Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Trump’s presidency is built on lies. Does he actually believe them?
The president’s efforts in Ukraine break Watergate’s record for presidential stupidity. What was the point?A puffed-up Donald Trump on Wednesday peddled his latest Syrian retreat as if his ability as a presidential peacemaker eclipsed Teddy Roosevelt, who won the 1906 Nobel prize for negotiating the end of the Russo-Japanese war, and...
Giuliani associates plead not guilty to illegal campaign finance charges
Prosecutors say Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman made donations while lobbying US politicians to oust the ambassador to UkraineTwo associates of Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s lawyer, both wearing American flag lapel pins, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges they used foreign money to make illegal campaign contributions to politicians and...
Chaos erupts as Republicans barge into Trump impeachment inquiry hearing
Group chanting ‘Let us in’ entered closed-door meeting where top Pentagon official who oversees Ukraine policy was to testifyAmbassador’s Ukraine testimony leaves Trump struggling to respondPolitical tensions over an intensifying impeachment inquiry reached fever pitch on Wednesday as Republicans “stormed” a closed-door committee...
The Guardian view on the Trump impeachment inquiry: he isn’t the only one lowering standards | Editorial
Testimony on the US president’s dealings with Ukraine reminds us that his enablers are just as culpable for the diminishment of the highest office in the landRepublicans push the bar ever lower. This president still cannot clear it. Even a month ago, Democrats were at pains to stress that a request for foreign interference in domestic...
Will loyalists turn against Trump after Bill Taylor’s game-changing testimony?
Diplomat added significant ballast to the allegation Trump was trying to extort Ukraine into ginning up bad news about BidenWhat Bill Taylor’s impeachment inquiry testimony tells usThe impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump has heard some extraordinary testimony over the last month. From the first mention of Trump’s desired...
Bill Taylor’s testimony removes any last plausible line of defense for Trump | Andrew Gawthorpe
Trump clearly perverted US official diplomacy in pursuit of his own private interests. It is hard to think of a more shocking misuse of presidential powerOn Tuesday, Donald Trump dismissed the impeachment inquiry into his conduct towards Ukraine as a “lynching”. This proved, unsurprisingly, that the president doesn’t know much about history...
Trump impeachment inquiry catch-up: where we are right now
The president’s denial of dirty dealings in Ukraine took a serious hit on Tuesday with Bill Taylor’s closed-door testimonyEverything you need to know about the Trump-Ukraine impeachment inquiry in 56 seconds. Continue reading… …read more Source:: The...
Trump launches lackluster attack against Bill Taylor after testimony
President attempted to discredit Ukraine diplomat with quote from John Ratcliffe: ‘You can’t have a quid pro quo with no quo’Donald Trump launched a relatively lackluster attack on Wednesday morning against the impeachment inquiry into his dealings with Ukraine and the devastating testimony on Capitol Hill the previous day of the most...
What Bill Taylor’s impeachment inquiry testimony tells us
The Ukraine diplomat said Trump put pressure on Zelenskiy to investigate Biden and gave the most detailed account so farThe US’s top diplomat in Ukraine, Bill Taylor, gave damning evidence on Tuesday to congressional committees in Washington investigating Donald Trump. Taylor told impeachment inquiry hearings that Trump had explicitly put...
US envoy says Trump used military aid to push Ukraine to investigate Biden
Ambassador Bill Taylor’s testimony met with ‘sighs and gasps’Push to target Biden described in leaked testimony – liveThe acting US ambassador to Kyiv has told congressional committees conducting impeachment hearings that military aid to Ukraine was made conditional on its government investigating the president’s political...
