Section: US & Canada
Zelensky Nearly Announced The Investigations Trump Wanted — Then Everything Changed
The stage was set. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had received an ultimatum from the Trump administration. He was negotiating to sit for an interview with CNN host Fareed Zakaria. And Zelensky was prepared to do it: The President of Ukraine would go on international television and announce investigations into President Donald...
Pelosi says Trump’s Ukraine actions amount to ‘bribery’
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Pelosi says Trump’s Ukraine actions amount to ‘bribery’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday brushed aside the Latin phrase “quid pro quo” that Democrats have been using to describe U.S. President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine. …read more Source:: CTV...
Mike Pompeo ‘on shifting sand’ as impeachment probe reveals his Ukraine role
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s credibility has collapsed amid revelations in the Ukraine inquiry, former diplomats say. …read more Source:: USA...
Erdoğan’s Undeserving and Underwhelming Visit to DC
Foreign leaders have long coveted invitations to Washington to meet with the President in the White House. Such encounters should be hard to come by, but President Trump has thrown open the Oval Office doors to a number of undeserving foreign officials, including Egypt’s authoritarian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Russian Foreign Minister...
Another Absolute Must Read!
Truly another must-read from the team today. We know the “deliverable” (a Biden investigation announcement) from President Zelensky never got delivered and that has become a key part of the Republican defense. No harm, no foul. But as Matt Shuham explains here Zelensky was no more than 24 hours from recording the interview tarring the...
Let Republicans Call Their Impeachment Witnesses
Elections have consequences, and one consequence of the 2018 election is that Democrats control the House and are on course to impeach President Trump. Another consequence is that Republicans don’t have control over what witnesses get called in the impeachment inquiry.They do, however, have the right to make requests, and in a letter last...
First Public Trump Impeachment Hearing Changes No Minds in Washington
A day of testimony in the impeachment inquiry targeting U.S. President Donald Trump changed no minds in Washington, with his critics convinced as ever that he abused his office by pushing Ukraine for political investigations of Democrats in the U.S. and his staunchest allies unwavering in their opinion that he did nothing wrong.Trump declared on...
Trump’s Ukraine actions akin to ‘bribery’: Pelosi
Bribery is an impeachable offence spelled out in the United States Constitution. …read more Source:: Global...
Pelosi: Impeachment Inquiry Has Yielded Evidence That Trump Engaged In ‘Bribery’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi outlines an argument that could shape possible articles of impeachment — that withholding military assistance for political investigations amounts to bribery.(Image credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP) …read more Source::...
