Section: US & Canada
Jordan And Nunes ‘Reluctantly’ Ask Johnson For Info Relevant To Inquiry
House Intelligence Committee Republicans Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Devin Nunes (R-CA) are “reluctantly” asking Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) for any “firsthand information” he may have that is relevant to the impeachment inquiry. In a letter sent to Johnson over the weekend, Jordan and Nunes requested that Johnson provide any information that he has about...
What Does Rudy Giuliani’s Son Do?
It’s hard to turn on cable news or scroll through Twitter these days without catching the name “Giuliani.” Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, is a central character in the House’s impeachment inquiry. Meanwhile, Rudy’s third wife, Judith Giuliani, has commanded her own headlines as she’s aired...
AP report: U.S. officials knew of Ukraine’s anxiety about Trump before phone call
State Department officials were briefed in early May about Ukraine leader’s concern over Trump administration pressure to investigate Democrats, despite his later public denial. …read more Source:: Pittsburgh...
Throughout Impeachment Inquiry, Trump Wields His Favorite Insult: Never-Trumper
To President Donald Trump, “Never-Trumper” is the dirtiest of insults. The shorthand for anti-Trump Republicans came to prominence as then-candidate Trump was gaining steam in the 2016 primaries, to the horror of some more traditional conservatives. Now, Never-Trumpers like Bill Kristol are frequently featured on cable news, Trump’s...
Trump Is Using His Old Playbook for Impeachment
As the impeachment inquiry gains steam, President Trump and his defenders are running their old playbook. It’s not a good playbook. It wasn’t all that persuasive the first time around. But it worked once—and the modern Republican Party doesn’t have a lot of imagination for new arguments. And what the heck—if something was good...
Russia returns 3 seized naval ships to Ukraine
The Russian government on Monday said it’s returned three naval ships to Ukraine, a year after it seized them in the Kerch Strait. …read more Source:: United Press...
Report: U.S. Officials Knew Ukraine Felt ‘Pressure’ From Trump Administration to Investigate Biden
(WASHINGTON) — Despite his denials, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was feeling pressure from the Trump administration to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden before his July phone call with President Donald Trump that has led to impeachment hearings. In early May, staff at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, including then-Ambassador Marie...
Trump says he’ll ‘strongly consider’ Pelosi offer to testify in impeachment inquiry
President Donald Trump suggested Monday he might be willing to offer written testimony in the House impeachment inquiry over whether he pressured Ukraine’s president to investigate Joe Biden and his son while withholding aid to the country. …read more Source::...
Lutsenko, Giuliani Tied Yovanovitch’s Ouster To Help With ‘Investigations’
The Ukrainian official who promised dirt to Rudy Giuliani said that he tied pressure for the firing of Marie Yovanovitch to the investigations sought by President Donald Trump. Former Ukraine Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko said in an interview with the Ukraine news website Ukrainska Pravda that during a January 2019 meeting in New York City,...
U.S. officials knew of Ukraine’s Trump anxiety: AP
Despite his denials, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was feeling pressure from the Trump administration to investigate former Vice-President Joe Biden before his July phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump that has led to impeachment hearings. …read more Source:: CTV...
