Section: US & Canada
As Parnas Speaks Out, Nunes Now Remembers Talking To Him On The Phone
When call logs and media reports dragged House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes (R-CA) deeper into the inner folds of the impeachment pressure scheme last month, Nunes conveniently did not recall the conversation in question — a series of phone-tag calls between himself and indicted Rudy Giuliani pal, Lev Parnas. But now that...
Watchdog: Freedom Of Speech In Ukraine Deteriorates
Ukraine saw an increase in freedom of speech violations in 2019, local media watchdog Institute of Mass Information (IMI) said in a yearly report. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
WATCH: Articles of impeachment to be 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...
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...
