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Key takeaways from Day 3 of the impeachment testimony
There were attacks on the credibility of a witness in uniform and hand-wringing by another witness on all that he knows now that he says he didn’t know then. Here are some key takeaway’s from Tuesday’s testimony. …read more Source::...
Impeachment witness Volker says he ‘should have seen’ link between Ukraine aid and push to investigate Biden
The second round of testimony in Tuesday’s impeachment hearings is underway in Washington, with witnesses Tim Morrison of the National Security Council and Kurt Volker, former special envoy to Ukraine. Both have already testified behind closed doors in House Democrats’ impeachment investigation of U.S. President Donald Trump and his...
Trump’s Ukraine Defenders Are Caught in an Existential Crisis
In the White House’s telling of events, the two staffers who testified on Tuesday morning weren’t credible and also cleared the president of any wrongdoing. “We have learned nothing new in today’s illegitimate ‘impeachment’ proceedings,” the White House said in a statement. “However, buried among the witnesses’...
Kurt Volker, citing Biden link, becomes latest witness to revise testimony
The former U.S. envoy for Ukraine negotiations appeared at the House Intelligence Committee impeachment hearing. …read more Source::...
Trump’s Ukraine Defenders Spend the Day in the Grip of an Existential Crisis
In the White House’s telling of events, the two staffers who testified on Tuesday morning weren’t credible and also cleared the president of any wrongdoing. “We have learned nothing new in today’s illegitimate ‘impeachment’ proceedings,” the White House said in a statement. “However, buried among the witnesses’...
Witnesses describe Trump call with the president of Ukraine as “improper”
The third round of impeachment hearings got underway on Tuesday. Two witnesses were alarmed by the president’s July call with the leader of Ukraine, calling it “improper” and “unusual.” Nancy Cordes has the latest. …read more Source::...
The GOP’s Witnesses Aren’t Helping Trump
At the start of the second session of today’s doubleheader impeachment hearings, Chairman Adam Schiff noted an important distinction about the two witnesses appearing before the House Intelligence Committee: Both Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, and Timothy Morrison, a senior director on the National Security Council, were...
Estonian President Sees Life in ‘Brain-Dead’ NATO
Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid defended NATO on Tuesday after French President Emmanuel Macron branded it “brain dead,” saying Estonia felt safe in a military alliance that has been fortifying its eastern flank as a shield against Russia.”NATO is clearly functional,” said Kaljulaid, whose Baltic state was for half a...
7 Big Moments From Day 3 of the Public Impeachment Hearings
Two experts on Ukraine who listened in on President Donald Trump’s phone call with the former Soviet republic’s new leader testified Tuesday on the third day of House Democrats’ public impeachment hearings. The impeachment inquiry sprang from allegations that Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during that...
Report: At Least $35 Million In Aid Is Still Being Withheld From Ukraine
The Trump administration is reportedly still withholding some of the congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine even as impeachment investigators scrutinize President Donald Trump’s decision to delay the aid to leverage political assistance. The Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday that it had obtained a Pentagon document showing...
