Section: US & Canada
The Two Audiences for Paul Manafort’s Sentencing
Karma has a sense of irony. In 2012 and 2013, Paul Manafort launched a covert campaign to support the imprisonment of Yulia Tymoshenko, a former prime minister of Ukraine and the political rival of Manafort’s patron, Viktor Yanukovych. Manafort used government contacts and the media to smear Tymoshenko and besmirch her character.On...
Manafort Sentenced To 43 More Months
U.S. President Donald Trump’s ex-campaign chief Paul Manafort sentenced to 43 more months in prison. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Manafort Gets Another 43 Months In Prison In D.C. Sentencing
WASHINGTON–A federal judge in D.C. sentenced former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to spend an additional 43 months in prison, after a 47- month sentence in his Virginia case, as part of the unregistered foreign lobbying and money laundering case brought by special counsel Robert Mueller. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson technically...
New Britain native Paul Manafort sentenced to an additional 3 1/2 years in prison
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort sentenced to more than 3 1/2 additional years in prison Manafort offered an apology Wednesday as he appeared before a federal judge in Washington for sentencing. In a plea cut in September 2018, Manafort admitted to money laundering, tax fraud and illegal foreign lobbying connected to his years of...
Questions remain about Harjit Sajjan’s $161,000 photo bill
Last month I had an article about taxpayers spending $161,000 for photographers to take images of Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan on his various trips. The Liberal government says these photographs are proof that Canada is re-engaging on the world stage. The amount covers 26 trips since late 2015 to locations such as India, Trenton, Yellowknife,...
Ukraine blasts Austria after barring its reporter
Ukraine has defended its decision to deny entry to an Austrian journalist, claiming that Austria has been too friendly to Russia. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine blasts Austria after barring its reporter
…read more Source: Toronto...
Baby blown into Black Sea, mother jumps in, passerby dives in to save both
Strong winds in Ukraine blew a baby stroller – and the 3-year-old strapped in it – into the choppy waters of the Black Sea on Monday, prompting a hectic scene when the mother jumped in to save her child and a passerby dove in to rescue both. …read more Source: FOX...
Poroshenko Camp In Damage-Control Mode As Ukrainian Election Nears
Corruption charges against two close allies. Accusations of vote-buying from his government. The ire of a notorious far-right paramilitary group. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s road to reelection is a rocky one. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Fixing Congress, Fighting China: An Interview with Rep. Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher is the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District. First elected in 2016 at the age of 33, he previously served for seven years as a Marine Corps counterintelligence officer, including two deployments to Iraq. Since assuming office, Gallagher has emerged as one of the Republican Party’s youngest...
