Section: US & Canada
Alleged whistleblower was friends with current Schiff staffer while both were in the Obama White House: report
CIA analyst Eric Ciaramella, alleged to be the whistleblower whose complaint launched an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine, was friends with a current member of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff’s staff while they were both working in the White House during the Obama...
Ukraine Wants To Probe the Company That Paid Hunter Biden. But It’s ‘Too Sensitive’
One of the troubling questions at the center of the impeachment inquiry, at least for Republicans, has been the work that Hunter Biden did for Burisma, one of Ukraine’s largest gas companies, while his father was serving as Vice President. But the intensity of interest in Washington is only making it more difficult to resolve the mystery....
Putin Says US ‘Political Dramas’ Diverting Focus From Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he’s pleased that the “political battles” in Washington have put on the back-burner accusations that Russia interfered in U.S. elections.”Thank God,” he told an economic forum in the Russian capital on Wednesday, “no one is accusing us of interfering in the U.S. elections...
Pence’s office denies he spoke with Sondland about investigations
Vice President Mike Pence’s office pushed back on Sondland’s testimony Wednesday that he raised concerns that aid for Ukraine had become tied to Trump’s desire for investigations.”The Vice President never had a con… …read more Source:: The...
‘We Followed the President’s Orders’: Gordon Sondland Says There Was a Quid Pro Quo
Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, told the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday that there was an explicit and well-understood quid pro quo between the U.S. and Ukraine: If the latter country wanted a White House meeting with President Donald Trump, then Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy needed to publicly...
Fox Host Bret Baier Says Sondland’s Testimony Is ‘Very Damaging’ To GOP Talking Points
Fox News anchor Bret Baier noted that Ambassador Gordon Sondland’s public testimony on Wednesday dealt a major blow to Republicans’ defense of President Donald Trump in the impeachment investigation. “This, listen, on its face is very damaging to some of the arguments the GOP has been making,” Baier said during a brief break in the...
Trump’s EU Ambassador Details ‘Quid Pro Quo’ Demand On Ukraine
The U.S. Ambassador to the European Union testified that President Donald Trump demanded that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announce investigations into his political rival before agreeing to a White House meeting. Gordon Sondland told a congressional impeachment hearing on November 20 that investigations into a Ukrainian gas company...
Schiff Calls Sondland’s Testimony ‘Among The Most Significant Evidence To Date’
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) on Wednesday called the testimony of the ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, “among the most significant evidence to date” in the ongoing impeachment inquiry. Sondland testified Tuesday that he was pursuing President Donald Trump’s priorities when he pushed Ukraine for...
U.S. military aid bolsters Ukraine’s front lines, but Trump drama makes Kyiv nervous
The Trump-ordered aid delay was felt in Ukraine, but the real fallout has been one of perception among Ukrainian officials and others — the worry that the White House cannot always be counted on to be in Kyiv’s corner. …read more Source:: Toronto...
Sondland Confirms Public Announcement Was More Crucial Than Actual Probes
Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland confirmed publicly on Wednesday that Ukraine announcing investigations advantageous to President Trump’s political interests was more important than the investigations themselves. Sondland made the confirmation while being questioned by House Intel Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) during...
