Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
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...
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...
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...
In 14-hour news conference, Ukraine’s leader Zelensky says he wasn’t blackmailed by Trump
October 11, 2019 9:31 AMKIEV (REUTERS) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday (Oct 10) he would be ready to open a probe into any Ukrainian interference in the 2016 US presidential election but denied that US President Donald Trump had tried to blackmail him. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Zelensky is unsure of Ukraine’s role in 2016 election
October 10, 2019 9:15 PMKIEV (BLOOMBERG) – President Donald Trump, after making clear he won’t cooperate with House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, goes back on offence on Thursday (Oct 10) with his first campaign rally since the probe began. …read more Source:: The Straits...
