Section: US & Canada
Colbert Breaks Down Why Alexander Vindman’s Testimony Will ‘Really Enrage’ Trump
CBSAt the end of an extremely long day of impeachment hearings, Stephen Colbert kicked off his Late Show monologue by digging into the at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here …read more Source:: The Daily...
Testimony made by GOP requested witness rejects Trump’s Biden ‘conspiracy theories’
“The allegations against Vice-President Biden are self-serving and non-credible,” declared former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker. Broader corruption in Ukraine was “plausible,” but corruption by Biden wasn’t, he said. …read more Source:: Global...
GOP-requested witness rejects Trump ‘conspiracy theories’
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sought by Republicans to testify, the former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine spoke up instead for Democrat Joe Biden in Tuesday’s impeachment hearings, rejecting “conspiracy theories” embraced by President Donald Trump and some of his allies. Kurt Volker said he has known Biden as an honorable man … …read...
The knockout of Donald Trump is as distant as ever
As the impeachment of U. S. President Donald Trump tramps toward its anticlimactic climax sometime around Lincoln’s and Washington’s birthdays next February—in all likelihood, he will be acquitted by the Senate of extortion and assorted other sins on a party-line vote, give or take a Mitt Romney or two—a pair of numbers carries the...
Alexander Vindman shoots down Democrats’ ‘bribery,’ cover-up claims
The House impeachment hearings Tuesday did not move allegations of bribery closer to President Trump, as witnesses testimony mostly stuck to the transcript of his phone call with the Ukraine president that spurred the probe. And yet Democrats and Republicans managed to extract from the proceedings a roughly equal amount … …read more...
Meet Gordon Sondland, donor turned diplomat who delivered quid pro quo message to Ukraine
Trump, who called Sondland a “great American” earlier this year, distanced himself from the ambassador since he revised his testimony. …read more Source::...
Where Trumpworld Got Their Cues to Attack Vindman’s Loyalty to America
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyLt. Col. at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Five things to know about Tuesday’s impeachment hearings
House investigators heard Tuesday from four senior national security officials with direct knowledge of President Trump’s interactions with Ukraine, marking a long day of marathon hearings on C… …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine Naftogaz Executive Cooperating In U.S. Probe Of Giuliani
U.S. Federal prosecutors are planning to interview Andrew Favorov, an executive of Ukrainian state-owned Naftogaz oil and gas conglomerate, as part of an investigation into the business dealings of Rudy Giuliani and two of his Soviet-born business associates. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. official denies knowing Ukraine aid linked to Biden probe
The former special envoy to Ukraine testified Tuesday he should have realized — as many of his colleagues did — that U.S. President Donald Trump was holding up military aid to Ukraine to pressure the country to investigate political rival Joe Biden. …read more Source:: CTV...
