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Rudy Giuliani is said to be under investigation for Ukraine work
October 12, 2019 10:28 AMWASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – Federal prosecutors in New York City are investigating whether President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani broke lobbying laws in his dealings in Ukraine, according to two people familiar with the inquiry. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Trump names Republican veteran as envoy to Russia
Sullivan was hinted by US president to be up for the job in August. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: Donald Trump yesterday named State Department number two John Sullivan to be the US ambassador to Russia, making the veteran Republican a key player in the US president’s complicated relationship with Moscow. Trump announced that Sullivan, a genial...
Ex-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Says Trump Applied Pressure to Remove Her from Post
The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told House committees leading the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump that the president pressured his State Department to remove her from her post.The revelation was first reported by the Washington Post, which said the newly discl… …read more Source:: The Chosun...
Top aide to US Secretary of State Pompeo resigns
Michael McKinley (right) told colleagues he was leaving for personal reasons. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: A senior adviser to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has resigned, with the State Department mired in a controversy over the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine that has prompted an impeachment inquiry targeting the president. Michael...
Trump had Ukraine envoy ousted over ‘false claims,’ she tells probe
Yovanovitch is the first Trump administration official to testify in Congress. (AFP/Getty pic)WASHINGTON: Former US ambassador to Ukraine reportedly told impeachment investigators yesterday President Donald Trump had sought her removal for months, and that she was eventually pushed out on “false claims” by questionable actors. In the first...
Trump tries turning impeachment scandal into re-election fuel
Trump addresses a campaign rally in Minneapolis. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: As impeachment pressure mounted on President Donald Trump he left Washington for a second day in a row yesterday to rally hardcore supporters in a bid to turn the scandal into fuel for his 2020 re-election. Trump lifted off from the White House in Marine One to catch a flight to...
Former US envoy to Ukraine tells impeachment inquiry Trump ousted her based on ‘false claims’
October 12, 2019 6:10 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The former US ambassador to Ukraine on Friday (Oct 11) told a House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump that he ousted her based on”unfounded and false claims” after she had come under attack by his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. …read more...
Former envoy defies Trump, testifies he pushed to oust her
WASHINGTON — Testifying in defiance of President Donald Trump’s ban, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told House impeachment investigators Friday that Trump himself had pressured the State Department to oust her from her post and get her out of the country. Yovanovitch told lawmakers investigating Trump’s dealings...
Putin says he doubts Ukraine can deliver on peace process
Russian President Vladimir Putin lamented Friday the inability of his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to ensure a pullback of heavy weaponry in eastern Ukraine as the first step… …read more Source:: Japan...
Top aide to U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo resigns
A senior adviser to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has resigned, with the State Department mired in a controversy over the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine that… …read more Source:: Japan...
