Section: US & Canada
Sondland Insists ‘Everyone Was in the Loop’ on Ukraine
As Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union, recounted in riveting testimony in the House of Representatives impeachment hearings Wednesday, “Everyone was in the loop.”The legion of top U.S. officials well aware of President Donald Trump’s efforts this summer to get Ukraine to carry out investigations that would help Trump...
A Pentagon official unexpectedly blew up Trump’s defense in the Ukraine scandal and Gordon Sondland threw everyone under the bus. Here are the biggest takeaways from Wednesday’s impeachment hearings.
Gordon Sondland was expected to be the big witness on Wednesday. But Pentagon official Laura Cooper took the spotlight with bombshell new testimony. …read more Source:: Business...
Pence Says He Has No Recollection of Ukraine Aid Concerns
Vice President Mike Pence says he has no recollection of a conversation with EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland about a link between military aid for Ukraine and investigations. …read more Source:: U.S....
Sondland to US Lawmakers: Trump Conditioned Aid to Ukraine on Investigations
U.S. diplomat Gordon Sondland told the impeachment panel investigating President Donald Trump Wednesday that despite the president’s denial, U.S. aid to Ukraine was conditioned on investigations benefiting Trump’s personal political interests. Sondland’s testimony could mark a pivotal turning point in the impeachment inquiry in...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Names 4 Key Issues For Upcoming Peace Summit on Donbas
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said he will advance four key issues during an upcoming four-way meeting with the leaders of Germany, France, and Russia on a potential peace settlement in the Donbas conflict. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine asked ‘what was going on’ with U.S. aid on same day as Trump call: official
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence Laura Cooper told lawmakers Wednesday the Ukrainian government asked “what was going on” with U.S. military aid as early as July 25 — the very day that Trump asked Ukraine’s president to investigate Democrats. …read more Source:: Global...
Pentagon official drops a bomb, reveals 3 separate inquiries about Ukraine military aid on the day of Trump’s July 25 call with Zelensky
Pentagon official Laura Cooper gave unexpected bombshell testimony that destroyed Trump’s defense in the Ukraine scandal. …read more Source:: Business...
Impeachment hearings takeaways: `Everyone was in the loop’
Gordon Sondland, President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the European Union, bolstered Democrats’ impeachment narrative Wednesday as he repeatedly talked of a “quid pro quo” involving Ukraine. He said “everyone was … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...
7 Key Moments From Gordon Sondland’s Testimony on Day 4 of Public Impeachment Hearings
Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union, delivered an apparently mixed message Wednesday to lawmakers about what President Donald Trump wanted from Ukraine. In the fourth day of House Democrats’ public impeachment hearings, Sondland first testified that there was a “quid pro quo” in which Ukraine’s new president would...
Russia Arrests Soldier Suspected Of Spying For Ukraine
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) on November 20 detained a military serviceman on suspicion of spying on behalf of Ukraine in the Rostov region. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
