Section: NPR (Canada)
Pompeo Calls Ukraine Inquiry ‘A Silly Gotcha Game’ But Says He’ll Be ‘Responsive’
Congressional investigators are demanding Ukraine-related documents from the White House, Vice President Mike Pence, and the State Department. So far, they’ve had little success.(Image credit: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP) …read more Source::...
Opinion: Did Secretary Pompeo Forget His West Point Pledge?
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a West Point graduate, should remember the academy’s honor code as the Ukraine story unfolds: “A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”(Image credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images) …read more Source::...
Trump’s Ukraine Call Might Violate Election Laws, But No One’s Enforcing Them
Campaign finance lawyers believe Trump’s request to Ukraine’s president that he investigate Joe Biden and his family broke the law. But the FEC lacks a quorum and the Justice Department sees no crime.(Image credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images) …read more Source::...
Ukraine Conducts Probe Sought By Trump Regarding Hunter Biden’s Former Employer
A new top prosecutor will review 15 dropped corruption investigations involving the owner of a gas firm on whose board Hunter Biden sat. Ruslan Ryaboshapka says he knows of no evidence against Biden.(Image credit: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters) …read more Source::...
Texts Show Top U.S. Diplomat In Ukraine Concerned Over Possible Quid Pro Quo
In texts released by House Democrats, a career diplomat worries that Washington is tying military aid and a White House visit for the president of Ukraine to an investigation of Joe and Hunter Biden.(Image credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP) …read more Source::...
Biden Ramps Up Offense And Defense On Ukraine
At first, former Vice President Joe Biden sparingly engaged on President Trump’s Ukraine attacks, but has stepped up criticism of the president and explanations of his dealings in the country.(Image credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images) …read more Source::...
Top Defense Democrat Says Lawmakers Forced Trump’s Hand on Ukraine Aid
House Armed Services Committee chairman Adam Smith tells NPR that Congress was left in the dark about the hold the White House put on Ukraine aid, but lawmakers eventually got it released.(Image credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag) …read more Source::...
Trump Publicly Calls For China And Ukraine To Investigate Bidens
Former Vice President Joe Biden called the president’s remarks “a grotesque choice of lies over truth and self over the country.” (Image credit: Andrew Harnik/AP) …read more Source::...
Pompeo Pushes Back Against House Efforts To Question State Department Officials
The secretary of state accused House Democrats of trying to “intimidate” and “bully” State Department officials by asking them give depositions over the growing Ukraine scandal. (Image credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) …read more Source::...
Rudy Giuliani Subpoenaed By House Intel Committee In Impeachment Inquiry
President Trump’s lawyer has been ordered to give evidence to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence as its probe accelerates in the Ukraine affair.(Image credit: Elise Amendola/AP) …read more Source::...
