followed Trump’s ‘orders’ on pressuring Ukraine
A senior U.S. diplomat told lawmakers Wednesday that President Donald Trump expressly ordered him and others to help pressure Ukraine into investigating a political rival of the president, providing some of the most significant testimony to date in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry. …read more Source:: The Daily...
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::...
