Section: US & Canada
The Impeachment Trial Lawyers Have Joined the 2020 Campaign
The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump has been short on drama. The rules which govern the proceedings effectively preclude it—Senators observing the trial sit testily, but quietly, through presentations from either side and submit their questions in writing directly to Chief Justice John Roberts. It’s been left to the two legal...
Why Ukraine’s Zelensky remains so focused on getting a White House meeting
For President Volodymyr Zelensky, an Oval Office visit would show the world Ukraine’s Trump problem is resolved. …read more Source:: The Washington...
Let’s Unpack This Weak Dershowitz Idiocy
The argument given a few moments ago about quid pro quos from Alan Dershowitz was so disingenuous and willfully bamboozling I think it’s important to briefly unpack it. Dershowitz argued that with many foreign policy decisions a President is both advancing the national interest and also looking to his personal political fortunes. That...
Trump administration rolls out new sanctions over Russian occupation of Crimea
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced new sanctions related to Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula.The Treasury Department designated eight individuals in Ukraine in response to Russian agg… …read more Source:: The...
Democratic congressman claims John Bolton tipped him off about looking into ousted Ukraine ambassador after leaving WH
A top House Democrat said Wednesday that former national security adviser John Bolton tipped him off months ago about the ouster of a former U.S. diplomat to Ukraine.In a statement sent out shortly before the Senate’s impeachment trial resumed on Wednesday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Elliott Engel (D-N.Y.) issued a statement...
Republican Senators Say the Truth Is Irrelevant in Evaluating the Gravity of Trump’s Misconduct
Donald Trump’s lawyers have vigorously disputed the facts alleged in the articles of impeachment against him. But their fallback, bottom-line argument, which is especially important now that former National Security Adviser John Bolton seems prepared to confirm the aid-for-investigations quid pro quo at the heart of the House’s case,...
US Issues Fresh Sanctions Over Ukraine’s Crimea -Treasury Website
The United States on Wednesday issued a fresh round of sanctions related to Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea, targeting eight individuals and one entity, according to a notice on the U.S. Department of Treasury’s website. Such sanctions block assets under United States control and prohibit U.S. individuals and...
John Bolton Is Trying to Make a Buck. So Is Everyone Else in Washington.
There is good reason to think that John Bolton, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, is in it for the money. Bolton has spent the last several months playing footsie with Congress, teasing that he has secrets to spill about Trump’s involvement in the Ukraine scandal but refusing to participate in the impeachment inquiry or...
Taking It In Stride, Again: As Pompeo Visits, Ukraine Seems Set To Shrug Off Controversy
Days before a trip to Kyiv, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly questioned whether Americans care about Ukraine. But Ukrainian officials, fearful of straining relations with the country’s most powerful supporter, aren’t dwelling on it — and ordinary citizens more concerned about big domestic challenges don’t...
NBC: Trump Fan Tied To Yovanovitch Surveillance Scheme Pretended To Be DEA Officer
Anthony de Caluwe, a Dutch Trump fan with ties to indicted Giuliani associate Lev Parnas, pretended to be an officer for the Drug Enforcement Administration while purportedly tracking former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, NBC News reported Wednesday. Several people told NBC News that de Caluwe, who provided the updates of...
