Section: New Zealand
US diplomat: Trump linked Ukraine aid to demand for probe
Top US diplomat says Trump held back military aid from Ukraine unless they agreed to investigate political rivals. …read more Source::...
Trump impeachment: US envoy condemns ‘irregular’ pressure on Ukraine
A top US diplomat says President Trump made the release of military aid to Ukraine conditional on a pledge that a political rival would be investigated. …read more Source:: Radio New...
Mick Mulvaney’s missteps draw scrutiny from Donald Trump allies
For Mick Mulvaney, the hits just keep on coming.First, US President Donald Trump’s acting chief of staff stirred up a tempest by acknowledging that the administration had held up aid to Ukraine in part to prod that country to investigate… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
White House acknowledges strings attached in Trump withholding Ukraine aid
Donald Trump’s acting chief of staff acknowledged that Mr Trump held up $391 million in military aid to Ukraine in part to make the money contingent upon Ukrainians investigating a US domestic political matter. …read more Source:: Radio New...
The Detail: Impeachment moves against a president above the law
US government legal advisor says he would have blown the whistle on US president if he’d read Trump’s call to Ukraine. …read more Source::...
Will it be Trump’s call to Turkish president that costs him re-election?
OPINION: Will it be Turkey that undoes Trump, not Ukraine? …read more Source::...
Donald Trump’s ex-Russia adviser tells impeachment investigators of Giuliani’s efforts in Ukraine
Fiona Hill, the White House’s former top Russia adviser, told impeachment investigators on Monday that Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, ran a shadow foreign policy in Ukraine that circumvented US officials and career… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Analysis: Gordon Sondland is about to blow a hole in Trump’s Ukraine defence
ANALYSIS: Ever since former US special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker handed over those text messages, President Donald Trump’s defenders have pointed to one of them as supposedly exonerating Trump. “Bill, I believe you are incorrect… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Ousted ambassador to Ukraine says Donald Trump pressured State Department to remove her
Marie Yovanovitch claims US president had her fired and on “the next plane” out of Kiev. …read more Source::...
Ex-envoy says Trump ousted her on ‘false claims’
Marie Yovanovitch’s (centre) stint as envoy in Kiev was cut short when she was recalled to Washington as Donald Trump allies levelled unsubstantiated charges of disloyalty and other allegations against her. Photo: Reuters The former US ambassador to Ukraine has told a House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump...
