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White House accused of cover-up over Trump-Ukraine call
WASHINGTON — The White House scrambled to “lockdown” records of President Donald Trump’s phone call pressing for Ukraine’s interference in next year’s US election, an incendiary whistleblower complaint released Thursday alleged, in the latest episode of an intensifying impeachment drama. The complaint caps a stunning week of...
It doesn’t take a crime to impeach a president: AP Analysis
WASHINGTON: If House Democrats press ahead with impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, their case will rest in large part on the claim that he sought a foreign government’s help, with hundreds of millions of dollars in aid in the balance, to dig up dirt on a political opponent to boost his reelection campaign. But, if true,...
Ukrainian leader bristles at release of Trump transcript
President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the InterContinental Barclay New York hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Kyiv, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president bristled at the release of his comments from a private conversation with...
Whistleblower on Trump-Ukraine contacts is a CIA officer – reports
The whistleblower who said US President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden is a CIA officer and at one point was assigned to work at the White House, two sources familiar with the probe into his complaint confirmed on Thursday. …read more Source::...
Whistleblower on Trump-Ukraine contacts is a CIA officer, says sources
The CIA officer was at one point was assigned to work at the White House …read more Source:: The...
Trump call scandal: Whistleblower shines light on potential ‘abuse’ of secret computer system
September 27, 2019 12:24 PMWASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – When the White House first released the reconstructed transcript of President Donald Trump’s July 25 phone conversation with the president of Ukraine, some former government officials noticed something peculiar about it. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Protests set to resume ahead of Chinese anniversary
HONG KONG: Hong Kong was bracing for a weekend of unrest with pro-democracy protests likely to mount in the China-ruled territory ahead of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic on Tuesday. Thousands of people are expected to rally in the city centre on Saturday evening after authorities granted a permit for a...
Whistleblower on Trump-Ukraine contacts is a CIA officer
The whistleblower who said US President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden is a CIA officer and at one point was assigned to work at the White House, two sources familiar with the probe into his complaint confirmed on Thursday. …read more Source::...
How Ukraine landed in the spotlight of an American political drama
For the second time in three years, Ukraine, the former Soviet republic between Russia and the West, has been caught in the glare of US news cameras because of an American political drama. In 2016, the spotlight was trained on the campaign chairman for Donald Trump, then the Republican candidate for president, and the aide’s undisclosed...
Trump attacks whistle-blower in private remarks, video shows
September 27, 2019 10:14 AMNEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – President Donald Trump used a closed-door gathering with US diplomats at the United Nations to attack Democratic rival Joe Biden and disparage a whistleblower complaint over his controversial call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy now at the heart of an impeachment inquiry....
