Section: Africa&ME
US House of Representatives announces impeachment inquiry into Trump
Democrats in the US House of Representatives launched a formal impeachment inquiry into Republican President Donald Trump, over accusations of seeking foreign help to smear his Democratic rival Joe Biden ahead of next year’s election, according to Reuters. The US House of Representatives’ Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, announced the inquiry,...
Pompeo says US diplomats’ actions with Ukraine ‘entirely appropriate’
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday defended U.S. diplomats’ actions on Ukraine following reports that an envoy arranged contacts at the heart of a growing scandal. …read more Source:: The Daily...
US sanctions firm it says provides jet fuel to Russia in Syria
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on a firm it said was participating in a scheme to avoid US sanctions while helping provide jet fuel to Russian forces in Syria, Reuters reports. The US Treasury Department said the newly sanctioned firm, Maritime Assistance LLC, was operating as a front company for OJSC Sovfracht, a company the...
Intelligence Panel Releases Whistleblower Complaint on Trump
TEHRAN (FNA)- The House Intelligence Committee released a declassified version of the whistleblower complaint detailing allegations about President Donald Trump’s contacts with Ukraine’s leader, revelations of which have sparked an impeachment inquiry against the president. …read more Source:: Fars News...
Democrats Accuse White House Of ‘Cover Up’ Over Ukraine Call
ouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a weekly news conference on Capitol Hill on September 26, 2019 in Washington, DC. Speaker Pelosi discussed an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Zach Gibson/Getty Images/AFP Top Democrats accused the White House on Thursday of engaging in a “cover up” by trying to suppress a record of a...
Whistleblower: White House Intervened after Trump-Ukraine Call
US President Donald Trump solicited interference from Ukraine to influence the 2020 US elections, and the White House intervened to “lock down” the transcript of the call, a whistleblower said a complaint released Thursday. “I have received information from multiple US government officials that the president of the United States is using the...
White House sought to bury Trump-Ukraine call
The White House moved to “lock down” all records of Donald Trump’s phone call seeking Ukraine’s interference in the 2020 US election, a whistleblower’s complaint released Thursday alleges, in the latest explosive episode in the rapidly unfolding impeachment drama. …read more Source:: The Daily...
House releases whistleblower report on Trump-Ukraine dealings
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News24.com | White House intervened after Trump-Ukraine call – whistleblower
US President Donald Trump solicited interference from Ukraine to influence the 2020 US elections, and the White House intervened to “lock down” the transcript of the call, a whistleblower said a complaint released. …read more Source::...
Donald Trump calls impeachment inquiry a ‘disgraceful thing’
Washington — U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday House Democrats’ decision to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into him was a “disgraceful thing,” shortly after the White House released a memo of a phone conversation between the president and his Ukrainian counterpart. Speaking to reporters in New York, Trump...
