Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
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 Trump pressured State Department to remove her
The former US ambassador to Ukraine whose abrupt ouster in May has become a focus of House impeachment investigators said Friday that her departure came as a direct result of pressure President Donald Trump placed on the State Department… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
Ukraine President: ‘No blackmail’ in conversation with Donald Trump
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says there was “no blackmail” in the phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump that helped spark an impeachment inquiry.Responding Thursday to questions from The Associated Press, Zelenskiy… …read more Source:: The New Zealand...
