Section: US & Canada
Senate pushed to summon John Bolton as witness in Trump’s impeachment trial
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton writes in a forthcoming book that Donald Trump told him he wanted to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in security aid from Ukraine until it helped him with investigations into Joe Biden. …read more Source:: Toronto...
Mark Meadows warns Republicans that they will face repercussions if they vote for new impeachment witnesses
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) warned his Republicans colleagues that they would face political repercussions if they chose to vote to hear more witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. He made the comments in an interview with Norah O’Donnell on CBS News. “I mean listen, I don’t want to speak for my Senate...
State Dept. retaliates against NPR after blow up with Mike Pompeo
The Department of State is being accused of retaliating against National Public Radio over a report that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blew up at one of their reporters over questioning about Ukraine. The president of the State Department Correspondents’ Association released a statement criticizing the State Dept. for shutting out NPR...
NPR Reporter Barred From Pompeo’s Ukraine Trip After Touchy Interview
The U.S. State Department didn’t include a reporter from National Public Radio (NPR) in the press pool for Secretary of State of Mike Pompeo’s upcoming trip to Britain, Ukraine, Belarus, and Central Asia. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Lou Dobbs Slams Staunch Conservative John Bolton as ‘Tool for Radical Dems’
Fox BusinessFox Business Network host at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Dershowitz says ‘nothing’ impeachable about reported Bolton allegations
The New York Times reported that in an unpublished manuscript, Bolton claims Trump said he wouldn’t release aid to Ukraine without investigations of the Bidens. …read more Source::...
Bolton Told Barr He Was Worried Trump Was Doing Favors For Xi And Erdogan, Book Reportedly Says
Former National Security adviser John Bolton last year reportedly expressed his concern to Attorney General Bill Barr that the President was effectively doing favors for the leaders of two foreign countries. In response, Barr reportedly expressed his own concerns — specifically, that Trump had made it look as if he had an undue influence over...
Hunter Biden agrees to pay child support, delaying contempt proceedings
Hunter Biden, son of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, has agreed to pay child support to the mother of one of his children, earning a delay in contempt proceedings from a court that ordered him to hand over his financials.What are the details?Lunden Roberts, 28, an Arkansas woman who was formerly a stripper in Washington, D.C., has...
Dershowitz: Bolton allegations would not constitute impeachable offense
Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz on Monday said that former national security adviser John Bolton’s reported account of President Trump tying Ukraine military aid to investigations into Democrats woul… …read more Source:: The...
Most legal experts say crime not required for impeachment
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s defence relies in part on arguments made in the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson more than 150 years ago: that impeachment requires a crime. But most legal scholars disagree, including a law professor called by Republicans in the House investigation to argue against impeaching Trump. In...
