Section: US & Canada
Manafort Client Laid Foundation For Theory At Center Of Trump’s Pressure Campaign
One of Paul Manafort’s clients in Ukraine appears to have laid the foundation for theories of Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election that are now at the heart of President Trump’s pressure campaign on Kyiv, according to an FBI interview released on Friday. The interview notes say that Ukrainian politician Serhiy Lyovochkin —...
FBI investigating Robert F. Hyde from Simsbury for potential involvement in Ukraine scandal
SIMSBURY — It’s a name you’ve heard a lot lately. Robert Hyde. But who is he? For starters, he’s running against Jahana Hayes for Congress in the 5th District. But it’s his antics and social media comments that have raised an eyebrow from those at the highest level of law enforcement. Hyde lives in Simsbury....
BREAKING: John Solomon files lawsuit seeking records to expose Ukraine corruption and impeachment fraud
On the “Glenn Beck Radio Program” Friday, award-winning investigative reporter John Solomon, a central figure in the impeachment proceedings, explained his newly filed lawsuit, which seeks the records of contact between Ukraine prosecutors and the U.S. Embassy officials in Kiev during the 2016 election. The records would provide...
Dear Tabatha: An advice column for sad and confused Republicans
(Shutterstock)Like many writers, I work a number of side gigs. One of my longest running projects has been an advice column I pen for people in awkward and unpleasant situations entirely of their own making. Recently I’ve been hearing a lot from a group best described as “the entire Republican Party of the United States,” and since this...
Engel: I Will Use ‘All Legal Means’ To Force Pompeo’s Presence At Iran Briefing
Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, demanded Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s presence at an Iran hearing on Jan. 29 after America’s top diplomat skipped the last one. “This hearing deals with the most weighty issues with which our country and Congress deals, including the use of force,” Engel wrote to...
Ukraine Launching Task Force to Investigate Alleged Surveillance of Former US Diplomat
The Interior Ministry of Ukraine tells VOA that a special task force involving U.S. and Ukrainian officials will be launched Monday to look into reports that the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine had been subjected to surveillance and threats in Ukraine.After meeting Friday with U.S. diplomats, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said in...
Pompeo Finally Promises To Look Into Possible Yovanovitch Surveillance
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo finally promised an investigation into alleged surveillance of former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch Friday, saying that it’s his “obligation” to “investigate” and “evaluate,” though he doubts that she was truly being tracked. “We will do everything we need to do to evaluate whether there was...
Pompeo to investigate charges of surveillance against Yovanovitch
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday said he will investigate allegations that former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was under surveillance by private American citizens intent on her removal from Kyiv and possibly threatening harm…. …read more Source:: The...
Shooting the Messenger
The Trump administration has placed civil servants and nonpolitical government employees in a terrible position. Their job is to provide accurate, nonpartisan information and make decisions grounded in law; sometimes that involves providing testimony to Congress, which legally must be truthful. Yet if they tell the truth, President Donald Trump...
Hyde Distances Himself From Parnas In Tweet Frenzy
Robert Hyde, Trump donor, landscaper from Connecticut and congressional candidate, took pains to distance himself from Lev Parnas Friday with a flurry of tweets and a video. He spends much of the video bashing House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA), whom he refers to as a “piece o’ Schiff.” Hyde also insists that he has no...
