Section: The Japan Times (Japan)
Nancy Pelosi says Trump’s Ukraine actions amount to ‘bribery’
House Democrats are refining their impeachment case against the president to a simple allegation: Bribery.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday brushed aside the Latin phrase … …read more Source:: The Japan...
Second U.S. official reportedly heard Trump call with EU envoy Gordon Sondland seeking Ukraine ‘investigations’
A second U.S. Embassy staffer in Kyiv overheard a cellphone call between President Donald Trump and his ambassador to the European Union discussing a need … …read more Source:: The Japan...
MH17 crash probe into communications reveals close ties between Russia and Ukraine rebels
An international team of investigators piecing together a criminal case in the July 2014 shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine said … …read more Source:: The Japan...
Impeachment probe witness testifies Trump asked about Ukraine investigations
For the first time a top diplomat testified Wednesday that President Donald Trump was overheard asking about “the investigations” he wanted Ukraine to pursue that … …read more Source:: The Japan...
Russia says Kyiv should extend east Ukraine special status law to 2020
Borys Gryzlov, Russia’s envoy to an international working group on the conflict in eastern Ukraine, said on Tuesday that Kyiv should extend until 2020 a … …read more Source:: The Japan...
Ex-U.S. top diplomat Condoleezza Rice finds shadow diplomacy on Ukraine ‘deeply troubling’
Condoleezza Rice, a secretary of state under Republican President George W. Bush, said on Monday reports of an unofficial U.S. policy being carried out in … …read more Source:: The Japan...
GOP ranks unable to offer unified response on whether Trump’s call with Ukraine leader was ‘perfect’
Republicans have no unified argument in the impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump, in large part because they can’t agree on how best to defend the … …read more Source:: The Japan...
Bolton lawyer says ex-Trump national security adviser has knowledge about Ukraine not yet public
Former national security adviser John Bolton was “part of many relevant meetings and conversations” pertaining to the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump that … …read more Source:: The Japan...
Trump tried hard to win Ukraine probe of Bidens, officials say
There was no hinting around, it was a straight-out trade, two key White House officials told impeachment investigators. If Ukraine’s new leader wanted an Oval … …read more Source:: The Japan...
Trigger words Trump had to hear in call to Ukraine leader: Investigations, Biden, Clinton
There were three words President Donald Trump wanted to hear from the Ukraine president: Investigations, Biden and Clinton.That’s according to the transcript, released Thursday, of … …read more Source:: The Japan...
