Section: South China Morning Post (China)
‘No blackmail’ in phone call with Trump, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky says
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday said there was “no blackmail” in the phone call with US President Donald Trump that helped spark an impeachment inquiry.Zelensky is trying to save his reputation and distance himself from the US political drama. In an all-day “media marathon” press conference held in a food court, he played...
US President Donald Trump’s second whistle-blower, a federal employee from the IRS, remains a mystery
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Brian Faler on politico.com on October 9, 2019.The Ukraine whistle-blower has turned Washington upside down, but the information dished by the Democrats’ other whistle-blower – the one at the IRS – remains a mystery.Democrats, who disclosed the...
Joe Biden calls for Donald Trump’s impeachment, saying president ‘has indicted himself’
US Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden called for the impeachment of his potential 2020 election foe Donald Trump for the first time on Wednesday, as a partisan fight over a congressional investigation of the Republican president deepened.Biden, who is at the centre of a controversy over Trump’s dealings with Ukraine that led...
Ukrainian official says false stories from members of Trump’s inner circle threatened relations with Washington
False accounts pedalled by members of President Donald Trump’s inner circle threatened to poison US-Ukrainian relations this year and gave Trump a cover for suspending military aid, a top adviser to Ukraine’s president said in his first interview with a US news outlet.“The fact is that some American politicians were not informed in...
Impeachment inquiry: second whistle-blower supports account of Donald Trump’s Ukraine call, US media reports
A second person has decided to come forward with corroborating first-hand information about US President Donald Trump’s alleged attempts to pressure Ukraine for personal political gain, ABC News reported on Sunday.ABC News said lawyer Mark Zaid said the second whistle-blower was an intelligence official who “has first-hand knowledge of some...
Impeachment scandal: Rick Perry told me to do it, Donald Trump claims about now-infamous Ukraine phone call
US Energy Secretary Rick Perry urged President Donald Trump to talk with Ukraine’s newly elected president, a suggestion that resulted in the telephone call that has triggered House Democrats to launch an impeachment inquiry.“Secretary Perry absolutely supported and encouraged the president to speak to the new president of Ukraine to...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blasts Ukraine critics for ‘silly gotcha game’ amid Trump impeachment inquiry
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday defended the Trump administration’s approach to Ukraine, which is driving an impeachment inquiry in Congress, calling it typical of the transactional way countries deal with one another in the real world.Pompeo supported the administration’s demand that Ukraine open inquiries into alleged...
Donald Trump fires back after Mitt Romney criticises him over Ukraine, China probe calls
US President Donald Trump fired back at Mitt Romney on Saturday morning, calling the Utah senator a “pompous ‘ass’” while defending his calls for Ukraine and China to investigate political rival Joe Biden.“Somebody please wake up Mitt Romney and tell him that my conversation with the Ukrainian President was a congenial and very...
Ukraine reviews cases into firm linked to Joe Biden’s son Hunter
Ukraine’s prosecutor-general said on Friday his office was reviewing the closure of a number of cases related to a gas firm linked to US Democrat Joe Biden’s son.Prosecutor-General Ruslan Ryaboshapka told reporters there were about 15 cases but stressed that they were not necessarily connected to Biden’s son, Hunter Biden.“We...
Former Ukraine envoy Kurt Volker questioned by US lawmakers as Donald Trump impeachment inquiry begins in earnest
The impeachment inquiry against US President Donald Trump began in earnest on Thursday with Democrats interviewing a former US diplomat to Ukraine, the first witness brought to speak under oath in their probe.Kurt Volker, the former US special envoy to Ukraine, abruptly resigned last week after being named repeatedly in the whistle-blower...
