Section: US & Canada
Top Trump Official Who Touted Bogus Credentials Resigns
A senior official at the State Department who came under fire after NBC News reported that she fabricated aspects of her professional and educational background, which included a fake TIME Magazine cover of herself, has reportedly resigned. According to a resignation letter obtained by Politico Monday afternoon, Mina Chang — who served as the...
Trump Suggests He’ll ‘Consider’ Testifying in Impeachment Inquiry
President Donald Trump said Monday that he will “strongly consider” testifying in House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. “Even though I did nothing wrong, and don’t like giving credibility to this No Due Process Hoax, I like the idea & will, in order to get Congress focused again, strongly consider it!” the president said in a...
Pelosi says ‘facts are uncontested’ that Trump ‘abused his power’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Monday the “facts are uncontested” that President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine were an abuse of power.In a “Dear Colleague” letter sent to members… …read more Source:: The...
John Solomon’s questions for former U.S. Amb. to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch
by WorldTribune Staff, November 18, 2019 Rep. John Ratcliffe has produced some of the most illuminating moments of the impeachment hearings via his questioning of Democrats’ star witnesses. Ratcliffe pressed former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch on whether it was appropriate for Hunter Biden to be working for a major Ukrainian...
Report: Emails briefed ‘whistleblower’ on Soros’ Ukraine meetings, contacts with Obama NSC
by WorldTribune Staff, November 18, 2019 The so-called Trump-Ukraine “whistleblower” was kept up to date on the activities of George Soros in Ukraine, a report said. Eric Ciaramella, whom Paul Sperry of RealClearInvestigations identified as the likely “whistleblower,” received emails about Ukraine policy from a top director at George...
AP Exclusive: US officials knew of Ukraine’s Trump anxiety
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. State Department officials were informed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was feeling pressure from the Trump administration to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden even before the July phone call that has led to impeachment hearings in Washington, two people with knowledge of the matter told...
AP: State Dept Officials Knew Zelensky Was Feeling Pressured By Trump Before July Call
State Department officials were reportedly told in May that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was feeling pressured by President Donald Trump’s push for Ukraine to open an investigation into 2020 candidate Joe Biden. Two unnamed sources told the Associated Press that after Zelensky held a meeting with several advisers on May 7 to...
Russia returns 3 seized ships to Ukraine ahead of peace summit
Three Ukrainian naval ships that were seized by Russia nearly a year ago have been returned, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Monday. …read more Source::...
Trump Enforces Omertà With Latest Round of Pardons
President Donald Trump closed out the first week of impeachment hearings with a self-inflicted wound. Marie Yovanovitch, the ousted U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, testified on Friday morning that she felt “intimidated” by Trump’s remark in a phone call with the Ukrainian president that she was “bad news” and “going to go through some things.”...
Testimony by the former US ambassador to Ukraine shows US foreign policy is ‘in shambles,’ former Pence adviser says
Yovanovitch illustrated the disarray in Trump’s foreign policy, according a former Foreign Service officer who advised Pence on Europe and Eurasia. …read more Source:: Business...
