Section: US & Canada
Vulnerable Democrats fall in line behind Trump impeachment
WASHINGTON — Utah Democrat Ben McAdams stepped into a small town city council chamber just outside Salt Lake City and took a deep breath. “I will vote yes,” McAdams told reporters. With a tight smile, the congressman made clear, in the heart of ruby-red Utah, that he will vote to impeach President Donald Trump. The scene played out across the...
Brawl breaks out at Adam Schiff speech after protesters unfurl Trump 2020 flag — and it’s all on video
Video captured a brawl between supporters of Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and protesters who unfurled a Trump 2020 flag during his town hall event on Saturday. Schiff was speaking at an event organized in support of a measure to condemn the Armenian Genocide in Glendale, California. Protesters disrupted the event as he spoke by holding up signs...
CNN reporter: Giuliani made a stunning admission
In an interview with the New Yorker, Rudy Giuilani said he needed former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch “out of the way,” and went on to say she was going to make investigations into President Donald Trump’s political rival “difficult.” …read more Source:: National...
Rudy Giuliani PR blitz threatens to backfire on Trump
Rudolph W. Giuliani’s public-relations war for President Trump appeared to backfire Monday, two days ahead of climatic House vote on impeachment, with one interview quoting him saying he wanted the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine “out of the way” and another ending up on Russian state TV. Mr. Giuliani, who returned …...
Exclusive: Lawsuit Raises Questions About Rick Perry’s Role In Ukraine Energy Sector
This summer, the Ukrainian government awarded the rights to develop a huge complex of oil and gas fields in the country to an American company that is co-owned by a former campaign donor to then-Energy Secretary Rick Perry. The decision annoyed the heads of the state-owned Naftogaz conglomerate, which had competed and lost the bidding for the...
Seven Months After Firing His Ukraine Ambassador, Trump’s Still Looking For A Replacement
Months after former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was recalled early from that job, in May, the Trump administration is still looking for someone to fill the void. Trump aides are zeroing in on a replacement, Politico reported Monday. Bill Taylor, the former ambassador, has served as acting ambassador and chargé d’affaires...
Rudy Giuliani says Ukrainian officials’ testimony would demolish impeachment narrative, implicate Bidens
President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, said Monday that there is clear evidence that Joe and Hunter Biden were involved in bribery and money laundering in Ukraine and that there is documented evidence to prove it.Giuliani posted a series of tweets laying out the accusations, accompanied by clips from One America News....
PolitiFact’s ‘Lie of the Year’ goes to Trump’s Ukraine whistleblower claims
PolitiFact on Monday said its 2019 “Lie of the Year” is President Trump’s claim that the intelligence community whistleblower incorrectly reported his call with the Ukrainian president that is at the center of House… …read more Source:: The...
Giuliani Admits He Wanted To Get US Ambassador In Ukraine ‘Out Of The Way’
More than a month before President Donald Trump pushed the Ukrainian president to investigate Democrats, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was recalled early from her office. It was a coup for Rudy Giuliani, who’d pushed for months for the ambassador’s ouster. In a New Yorker profile published Monday, Giuliani explained why he wanted the...
Trump defends Giuliani’s trip to Ukraine: ‘He does it out of love’
President Trump on Monday defended Rudy Giuliani’s recent travels to Ukraine to find damaging information about the president’s political rivals, saying his personal attorney did so “out of love.””He’s a great pers… …read more Source:: The...
