Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
US impeachment inquiry: Trump’s Ukraine envoy Kurt Volker denies role in pushing for Biden probe
November 20, 2019 8:16 AMWASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – President Donald Trump’s former envoy to Ukraine said he wasn’t initially aware of attempts to prod that country into investigating Mr Joe Biden but came to realise that the anti-corruption efforts being demanded by the administration meant probes involving the former vice...
‘The facts as I understood them’: Quotes from Trump impeachment hearing
November 20, 2019 5:34 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The following are quotations on Tuesday (Nov 19) from the third day of US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee public hearings in an impeachment inquiry examining President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine: …read more Source:: The Straits...
Ukraine ‘tired’ of Trump impeachment scandal, says president Zelenskiy
November 20, 2019 1:11 AMKIEV (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday (Nov 19) that his country is “tired” of questions related to the Trump scandal, amid a critical week of public impeachment hearings in Washington. …read more Source:: The Straits...
White House official Alexander Vindman criticises Trump call, decries ‘cowardly’ attacks
November 19, 2019 11:05 PMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A White House official testified in the impeachment inquiry against US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Nov 19) that the president’s phone call urging Ukraine’s leader to investigate Mr Trump’s political rivals was improper and blasted what he called “cowardly”...
Who are the 9 witnesses scheduled to testify this week in the Trump impeachment inquiry?
November 19, 2019 9:44 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The US House of Representatives’impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump shifts into higher gear this week when a parade of officials will face questioning by lawmakers over Mr Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Ex-envoy Kurt Volker to tell impeachment inquiry he was unaware of Trump-Ukraine pressure as this week’s hearings begin
November 19, 2019 9:26 AMWASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – Mr Kurt D. Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, plans to tell lawmakers on Tuesday (Nov 19) that he was out of the loop at key moments during President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on Ukraine to turn up damaging information about Democrats, according to an account of his...
Ex-US envoy to Ukraine testifies as Trump slams her on Twitter
November 17, 2019 5:00 AMWASHINGTON • The former US ambassador to Ukraine has told an impeachment inquiry in Congress that she felt threatened by President Donald Trump and “shocked, appalled, devastated” that he vilified her in a call with another foreign leader, as Mr Trump attacked her in real time on Twitter, drawing a stern...
Four takeaways from Marie Yovanovitch’s testimony in House impeachment hearing
November 16, 2019 5:06 AMWASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – Marie Yovanovitch, the former US ambassador to Ukraine who was ousted from that job in April amid a smear campaign, testified on Friday (Nov 15) in the second public impeachment hearing into President Donald Trump. …read more Source:: The Straits...
‘He simply always takes the bait’: Reaction to Trump impeachment hearing
November 16, 2019 2:14 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee held its second public hearing on Friday (Nov 15) in an impeachment inquiry examining President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, with Marie Yovanovitch, former US ambassador to Ukraine, testifying. …read more Source:: The...
Trump attacks US diplomat as she testifies in impeachment probe
November 16, 2019 12:15 AMWASHINGTON (AFP) – President Donald Trump on Friday (Nov 15) tweeted an attack against the former US ambassador to Ukraine while she was in the middle of testifying in his impeachment probe, prompting her to complain she was being intimidated. …read more Source:: The Straits...
