Section: US & Canada
Diplomat says of Trump Ukraine call: ‘I remember it vividly’
State Department official David Holmes said he’d “never seen anything like” the phone call he witnessed between President Donald Trump and Ambassador Gordon Sondland …read more Source:: The Boston...
Sondland to U.S. Diplomat, Trump Only Only Cares About ‘Big Stuff’ Like the Biden Investigation
Chip SomodevillaThe U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland told State Department officials and staffers in Kiev that Donald Trump didn’t “give a shit about Ukraine” and only cared about the country launching an investigation into 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter. That’s according to a newly...
David Holmes transcript: Ukraine ‘came to understand’ there was a quid pro quo
State Department official David Holmes told the impeachment inquiry that he thought Ukraine leaders got the message that President Trump wouldn’t provide military aid until they met his demands. According to transcripts of his closed-door interview with lawmakers, Mr. Holmes was alarmed by Mr. Trump’s efforts in Ukraine that he...
House Democrats release testimony of diplomat who overheard Trump’s Ukraine call
Transcripts were released late Monday from interviews with David Holmes, the diplomat who overheard the call, and from David Hale, the State Department’s No. 3 official. …read more Source:: Global...
READ: Testimony Of Top State Department Official David Hale
Hale, the under secretary of state for political affairs, allegedly knew about the White House’s push to recall Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.(Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) …read more Source::...
READ: State Department Official David Holmes’ Impeachment Inquiry Testimony
The diplomat testified Nov. 15 that he overheard President Trump telling Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the EU, that he was seeking political investigations from Ukraine’s president.(Image credit: Jose Luis Magana/AP) …read more Source::...
READ: State Dept. Official Points To Pompeo In Yovanovitch Ouster
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke with Rudy Giuliani when deciding not to issue a statement in support of Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, according to testimony from Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale released Monday evening. Hale told the House Intelligence Committee in a Nov. 6 deposition that Pompeo ordered the State...
READ: Interview Of Embassy Aide Who Heard Trump-Sondland Call
The House committees leading the impeachment inquiry on Monday released the testimony of the State Department official who claimed to overhear an explosive phone call between President Trump and the U.S. ambassador leading the Ukraine pressure campaign. David Holmes, who served in the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, said he overheard the phone call while...
House Puts Out Testimony From Official Who Heard Trump Call
Impeachment investigators have released closed-door testimony from a U.S. official in Ukraine who overheard a call between diplomat Gordon Sondland and President Donald. …read more Source:: U.S....
Russia Offers Job to Maria Butina, Woman Convicted by US of Being an Agent
In her first public appearance since being deported by U.S. authorities who had jailed her for being a Russian agent, Maria Butina was on Monday offered a job by Moscow to defend Russians imprisoned abroad.During an event for the media, Russia’s human rights commissioner, Tatyana Moskalkova, offered Butina, 31, a job working for her...
