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Pompeo: State Dept. will follow law as Dems seek documents
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the State Department intends to follow the law in the House impeachment investigation and vigorously defended President Donald Trump, dismissing questions about the president’s attempts to push Ukraine and China to investigate a Democratic political rival. The Trump administration and House...
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 says ‘it was our duty’ to push Ukraine to open investigation
October 06, 2019 11:30 AMWASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defiantly insisted on Saturday (Oct 5) in Greece that the Trump administration was right to ask Ukrainian officials to investigate claims of election interference in the 2016 US presidential campaign, bolstering a widely debunked conspiracy theory that had...
Et tu, Mitt? Trump blasts Republican senator as impeachment battle heats up
WASHINGTON/ATHENS: US President Donald Trump on Saturday opened a new front in the impeachment battle that threatens his administration, blasting a prominent member of his party for criticizing his push to get foreign nations to probe a leading Democratic rival.The Republican president, who launched a stream of invective at Democrats and the...
Pompeo continues Europe tour dogged by impeachment inquiry
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, centre left, speaks to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. Pompeo is visiting southeastern European countries to show support for new NATO members in the region. (Costas Baltas/Pool via AP2Athens, Greece (AP) — U.S. Secretary of...
Giuliani plays down role in proposed Ukraine statement on corruption
NEW YORK: Rudy Giuliani, a central figure in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, on Saturday played down his role in a proposed statement negotiated between U.S. diplomats and Ukrainian officials this summer about fighting corruption in the eastern European country. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source:: New...
Trump blasts Romney as impeachment battle heats up
Romney said Trump’s appeal to China was ‘wrong and appalling.’ (AP pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Saturday opened a new front in the impeachment battle that threatens his administration, blasting a prominent member of his party for criticizing his push to get foreign nations to probe a leading Democratic rival. The...
Another official may blow whistle on Trump over Ukraine
October 06, 2019 5:00 AMWASHINGTON • A second intelligence official who was alarmed by US President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine is weighing whether to file his own formal whistle-blower complaint and testify to Congress, according to two people briefed on the matter. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Four killed in cargo plane crash landing in Ukraine
KIEV: At least four crew were killed on Friday when a Ukrainian Antonov-12 cargo airplane made an emergency landing near the western airport of Lviv after disappearing from radar, officials said.The Soviet-designed four-engine plane vanished from radar at 7:10 a.m. (0410 GMT) when it was 13.7 km (8.5 miles) from the airport, the emergencies...
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...
