Section: US & Canada
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,...
Top Democrat reveals private call with Bolton that contradicts Trump claims
Rep. Engel said the president is wrong that the ex-national security adviser “didn’t say anything about the Trump-Ukraine scandal at the time the President fired him. He said something to me.” …read more Source::...
Behind Mike Pompeo’s Big ‘We Care’ Trip to Ukraine
Hobbled by the impeachment trial, the U.S. secretary of state faces the tricky task of explaining a Trump administration policy that has often looked two-faced. …read more Source:: Foreign...
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...
House Foreign Policy Chair Says Bolton Told Him To Look Into Yovanovitch Ouster
In September, former National Security Adviser John Bolton told the Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee to look into the recall of former Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, the chairman, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), said Wednesday. Yovanovitch was ultimately recalled last spring after a months-long smear campaign led by...
What the New Bolton-Engel Breaking News Really Means, And Why It Matters
We’ve just had breaking news in an announcement from House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel. He says that on September 23rd, he spoke to John Bolton and Bolton “suggest[ed] to me – unprompted – that the committee look into the recall of Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch.” This was just as the original Ukraine story was breaking and...
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...
