Section: US & Canada
Americans Tune in as First Public Impeachment Hearing Opens
Cattle rancher Jeffery Gatzke was tuning in between morning chores on his South Dakota farm, ready to witness what he already believed was a waste of time and a political sham: the first public hearings into impeaching President Donald Trump.In Denver, a tech manager arranged to work from home for the moment he hoped might mark the end of the...
Impeachment hearing: Diplomat William Taylor says Ukraine aid depended on Biden probes
The impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump moved into the open realm Wednesday with public testimony from two top U.S. diplomats, William Taylor and George Kent — both of whom offered new details in the case. …read more Source:: United Press...
Fox Cuts To Commercial When Schiff Starts Asking Questions At Open Hearing
Fox News interrupted its live coverage of the public hearings in House impeachment investigation on Wednesday with a commercial break the moment when House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) began to speak to the witnesses. After Acting Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor finished his opening statement, Schiff began the first round of...
Taylor Succinctly Shoots Down Mulvaney’s Argument At That Disastrous Presser
Last month at a train wreck press conference, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney attempted to shrug off evidence of the Trump administration trying to leverage military aid to force Ukraine to conduct an investigation into a conspiracy theory on the 2016 election that Trump routinely disseminates. “We do that all the time with...
‘Sad day’ or ‘scam’? What to watch at impeachment hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) – A “solemn day” or a “show trial”? Americans and the world can decide for themselves as House Democrats let the public in to the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff opened the first hearings Wednesday into Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to …...
U.S. diplomat says Trump asked about ‘the investigations’ day after Ukraine call
The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine says his staff recently told him they overheard President Donald Trump speaking on the phone to another diplomat about investigations. William Taylor made the statement Wednesday in the first public hearing in the House impeachment inquiry. Taylor says some of his staff were at a restaurant with Ambassador to the...
NRCC Depicts Schiff As A Clown Amid First Public Impeachment Hearing
The National Republican Congressional Committee was quick to react to the first public impeachment hearings in a Wednesday morning tweet. Less than an hour after the public testimonies of acting Ukraine ambassador Bill Taylor and top State Department official George Kent began, the NRCC tweeted a doctored photo of House Intelligence Chair Adam...
WH Claims Trump Isn’t Watching Public Impeachment Testimonies As He RTs Clips Of Hearing
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham claimed on Wednesday that President Donald Trump is not watching the public hearing currently underway in the House impeachment investigation. “He’s in the Oval in meetings,” Grisham told CNN. “Not watching. He’s working.” Yet Trump has already retweeted several clips of the hearing since...
READ: William Taylor’s opening statement at impeachment hearing
William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat to Ukraine, testified to Congress on Wednesday, expressing concerns about the U.S. withholding military assistance to Ukraine last summer as well as President Trump pressing the Ukrai… …read more Source:: The...
Aides Advise Trump Not To Fire Mulvaney As Public Impeachment Hearings Begin
As the impeachment inquiry enters its public phase, aides to President Trump have advised him to hold off on firing his embattled acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney. According to a Washington Post report Wednesday, three sources familiar with the discussions said that senior advisers have warned Trump that removing Mulvaney amid a high-stakes...
