Section: US & Canada
Senate GOP Blows Off GAO Finding That Trump’s Hold On Ukraine Aid Was Illegal
Many Senate Republicans, including several members of the Appropriations Committee, seemed unconcerned by a government watchdog report released Thursday that found that the Trump administration’s broke the law by withholding aid to Ukraine. While some GOP senators claimed they hadn’t seen the report, other Republicans admitted that it...
U.S. Government Watchdog Says Trump Administration Broke Law In Freezing Ukraine Aid
A nonpartisan U.S. Congressional watchdog says the administration of President Donald Trump violated federal law by withholding security assistance to Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
White House broke law on Ukraine aid, watchdog says as Senate starts impeachment procedures
The U.S. Senate opens its historic proceedings against President Donald Trump on Thursday with a formal reading of the articles of impeachment by House prosecutors, followed by the arrival at the Capitol of Chief Justice John Roberts, who will swear in all 100 senators as jurors for just the third impeachment trial in U.S. history. …read...
Yup, Trump Was Pressuring Ukraine Way Before Notorious Phone Call
It is becoming increasingly clear that President Trump’s pressure campaign on Ukraine began long before President Volodymyr Zelensky took power in May 2019, and likely extended far back into the tenure of his predecessor. While the notorious phone call between Trump and Zelensky in July 2019 prompted the whistleblower complaint that...
Top Democrat Asks FBI to Refuse to Cooperate With GOP Senators’ Ukraine Investigation
A top member of the Senate Finance Committee is urging the FBI to refuse to cooperate with a congressional Ukraine investigation. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the top Democrat on the committee, on Thursday morning sent a letter to FBI Director Chris Wray and Attorney General Bill Barr urging them to stiff-arm a request from two Senate chairmen for...
Nations of Iran Plane Crash Victims Seek Compensation for Families
(LONDON) — The governments of countries that lost citizens when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner demanded Thursday that Tehran accept “full responsibility” and pay compensation to the victims’ families. The foreign ministers of Canada, the U.K., Afghanistan, Sweden and Ukraine issued the statement on after a meeting at the Canadian High...
FBI Visits Home Of Trump Donor Who Sent Menacing Texts About Yovanovitch
FBI investigators on Thursday reportedly visited the home and business of Robert Hyde, the Trump donor and congressional candidate who sent menacing texts to Lev Parnas about then-Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. CNN reported the news Thursday: FBI investigators went to the home and the business of Robert Hyde on Thursday. The agents were...
Kellyanne Conway Melts Down Under Grilling by Fox News
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway was asked four times by Fox News on Thursday morning to “flat-out” refute claims from Rudy Guiliani associate Lev Parnas that President Donald Trump was at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here …read more Source:: The Daily...
WATCH LIVE: Articles of impeachment formally presented in the Senate
Author: TEGNA, LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press Now that the U.S. Senate has been delivered the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, that body will begin the process Thursday of preparing for his trial. The House impeached Trump for abuse of power, alleging he used military aid as leverage to force Ukraine’s president to...
Is Lev Parnas a Reliable Impeachment Witness?
New evidence from a key player sheds more light on Trump’s role in pressuring Ukraine to investigate a political rival. …read more Source:: Foreign...
