Section: US & Canada
Fox News Covered the Impeachment Hearings in the Fox Newsiest Way Possible
When Bill Taylor, the United States’ acting ambassador to Ukraine, began his testimony to the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday morning, MSNBC did what news networks will often do to educate viewers about the events unfolding onscreen: It offered a graphic providing contextual information. “Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine since June,”...
Nancy Pelosi says delay of Ukraine aid is bribery
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused President Trump of bribery in pressing Ukraine for investigations. “The bribe is to grant or withhold military assistance in return for a public statement of a fake investigation into he elections. That’s bribery,” she told reporters on Thursday. Bribery is specifically named in the...
Amid Trump impeachment drama, Ukrainians ponder a Putin meeting
“The worst thing we can do is become a bargaining chip,” Ukraine’s foreign minister said of the impeachment hearings. “Unfortunately, we are such a chip now.” …read more Source:: The Washington...
Ukraine’s Chief Prosecutor Confirms Burisma Prosecutor Fired
Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Ruslan Ryaboshapka has confirmed that the prosecutor who led investigations into Burisma will be fired. Speaking to Current Time, he said prosecutor Konstyantyn Kulyk had failed to attend an exam that all employees of the prosecutor’s office had been ordered to pass in order to keep their jobs. …read more...
Trump Is Surrounded
It is a strategy that President Donald Trump has deployed throughout his life, as instinctive and natural to him as the act of breathing: Villainize whoever is blocking his way.Distasteful as Trump’s taunts might be, ridiculing adversaries has been the blunt-force instrument that propelled his political rise, with the president turning...
The Empty Suits of the Impeachment Hearing
Career diplomats are not known for making fashion statements, but perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the House Intelligence Committee’s first day of impeachment hearings was what the two witnesses wore. George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary for European and Eurasian affairs, was resplendent in a three-piece suit and bright bowtie—a...
Ocasio-Cortez: Impeachment Could Prevent a ‘Disastrous Outcome’ in 2020
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) on Wednesday said that impeaching President Donald Trump is necessary to prevent a “disastrous outcome” in 2020. Ocasio-Cortez said on CNN’s Situation Room that House Democrats need to move quickly, citing the “potential compromise of the 2020 elections,” that could lead to...
AP source: 2nd US embassy official overheard President Trump’s call with Sondland about need for Ukr
WASHINGTON (AP) – AP source: 2nd US embassy official overheard President Trump’s call with Sondland about need for Ukraine investigations. …read more Source:: The Washington...
Pelosi: Trump bribed Ukraine, makes Nixon’s offenses ‘look almost small’
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday accused President Trump of “bribery” in his dealings with Ukrainian leaders, linking the president’s actions to the Constitution’s impeachment clause even while emphasizing that… …read more Source:: The...
Five Cellphones, Trump Straws, a Lot of Cash—What This Giuliani Crony Was Carrying When the FBI Arrested Him
When Rudy Giuliani crony Lev Parnas was arrested last month, federal agents combed through his personal effects and found the business card of a Ukrainian prosecutor who, months earlier, met with Giuliani to discuss the conspiracy theories at the heart of the Trump impeachment inquiry.Anti-corruption prosecutor Nazar Kholodnytsky’s card was...
