Section: US & Canada
A confidential White House review reportedly found emails from top officials trying to justify Trump’s Ukraine military aid block
The Washington Post reported that the White House Counsel’s Office is concerned that their research included “unflattering” conversations. …read more Source:: Business...
White House review turns up emails showing extensive effort to justify Trump’s decision to block Ukraine military aid
A confidential White House review of President Trump’s decision to place a hold on military aid to Ukraine has turned up hundreds of documents that reveal extensive efforts to generate an after-the-fact justification for the decision and a debate over whether the delay was legal, according to three people familiar with the records. The...
Probe finds Mulvaney sought to justify Ukraine aid holdup after the fact: report
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and budget officials scrambled to reverse-engineer an explanation for the hold on military aid to Ukraine, … …read more Source:: The...
Nunes dodges questions about allegations he sought dirt on Biden from Ukraine
“I really want to answer all these questions, and I promise you I absolutely will come back on the show and answer these questions,” Nunes told Fox News. …read more Source::...
The Trump-Ukraine whistleblower has a statutory right to confidentiality: it's the law
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) don’t often agree. But on protecting the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower’s identity they both got it right. It is the law.To understand why, simply start with the official form the… …read more Source:: The...
GOP senator: ‘I don’t know’ if Ukraine or Russia hacked 2016 election
The U.S. intelligence community has said that Russia hacked the DNC in 2016. Sen. John Kennedy said that “it could also be” Ukraine. …read more Source::...
Congressman Nunes ‘Can’t’ Answer Whether He Met With Ukrainian Prosecutor
Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the Congressional committee investigating President Donald Trump, refused to answer questions Sunday as to whether he met with a former Ukrainian official to gather information on the son of former vice president Joe Biden.A lawyer representing Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Trump’s personal lawyer,...
Nunes Claims CNN, Daily Beast Reports Are ‘Criminal In Nature’ Says He’s Working With Law Enforcement
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) accused CNN and the Daily Beast of being accessories to “criminal activity” on Sunday after the two outlets reported on his alleged dealings with Lev Parnas, one of Rudy Giuliani’s indicted associates. When Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo asked Nunes if he had met with former Ukrainian...
Kellyanne Conway Struggles to Defend Trump’s DNC Server Conspiracy Theory on ‘Face the Nation’
“Are you sure they did that? Are you sure they gave it to Ukraine?” Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Biden investigation not raised during 2017 meeting, former Ukrainian president says
Ukraine’s former president, Petro Poroshenko, said he had conversations with U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer two years ago, but the possibility of investigating former vice-president Joe Biden’s son was not raised. …read more Source::...
