Section: US & Canada
Russia Providing Mood Music for House Impeachment Drama
Russia providing the mood music in House impeachment inquiry focused on Ukraine. …read more Source:: U.S....
Russia providing mood music for House impeachment drama
WASHINGTON (AP) – For all the talk about Ukraine in the House impeachment inquiry, there’s a character standing just off-stage with a dominant role in this tale of international intrigue: Russia. As has so often been the case since President Donald Trump took office, Moscow provides the mood music for … …read more Source::...
Ambassador Sondland, a key player in the impeachment inquiry, flaunted access to Trump on a loud call in a Ukrainian restaurant, officials allege ahead of his testimony
Multiple officials have pointed to Sondland, US Ambassador to the European Union, as a key part of President Donald Trump’s dealings in Ukraine. …read more Source:: Business...
Russia vows to return seized warships to Ukraine
Russia vowed to return seized warships to Ukraine after holding them for about a year, Russian news agencies reported Crimea’s border guard service said Sunday, according to Reuters.Ukraine has advocated for the ships’ return to alleviate tensions… …read more Source:: The...
Sondland Carried Out Secret Ukraine Dealings On Trump’s Orders, WH Official Testified
Outgoing National Security Council aide Tim Morrison testified that Ambassador Gordon Sondland had told him he was carrying out the shadow negotiations with Ukraine over the delayed military aid on President Donald Trump’s orders, according to a newly released transcript of Morrison’s testimony. During Morrison’s closed-door...
Week 2 of Trump Impeachment Hearings: Diplomat Sondland at Forefront
Jennifer Williams, a special adviser to Vice President Mike Pence for Europe and Russia and who is a career Foreign Service officer, arrives for a closed-door interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 7, 2019.Impeachment hearings targeting U.S. President Donald Trump are heading into a second week, with key witnesses set to testify about how...
Congressional Republicans are repeating many baseless conspiracy theories in Trump’s impeachment inquiry. Here’s why they’re all bogus.
Trump and GOP representatives have baselessly claimed that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election to benefit the Democratic Party. …read more Source:: Business...
Chuck Todd Confronts GOP Senator: You Blame ‘Everybody’ but Trump on Ukraine Scandal
A month after at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Top Pence aide told lawmakers Trump’s Ukraine call was ‘inappropriate’ in closed-door testimony
A staffer for Vice President Mike Pence told lawmakers in a closed-door testimony that the July 25 call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that helped spark an ongoing impeachment inquiry w… …read more Source:: The...
Leaked focus group results reveal Democrats’ impeachment messaging plans, weak legal case
What happened to quid pro quo?As political observers noticed this week, the Democrats have a new messaging strategy in their impeachment inquiry of President Trump: accuse him of “bribery” in his dealings with Ukraine. The shift came after focus groups in battleground states by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee showed...
