Section: US & Canada
House Dems Release New Tranche Of Evidence From Giuliani Pal Lev Parnas
House Democrats on Wednesday released a second, much larger trove of documents from Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas. The records included text messages, photos and other communications Parnas exchanged with key players in the Ukraine scandal, including the former Ukrainian prosecutors general Yuriy Lutsenko and Viktor Shokin. Much of the...
Giuliani says he has “no idea” about efforts to track ex-Ukraine ambassador
President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani said he has “no idea” about apparent efforts to track the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and continued to defend his work in the country on behalf of the president. House Democrats on Tuesday released portions of conversations provided by Lev Parnas, Giuliani’s former business...
House Votes To Send Impeachment Articles to Senate as New Evidence Comes to Light
The House of Representatives voted 228-193 on Wednesday to formally send articles of impeachment to the Senate, signaling the start of President Donald Trump’s trial. While the tally fell mostly along party lines, Rep. Collin Peterson (D–Minn.) voted against the articles’ advancement and Rep. Justin Amash (I–Mich.) voted in favor....
Canada seeking official status in Iran plane downing probe
Canada’s transport minister says Canada is demanding official status in Iran’s investigation of the crash of a Ukraine International Airlines jet in Tehran last week …read more Source:: ABC...
Garneau says compensation for Flight PS752 victims’ families is a ‘priority:’
Transport Minister Marc Garneau said today that pushing for compensation for the families of Canadians killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was shot down a week ago in Iran is a priority for the federal government. “One of the requirements from Canada’s point of view, along with justice, is compensation. Compensation to...
Parnas Texts Expose Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Role In Impeachment Scandal
President Donald Trump’s impeachment may all boil down to the crazed ambitions of one man. But it’s not necessarily those of the President himself, nor those of his attorney Rudy Giuliani. Rather, texts from Giuliani henchman Lev Parnas suggest, the demiurge manipulating the Trump administration for the past year may be...
CT Republican chairman tweets for Hyde to end bid
The chairman of the Connecticut Republican party, J.R. Romano, asked a GOP congressional candidate to end his campaign. He wrote, “I have asked Rob Hyde to end his bid for Congress. His campaign is a distraction for the Democrats to raise money and falsely label all Republicans with his antics. In my view he is not helping other Republican...
House Staff ‘Furious’ After State Dept. Abruptly Cancels Security Briefing
Questions surrounding the specific intelligence regarding the Trump administration’s claim that there was an “imminent” threat to four U.S. embassies aren’t any closer to being answered after the State Department reportedly canceled a classified congressional briefing scheduled for Wednesday morning. Within the past week, Trump...
RCMP helping to identify Canadian victims killed in downing of Ukraine Flight 752
The RCMP is working to help identify the remains of Canadians killed in the shootdown of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 near Tehran, Iran on Jan. 8. …read more Source:: Global...
House Votes to Send Trump Impeachment to Senate for Trial
The U.S. House voted Wednesday to send two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate and approve House prosecutors for only the third impeachment trial in American history. The nearly party-line vote moved Trump’s impeachment from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Democratic-run House to the Republican-majority Senate,...
