Section: US & Canada
Trump’s lack of military experience may have muddled Ukraine request, GOP rep says
Lt. Col. Alex Vindman testified on Tuesday that “when a superior makes a request, that’s an order.” …read more Source::...
GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik gets witnesses to admit Hunter Biden’s Burisma post spelled ‘conflict of interest,’ argues he should testify
During the public impeachment hearing Tuesday, National Security Council adviser Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and his counterpart for Vice President Mike Pence, Jennifer Williams, agreed that Hunter Biden’s post at Burisma had the “appearance of conflict of interest” after Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) pressed the...
Ukraine FM Ready To Accept ‘Reasonable Compromise’ In Upcoming Peace Talks
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko says Kyiv is ready to accept a “reasonable compromise” next month during the so-called Normandy format talks on ending the bloody five-year conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘Here, Right Matters’: Vindman Expresses His Faith In America
Towards the end of the members’ questions, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) asked Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman how he could assure his father that he’d be “fine” after delivering testimony damaging to the President. “Congressman, because this is America,” Vindman said. “This is the country I’ve served and defended, that all my...
White House Adviser: Trump Didn’t Actually Seem to Care About Fighting Corruption in Ukraine
A top White House adviser on Ukraine told the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that President Donald Trump disregarded talking points on corruption in an April phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. “Those were the recommended talking points that were cleared through the NSC staff for the president,” Lt. Col....
No, Vindman Didn’t Violate The Chain Of Command—He Followed WH Lawyer’s Orders
A key House impeachment inquiry witness followed a White House lawyer’s instructions and went to him with concerns about Donald Trump’s actions. For Republican impeachment inquisitors, that was a sign of insubordination. The witness, the National Security Council Ukraine director Alexander Vindman, had been told by the NSC’s top...
‘I knew I had to report this’: Top White House aides testify at impeachment hearing
A career Army officer testified Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s call with Ukraine was “improper,” as Republicans in the impeachment inquiry tried to undercut the national security official with remarkable exchanges questioning his loyalty to the U.S. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman said that it was his “duty” to report his concerns about...
WH’s Official Twitter Takes Aim At Vindman During His Testimony
Here we go again. Although President Trump has yet to tweet his own thoughts on Tuesday’s public impeachment hearings, the White House attacked one of its own officials — Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who still works for the White House on the National Security Council. During the public impeachment testimonies of Vindman and Vice President...
Trump Manages To Keep Himself From Attacking Impeachment Witnesses
President Donald Trump refrained from levying his usual attacks on Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and other witnesses in the House impeachment investigation on Tuesday. Trump, who has baselessly accused Vindman of being a “Never Trumper,” had a more muted response to the lieutenant colonel’s public testimony that was underway. “I watched him...
The Latest: White House slams ‘illegitimate’ hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on the public impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine (all times local): 2:10 p.m. White House Pres Secretary Stephanie Grisham is slamming the first round of interviews in Tuesday’s impeachment hearings. The public heard Tuesday from Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who...
