Section: US & Canada
Rick Gates Sentenced To 45 Days In Jail, Three Years Probation
Paul Manafort associate Rick Gates was sentenced Tuesday to three years of probation and 45 days in jail, which he will be allowed to serve on weekends. He was also ordered to pay a $20,000 fine. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson noted that, in weighing the sentence, she also had to consider the signal it would send to others who committed...
GOP lawmaker: ‘No Intel people on our side’ have corroborated claims of Ukrainian 2016 interference
Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.) countered the Republican argument that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election Tuesday, saying “no Intel people on our side” have corroborated that narrative.Rooney told CNN that … …read more Source:: The...
Schiff: ‘Worst Lawyer’ Giuliani ‘Continues To Make The Case’ For Impeachment
House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) found time to poke fun at Rudy Giuliani as the House inches closer to impeaching President Trump. During an appearance on “Late Night With Seth Meyers” Monday night, Schiff tore into Giuliani by calling the President’s personal lawyer “perhaps the worst lawyer that anyone could have” after Meyers...
Ukrainian Energy Firm Sues Over Drilling Contract Given To Rick Perry Pals
The Ukrainian energy firm Naftogaz is suing the government of Ukraine over a contract that it says was improperly awarded to a friend and donor of U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry. The contract went to an American firm co-owned by Michael Bleyzer, a longtime friend of Perry’s who donated $30,000 to Perry’s Texas gubernatorial campaign...
Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine to leave post at end of year
Bill Taylor testified at the House Intelligence Committee’s inquiry into President Donald Trump’s hold on military aid to Ukraine. …read more Source::...
McConnell Shoots Down Schumer’s Push For Key Witnesses At Senate Impeachment Trial
On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) threw cold water on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) request to subpoena crucial witnesses for the Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. “The Senate is meant to act as judge and jury to hear a trial, not to rerun the entire fact-finding...
While Number of Journalists Killed Falls, More Behind Bars in 2019, RSF Says
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says journalism remains a “dangerous profession,” with 49 journalists killed this year, 389 currently imprisoned, and 57 others being held hostage.According to the Paris-based media freedom watchdog’s annual worldwide roundup of deadly violence and abusive treatment against journalists, released...
Inside the Republican Case Against Impeachment
President Donald Trump “betrayed the nation by abusing his high office,” the House Judiciary Committee declared in a 658-page impeachment report released yesterday.As Democrats tell it, “President Trump solicited the interference of a foreign government, Ukraine, in the 2020 presidential election.” He did so by asking Ukraine to announce...
Giuliani: Trump ‘relied on’ his claims about U.S. diplomat
Rudy Giuliani, U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, says he provided the president with information that the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was impeding investigations that could benefit Trump politically. Within weeks, she was recalled from her post. …read more Source:: CTV...
Giuliani: Trump ‘Relied On’ His Claims About US Diplomat
Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, says he provided the president with information that the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was impeding investigations that could benefit Trump politically. Within weeks, she was recalled from her post.In an interview with The New York Times, Giuliani portrayed himself as directly involved...
