Section: US & Canada
Highlights from Marie Yovanovitch’s public testimony on Trump and Ukraine
Marie Yovanovitch testified on Capitol Hill on Friday, where the ex-ambassador to Ukraine described what it was like to be disparaged by the U.S. president, as well as the stakes for American support in Ukraine. Republicans questioned her relevance as a witness to the probe the Democrats are leading. …read more Source::...
5 things we learned from Marie Yovanovitch’s impeachment testimony
There weren’t any surprises. But Yovanovitch may have helped Democrats paint a bigger picture surrounding the White House’s dealings in Ukraine. …read more Source::...
Twitter Showdown Unfolds Between Trump Jr. And George Conway On Impeachment
That escalated quickly. Amid the public impeachment testimony of ousted Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Friday, a Twitter showdown unfolded between Donald Trump Jr. and George Conway. Trump Jr. fired the first shot at Conway — who has ironically gained notoriety for his vehement criticism of President Trump, despite his wife Kellyanne...
Pompeo Is A ‘Coward’ For Not Defending Marie Yovanovitch, Chuck Rosenberg Says
A veteran prosecutor who served in various capacities in the Bush, Obama and Trump administrations called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo a “coward” Friday for not sticking up for U.S. diplomats abroad. The criticism from Chuck Rosenberg, who served as acting DEA administrator during the first eight months of Trump’s tenure, came during a...
Republicans Thought Yovanovitch Would Be a Pushover. She Beat Them Up Instead
Nicholas Kamm / AFP/ Getty ImagesBefore she even spoke on Friday, President Donald Trump’s surrogates in Congress and conservative media expected Marie Yovanovitch to at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Ambassador Yovanovitch admits she was prepped on Hunter Biden and Burisma by the Obama administration
During her public testimony in the impeachment inquiry Friday, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch admitted to being prepped on how to answer questions regarding Hunter Biden and his involvement with Burisma by the Obama administration before her Senate confirmation hearings.Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) pressed the issue during...
House Republicans Give Trump Cover On Tweets Attacking Yovanovitch
Just minutes after ousted Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch’s public testimony wrapped up, a number House Republicans defended President Trump’s Friday morning tweets attacking the career diplomat. As Yovanovitch’s testimony was underway Friday morning, Trump tweeted that “everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad” and...
WH Blames NSC Impeachment Witness For Discrepancies In Call Summaries
When the White House on Friday released a memorandum of the first conversation between President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s president-elect, something popped out to eagle-eyed observers: The conversation was much different than the readout the White House issued at the time. By Friday afternoon, the administration had managed to blame the...
GOP’s Conaway questions Yovanovitch on reputation, new post
Rep. Mike Conaway argued Friday that Marie Yovanovitch’s life has not been significantly altered by her dismissal from her former position as ambassador to Ukraine in May even though she … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...
We Still Don’t Know What Happened Between Trump and Russia
In the 1999 Senate impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania declined to vote guilty or not guilty, instead announcing his verdict as “not proven,” an old Scottish legal formulation. (Chief Justice William Rehnquist opted to record the vote as not guilty.)Twenty years later, with impeachment again in the...
