Section: US & Canada
GOP counsel acknowledges ‘irregular channel’ between U.S. and Ukraine
GOP counsel Steve Castor acknowledged what both he and acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor described as an “irregular channel” of policymaking between the U.S. and Ukraine during his line of questioning at We… …read more Source:: The...
Devin Nunes Pushes ‘Ukrainian Collusion’ Conspiracy Theories During Impeachment Hearing
Joshua Roberts/ReutersRep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) used his questions Wednesday in the first public impeachment hearings to push discredited conspiracy theories claiming that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 presidential election. Nunes raised the claims in an attempt to argue that President Donald Trump was correct to pressure Ukraine President Volodymyr...
George Kent’s Bow Tie Wins at Trump Impeachment Hearing
Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast / Photo Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Eric Trump Calls Impeachment Hearing Boring, But Keeps Tweeting About It
Like father, like son. During the first public impeachment hearing with acting Ukraine Ambassador Bill Taylor and top State Department official George Kent Wednesday, Eric Trump joined his father in rage-tweeting about the hearing Wednesday. However, unlike his father, who has yet to live-tweet original content during the hearing (he’s only...
Kent, Taylor say they’re not ‘Never Trumpers’ after Trump twitter offensive
Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, and George Kent, a top State Department official, denied during Wednesday’s first public impeachment hearing that they are “never Trumpers.”Rep. Er… …read more Source:: The...
A top State Department official blew a hole through one of Trump’s main talking points in the impeachment hearing
George Kent testified Wednesday that there was no evidence that Ukraine intervened in the 2016 US presidential election. …read more Source:: Business...
Taylor Aide Who Reportedly Overheard Trump Call About ‘Investigations’ Will Testify Friday
The diplomatic aide who reportedly overheard a phone call in which President Donald Trump asked the EU ambassador about “the investigations” is set to testify in the House’s impeachment inquiry Friday. Acting Ukraine Ambassador Bill Taylor delivered bombshell testimony Wednesday, telling the House that one of his aides who was accompanying...
Meadows Says ‘Everyone Has Their Impression Of What Truth Is’ Amid Damning Hearing
Trump loyalist Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) made a bizarre argument on Wednesday while dismissing Acting Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor’s damning public testimony in the impeachment investigation. During the hearing, Taylor testified that one of his staffers had overheard President Donald Trump asking top diplomat Gordon Sondland in a phone...
GOP counsel’s defense of back channel to Ukraine: ‘Not as outlandish as it could be’
An attorney for Republicans on the U.S. House Intelligence Committee suggested that an “irregular” team conducting back-channel negotiations with Ukraine was “not as outlandish as it could be.” William Taylor, … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...
Democratic lawmaker: It ‘defies logic’ for Trump to push Ukraine to investigate Biden
Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna (California) said on Wednesday that it “defies logic” for President Trump to have pushed Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden in a call where others were listening in.”Fo… …read more Source:: The...
