Section: US & Canada
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...
Fox News host says President Trump added an article of impeachment with tweets during hearing
President Donald Trump made his presence felt during Friday’s impeachment inquiry hearing, tweeting about former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch while she was testifying before the House Intelligence Committee.Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) took notice and accused the president of trying to intimidate a witness...
Trump Resisted Sale of Javelins to Ukraine
Republicans are defending him amid his impeachment inquiry by saying he gave more military aid than his predecessor, but it came only after the reluctant president was convinced it would be good for U.S. business. …read more Source:: Foreign...
How Trump mistreated—and mistweeted—his former ambassador
“There’s no word that can describe our wonderful country,” said the new president-elect of Ukraine down the long-distance line, overlooking the word “corrupt.” This omission was understandable, given the excitement of talking to Donald Trump for the very first time. “Words cannot describe how nice, warm and wonderful our people are,”...
Rough Transcript of First Trump-Zelenskiy Call Released
President Donald Trump on Friday released the summary transcript of his April congratulatory call with Ukraine’s president-elect, the latest salvo in the White House effort to blunt Democratic allegations that Trump abused his power by pressuring a foreign leader to get involved in U.S. politics.The new account of Trump’s call with...
Audience applauds, GOP microphone turned off at end of Yovanovitch hearing
Audience members at Friday’s impeachment inquiry broke into applause after former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch concluded her testimony.Even as Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) repeatedly asked to be reco… …read more Source:: The...
Six memorable moments from Ex-Ukraine ambassador Yovanovitch’s public testimony
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch on Friday became the third witness to testify publicly in the House’s impeachment inquiry into President Trump.She described her feelings about her removal from t… …read more Source:: The...
MSNBC’s McCaskill: Trump used ‘his fat thumbs’ to try to intimidate Yovanovitch
MSNBC analyst Claire McCaskill said President Trump used “his fat thumbs” to try to intimidate former Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch in real time on Twitter during an analysis of the impeachment hearings Friday afte… …read more Source:: The...
Yovanovitch: It’s been a ‘very, very difficult time’
Former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch said that it has been a difficult time for her personally amid attacks on her reputation throughout the impeachment inquiry process. …read more Source:: The...
