Section: New Zealand
Key impeachment question: What did Trump want from Ukraine – and what exactly did he do?
In the nearly 3,000 pages of interviews from the House impeachment inquiry released last week, President Donald Trump often seems like a supporting character in someone else’s drama.Aides struggle to please him. They fret about… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Jennifer Rubin: Republicans admit they have no fact witnesses – and Trump did it
COMMENT: House Republicans acknowledged that they have no witnesses and no documents to dispute the main facts concerning President Donald Trump’s impeachable conduct: a demand from Ukraine for dirt on a political rival; withholding… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Key impeachment question: What did Trump want from Ukraine – and what exactly did he do?
The crux of the impeachment inquiry boils down to a simple question, but no-one seems to know the answer. …read more Source::...
What you need to know about Donald Trump releasing the second Ukraine phone call
For only the fourth time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives has started a presidential impeachment inquiry. House committees are trying to determine whether President Donald Trump violated his oath of office by asking… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Trump denies asking attorney general to clear him on Ukraine
US President Donald Trump has denied asking the justice department to clear him of wrongdoing over a phone call with Ukraine’s president that is at the heart of an impeachment inquiry. …read more Source:: Radio New...
Trump impeachment probe to enter critical phase
US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters Impeachment proceedings against US President Donald Trump for pressuring Ukraine to investigate a political rival will reach a critical stage next week when a Democratic-led congressional committee holds its first public hearings on the issue. …read more Source:: Otago Daily...
After Ukraine and Syria, Russia turns its attention to Libya’s proxy war
At first, the fighters inside the empty school building in Al Aziziyah, about 20 burly, heavily armed Russian mercenaries in dark fatigues, seemed trapped, recalled some of the Libyan militiamen who were there.But as the Libyans… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Diplomat tries to shield Trump – and himself – from culpability
It’s clear that Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union, would rather not incriminate US President Donald Trump in an effort to leverage American aid to Ukraine for politically useful investigations. It’s also clear… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Ousted US envoy to Ukraine warned people wanted to ‘hurt her’
Marie Yovanovitch said she was told the Ukrainian prosecutor “was looking to hurt me in the US.” …read more Source::...
Trump impeachment inquiry: Ambassador to Ukraine felt ‘threatened’
Why did she feel threatened? …read more Source:: Radio New...
