Section: New Zealand
Official who heard call to Zelensky told to keep quiet
Several days after Donald Trump’s phone call with the leader of Ukraine, a top White House lawyer instructed a senior national security official not to discuss his grave concerns about the leaders’ conversation with anyone outside… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Trump campaign aide pushed Ukraine hacking theory – documents
US President Donald Trump clamoured for the speedy release of emails hacked from Democrats during the 2016 election campaign, and documents show a Trump aide promoted the idea that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind the cyber attack. …read more Source:: Radio New...
Mueller documents: Paul Manafort pushed the Ukraine hack theory
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pushed the idea that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind the hack of the Democratic National Committee servers, Manafort’s deputy told investigators during the… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Diplomat: John Bolton cautioned him about Rudy Giuliani and Ukraine
A US State Department Foreign Service officer is telling House impeachment investigators that former national security adviser John Bolton cautioned him that Rudy Giuliani “was a key voice with the president on Ukraine” and could… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
US colonel testifies he raised concerns about Ukraine, Trump
Defying White House orders, an Army officer serving with US President Donald Trump’s National Security Council testified to impeachment investigators on Tuesday that he twice raised concerns over Trump’s push to have Ukraine investigate… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Trump’s Ukraine expert to tell impeachment investigators he reported concerns twice
The White House’s top expert on Ukraine testifies on two events he found troubling and “inappropriate” which led to him report them. …read more Source::...
For Trump, Baghdadi death a signature moment, but troubles remain
For Donald Trump, the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is a signature achievement that may help quell criticism from his own ranks, but it’s unlikely to offer much relief from scrutiny of his dealings with Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio New...
Ukraine leader ‘felt pressure’ from US to investigate Biden before Trump phone call
More than two months before the phone call that launched the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, Ukraine’s newly elected leader was already worried about pressure from the US president to investigate his Democratic rival… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Republican lawmakers disrupt impeachment inquiry
House Republican Whip Steve Scalise, who led the confrontation, told reporters: “There are going to be other things done to push even harder to have a fair and open process.” Photo: Reuters A US House of Representatives impeachment inquiry has devolved into chaos as Republican lawmakers, encouraged by President Donald Trump to get...
‘Alarming circumstances’: A distressed diplomat tells a tale of venal intrigue
Ambassador William Taylor Jr. looked out over the front lines of Ukraine’s long war with Russian-backed separatists last July, taking in a damaged bridge and then farther in the distance, an “armed and hostile” enemy.Taylor had… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
