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Factbox: All the president’s men – Supporting actors in Trump’s Ukraine scandal
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Democrat rivals pile on Elizabeth Warren as Joe Biden defends son’s work in Ukraine in TV debate
October 16, 2019 11:01 AMWESTERVILLE, OHIO (BLOOMBERG) – Ms Elizabeth Warren’s rivals targeted her new status as a front-runner in the Democratic race in a televised debate on Tuesday (Oct 15), questioning and criticising her for not explaining the cost of her healthcare plan and for proposing dramatically higher taxes on the...
Pence, Giuliani will not cooperate in US House impeachment inquiry
October 16, 2019 7:48 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani said on Tuesday (Oct 15) they will not cooperate with a US House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate a political rival. …read more...
At crowded Democratic debate, Biden and impeachment to draw spotlight
October 16, 2019 7:39 AMWESTERVILLE (AFP) – Twelve Democrats square off Tuesday (Oct 15) in a crowded presidential debate overshadowed by an impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, who has dragged chief rival Joe Biden into the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Bolton objected to Ukraine pressure campaign: Ex-aide
October 16, 2019 5:00 AMWASHINGTON • The effort to pressure Ukraine for political help provoked a heated confrontation inside the White House last summer that so alarmed Mr John Bolton, then the national security adviser, that he told an aide to alert White House lawyers, House investigators were told on Monday. …read more Source:: The...
Bolton objected to Ukraine pressure campaign, calling Giuliani ‘a hand grenade’
October 15, 2019 2:14 PMWASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – The effort to pressure Ukraine for political help provoked a heated confrontation inside the White House last summer that so alarmed Mr John Bolton, then the national security adviser, that he told an aide to alert White House lawyers, House investigators were told on Monday (Oct 14)....
Trump ex-Russia adviser testifies in impeachment inquiry
October 15, 2019 9:03 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump’s former Russia adviser testified on Monday (Oct 14) behind closed doors as the latest witness summoned in the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry against Mr Trump over his request that Ukraine investigate a domestic political rival. …read more Source:: The...
Thousands protest in Ukraine against a troop pullback
October 14, 2019 9:57 PMKIEV (AFP) – Thousands of Ukrainians marched in Kiev on Monday (Oct 14), decrying as “capitulation” a mooted pullback of troops fighting Moscow-backed separatists in the east and calling for victory in the five-year war. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Text denying quid pro quo with Ukraine was relayed to him by Donald Trump, says US ambassador to EU
October 13, 2019 10:27 AMWASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – The United States ambassador to the European Union, Mr Gordon Sondland, intends to tell Congress this week that the content of a text message he wrote denying a quid pro quo with Ukraine was relayed to him directly by President Donald Trump in a phone call, according to a person...
Trump defends lawyer Giuliani in tweet after report of federal probe
October 13, 2019 12:29 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump defended his attorney Rudy Giuliani on Saturday (Oct 12) as a “legendary crime buster” and “wonderful lawyer” after a media report that prosecutors are investigating whether the former New York mayor broke lobbying laws in his dealings in...
