Section: US & Canada
Trump defense team questions Hunter Biden’s role in Ukraine amid intensifying push for witnesses
The White House defense team sought to show Mr. Trump’s demand Ukraine investigate the Bidens was rooted in legitimate concerns. …read more Source:: Pittsburgh...
Trump’s Lawyers to Wrap Up Defense in Impeachment Trial
Lawyers for U.S. President Donald Trump wrap up their presentation in his Senate impeachment trial Tuesday while the question of whether witnesses will be allowed during the proceedings looms.The president’s defense team spent Monday accusing Democrats of improperly using impeachment as a weapon to get rid of a president they simply...
Bolton Testimony Could Change Trump Impeachment Trial
The impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump resumed Monday amid reports of new evidence that could change Republican senators’ vote for witness testimony later this week. A New York Times report revealed former National Security Advisor John Bolton alleges Trump personally told him he conditioned aid to Ukraine on an investigation...
Trump’s Defense Against Subpoenas Makes No Legal Sense
Perhaps nothing can convince Republican senators to convict President Donald Trump, but on Friday, as Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren deftly explained why Trump’s blanket defiance of every House subpoena and request for witnesses was an impeachable obstruction of Congress, the mood in the room noticeably shifted. I had the good fortune to be...
Pompeo’s Ukraine Trip Hasn’t Begun, But It’s Already Ugly
SAUL LOEBKYIV—When U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives here in Ukraine on Friday, he should feel right at home. Never mind his feud with National Public Radio in Washington, verbally abusing one of its correspondents and asking her, among several expletives, “Do you think Americans care about Ukraine?”—meaning they do not.The U.S....
Criminal Record Of Crimean Journalist Mykola Semena Officially Cleared
An RFE/RL contributor in Ukraine’s Russia-controlled Crimea region has received court papers officially confirming the termination of his probation and the expunging of his criminal record. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Detains Three Suspects Who Fought With Russian-Backed Separatists
Ukrainian authorities on January 27 said they detained three men suspected of fighting with Moscow-backed armed formations in the eastern Donetsk region. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Watch: CNN’s Don Lemon laughs until he cries as pundits portray Trump supporters as stupid hicks
Anti-Trump Republican Rick Wilson and New York Times op-ed writer Wajahat Ali had CNN host Don Lemon in stitches Saturday night, while doing impressions on air depicting supporters of President Donald Trump as uneducated rednecks. What are the details? The Daily Wire reported on the segment from over the weekend and provided a script of the...
News of Bolton book sends jolt through impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — A single paper copy in a nondescript envelope arrived at the White House on Dec. 30. Four weeks later, news of John Bolton’s book manuscript about his time as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has exploded into public view, sending a jolt through the president’s impeachment trial. The book contains...
Trial highlights: Bolton takes centre stage from afar
WASHINGTON — Former national security adviser John Bolton took centre stage at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial even though he was nowhere near the Capitol. Bolton’s claims in a forthcoming book — that Trump told him he wanted to withhold security aid from Ukraine until it launched investigations into political rival Joe...
