Section: US & Canada
Impeachment: Marie Yovanovitch says State Department ‘being hollowed out from within’
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told lawmakers there’s a “crisis” in the State Department during Friday’s public impeachment hearing, saying the agency’s “being hollowed out from within.” …read more Source:: United Press...
This Week: Impeachment Probe Enters Public Phase
The Week In Impeachment Public hearings: The House held its first two public hearings in the impeachment probe this week, with members grilling career diplomats about the highly unusual actions they witnessed from the Trump administration. On Wednesday, Ukraine diplomat Bill Taylor and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent testified...
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...
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...
Congress to hear diplomat who overheard a key Trump call
WASHINGTON (AP) – A State Department official who has drawn praise for speaking out in the past about problems in the Foreign Service was expected to testify Friday to House impeachment investigators about a conversation he overheard President Trump having about “investigations” in Ukraine. Career diplomat David Holmes arrived on …...
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...
