Section: US & Canada
Cotton Calls GOP Leader’s Trump Team Criticism A ‘Democratic Talking Point’
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) dismissed the criticism President Trump’s lawyers received for floating Ukraine conspiracy theories during the Senate impeachment trial as a “Democratic talking point” in an interview on CBS Sunday morning. When asked by CBS’ Margaret Brennan on whether he thinks it was a “misstep” for Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow...
Bombshell report: Schiff hid ‘potentially exculpatory’ evidence from Trump’s lawyers
According to President Donald Trump’s legal team, Democrats are concealing the testimony of a major witness the House questioned during its investigation into the Ukraine matter. Alex Swoyer and S.A. Miller at the Washington Times reported that House Democrats are refusing to disclose the testimony of Michael Atkinson, the intelligence...
Defence resumes in key impeachment week; Dems seek witnesses
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial enters a pivotal week as his defence team resumes its case and senators face a critical vote on whether to hear witnesses or proceed directly to a vote that is widely expected to end in his acquittal. The articles of impeachment charge Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of...
Cotton: ‘Badmouthing The President’ Is ‘Pretty Sound Reason To Remove An Ambassador’
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) believes that “badmouthing” President Trump was enough to justify Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch’s ouster. In an interview Sunday morning on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Margaret Brennan pressed Cotton on the April 2018 recording of Trump telling Rudy Giuliani associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman to “take...
GOP senator says idea that Ukraine interfered in US election is ‘not a conspiracy theory’
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Sunday insisted claims of Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election were “not a conspiracy theory” and accused those using the characterization of pushing a “Democratic talking point.”… …read more Source:: The...
Trump Claims His Lawyers ‘Shredded’ Impeachment Case Against Him
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Sunday that his lawyers “absolutely shredded” Democrats’ case that he should be convicted of impeachment charges and removed from office.A day after Trump’s lawyers began their defense of him at his Senate trial, he said on Twitter, “The Impeachment Hoax is a massive election...
Ukrainian Soldier Killed After Shelling In Donbas
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said a government soldier was killed in the country’s eastern Donbas region. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
GOP senator prepares subpoenas for Adam Schiff, whistleblower, and the Bidens to testify in Senate trial
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is preparing to file subpoena requests for multiple new witnesses to testify in President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial.According to Politico, Hawley is targeting House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, the Ukraine whistleblower, among others.”I have...
Ted Cruz nails the lawyers’ trick that ‘deceptive’ Democrats are using in the impeachment trial
With the precision of a highly-trained attorney, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz dismantled on Saturday some of the major fallacies in the Democrats’ impeachment case. In an episode of “Verdict with Ted Cruz,” the Cuban-American Republican senator from the Lone Star State broke down the old lawyers’ trick that Democrats employed in...
Kim Jong Un a ‘Great Golfer,’ Trump said in 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump poked fun at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s alleged golfing prowess during a private dinner in April 2018, joking that golfing legend Jack Nicklaus is “a beginner” by comparison.Trump also questioned U.S. involvement in the 1950s Korean War, according to a recording of the dinner first published by ABC...
