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The Latest: Pompeo dismisses Sondland testimony on Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on President Donald Trump and the House impeachment inquiry (all times local): 1:35 p.m. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has dismissed testimony in the impeachment inquiry that he was kept informed of an effort to pressure the government of Ukraine for investigations. Pompeo, meeting with … …read more...
Here’s All the People Sondland Just Threw Under the Bus
Drew Angerer/GettyAmbassador Gordon Sondland is one of President Trump’s most ubiquitous and eager hatchet men in the attempt to get Ukraine officials to dig up dirt and launch investigations in former Vice President Joe Biden. But in his testimony on Wednesday the EU ambassador made clear that if he’s going to be the fall guy for the...
‘Thank God’: Putin thrilled U.S. ‘political battles’ over Ukraine taking focus off Russia
“No one is accusing us of interfering in the U.S. elections anymore; now they’re accusing Ukraine,” the Russian president told an economic forum in Moscow. …read more Source::...
Quid Pro Quo, The Critical Backstory
Clarifying many points in the Ukraine scandal drama requires simply stating the obvious. And nowhere more so than in this now notorious Trump/Sondland phone call in which the President barked “no quid pro quo” to Sondland multiple times and said he wanted “nothing” from President Zelensky of Ukraine. The President and his supporters have rather...
Pompeo on Sondland testimony: 'I didn't see a single thing today. I was working'
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said he “didn’t see” Ambassador to the European Union (EU) Gordon Sondland’s testimony in which Sondland said Pompeo was among officials “in the loop” about efforts to press Ukraine for… …read more Source:: The...
What Gordon Sondland Does (And Doesn’t) Remember
Gordon Sondland this morning delivered the most damning congressional testimony against President Donald Trump since that of James Comey, the former FBI director whose firing led to a two-year investigation that consumed Trump’s presidency.But Sondland, Trump’s ambassador to the European Union, is no Comey, whose seemingly...
Trump Insists He Told Sondland He Wanted ‘Nothing’ From Ukraine
Amid EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland’s blockbuster impeachment hearing on Wednesday, President Donald Trump took pains to emphasize he had not told Sondland outright during a particular meeting in September to facilitate a pressure campaign against Ukraine. In response to Sondland’s testimony that the Ukraine scheme was carried out on...
Rudy Contradicts Sondland Testimony On Ukraine Pressure Campaign
This post has been updated to reflect that, after deleting the tweet in question Wednesday, Rudy Giuliani posted another tweet with the same claims. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani tweeted a denial of a key detail in the ongoing impeachment inquiry, rejecting a witness’s testimony that Trump ordered him to work...
Survey: About 1 in 4 Europeans Hold Anti-Semitic Beliefs
A new survey shows about one in four Europeans holding anti-Semitic beliefs, with such attitudes on the rise in eastern countries and mostly steady in the west.The poll of 14 European countries released Thursday by the New York-based Anti-Defamation League found anti-Semitic attitudes most prevalent in Poland, Ukraine and Hungary, with more than...
Republicans formally request to subpoena Hunter Biden and the whistleblower
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) have submitted a formal request to House Intel Chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) to subpoena Hunter Biden and the whistleblower in the House impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.In the letter request submitted Wednesday, Reps. Nunes and Jordan argue that despite House Speaker...
