Section: US & Canada
House Panel Invites Trump to Impeachment Hearing
The House Judiciary Committee has invited President Donald Trump to attend its first impeachment hearing next week.The Intelligence Committee wrapped up its role in the inquiry last week and will send its report to the Judiciary Committee, which holds its first hearing Dec. 4.The Judiciary Committee hearing will look into what it calls the...
READ: Testimony Of Philip Reeker, Acting Assistant Secretary Of State For Europe
On Oct. 26, Reeker told lawmakers that senior State Department officials blocked him from helping Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who was the subject of a pressure campaign.(Image credit: Jose Luis Magana/AP) …read more Source::...
READ: Top OMB Official Describes Order To Freeze Ukraine Funds
The House impeachment inquiry on Tuesday released the transcript from the depositions of Mark Sandy, a top career official in the White House budget office. Sandy, who testified behind closed doors on Nov. 16, is deputy associate director for national security at the White House Office of Management and Budget. Sandy’s supervisor, political...
Top US Diplomat Open to Investigation of Ukraine for Election Meddling
The top U.S. diplomat is refusing to rule out allegations it was Ukraine, not Russia, which was responsible for interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections.Despite repeated findings by U.S. intelligence agencies, which puts the blame on Russia, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday if there is any information “that so much...
White House budget office formally held Ukraine aid on same day as Trump-Zelenskiy call
While the first letter to withhold Ukraine aid was signed by a career official, subsequent letters to freeze the money were signed by a political appointee, a summary of the OMB documents shows. …read more Source::...
READ: Top State Official Testifies About Smear Campaign Against Ambassador
The committees leading the House impeachment probe released on Tuesday the transcript of their interview with Philip Reeker, a top State Department official. Reeker, the acting assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, described for House investigators the smear campaign against Marie Yovanovitch, the former...
WH Froze Ukraine Money Within Hours Of Trump-Zelensky Call
The White House first officially froze $250 million in Pentagon military aid funds destined for Ukraine within hours of the now-infamous July 25 call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky. That’s according to documents the White House provided to the House Budget and Appropriations committees. The Budget committee...
Michigan Democrat who spoke out against impeachment quickly flips back, now supports impeachment again
Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.) made headlines when she publicly opposed impeaching President Donald Trump, even though she had voted in support of the impeachment inquiry.Lawrence’s opposition to impeachment appeared to be evidence that two weeks of public hearings in the House Intelligence Committee actually caused support for impeachment...
Docs reportedly show Ukraine aid was formally frozen on same day as Trump-Zelensky July phone call
Documents obtained by the House Budget Committee related to the holdup of foreign aid to Ukraine earlier this year shows that the White House’s budget office formally took actions to freeze the aid on the same day as President Donald Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, CNN reported Tuesday.Citing a...
Trump Impeachment Drama Gets Attention, Mixed Reviews Around World
As the impeachment process against U.S. President Donald Trump unfolds, it’s not only Americans glued to their television sets. People around the world are fascinated by the political warfare in Washington and many say it shows American democracy in action. Trump is accused of improperly pressuring Ukraine to investigate the family of his...
