Section: US & Canada
Rough transcript of first Trump-Zelenskiy call released
WASHINGTON (AP) – 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 …...
Fired Ukraine ambassador calls out ‘crisis’ in US diplomacy
WASHINGTON (AP) – The fired U.S. ambassador to Ukraine sounded an alarm Friday about the denigration of American diplomacy and the hollowing out of the State Department under President Donald Trump as she recounted how she became an early casualty of the behind-the-scenes negotiations that led to the impeachment inquiry. … …read...
WSJ: Feds Probe Giuliani Over Ukraine Gas Pitch
Manhattan federal prosecutors are seeking to learn whether Rudy Giuliani could have profited from a natural gas business plan pitched by his two now-indicted buddies, the Wall Street Journal reports. Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman had pitched a business plan involving their company Global Energy Producers, in which Ukraine would import U.S. LNG via a...
Trumps real-time tweets are ‘very intimidating’, former ambassador tells impeachment hearing
“I mean, I can’t speak to what the president is trying to do. But I think the effect is to be intimidating,” says former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. …read more Source:: Toronto...
Trump Tampers With Witness in Ukraine Impeachment Probe as Roger Stone Convicted of Witness Tampering
If you were looking for “pizzazz,” you came to the right place.A at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Fox News Reporter Grasps at Straws: Constitution ‘Doesn’t Say Anything About Witness Intimidation’
Fox News senior Capitol Hill producer Chad Pergram provided some cover for Donald Trump on Friday after the president unleashed a Twitter attack on former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch while she was testifying before Congress, noting that “witness intimidation” isn’t featured in the Constitution as it relates to...
The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Former Ukraine envoy offers dramatic testimony
To view past editions of The Hill’s 12:30 Report, click here: … …read more Source:: The...
Trump’s Impeachable Tweet
As they present their findings to the public, House Democrats may find it easier to let President Donald Trump build the case for impeachment himself.The testimony that Marie Yovanovitch, the former ambassador to Ukraine, delivered to Congress this morning was perhaps as politically damaging to Trump as anything presented during the first day of...
CNN Reporter: Trump Tweets Worse Than McCarthyism
CNN correspondent Dana Bash said President Donald Trump’s Friday tweets criticizing former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch were worse than McCarthyism, adding at least there was an ideological point to the latter. “I was just going to add to what [historian Tim Naftali] was saying,” Bash said. “You talked about...
Justin Amash to Trump: Let Bolton, Giuliani, and Mulvaney Testify
House Democrats have upped the ante in the impeachment inquiry. President Donald Trump’s efforts to make security assistance to Ukraine contingent on politically useful probes, they suggest, are a violation of criminal bribery law. “The bribe is to grant or withhold military assistance in return for a public statement of a fake...
