Section: US & Canada
Notable
Going back to my point that the career diplomats had a hard time getting their heads around the subterranean world of Trumpian conspiracy theories and crazy, notable here that the top State Department official for Russia and Ukraine had never heard of the Crowdstrike conspiracy theory before the July 25th transcript was released. Back to my...
Diplomat says aide heard Trump ask about “investigations” day after Ukraine call — live updates
The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine revealed new information about the events at the center of the House impeachment inquiry as the first open hearings before the House Intelligence Committee got underway Wednesday. Bill Taylor, the chargé d’affaires at the U.S. embassy in Kiev, said in his opening statement that he recently learned about a...
Trump felt ‘wronged’ by Ukraine and ‘owed’ investigation into Biden, diplomat says
The United States’ top diplomat to Ukraine said President Donald Trump felted “wronged” by the Ukrainians and thought the country “owed” him an investigation into Joe Biden, acting Ambassador William … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...
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...
Diplomat William Taylor at impeachment hearing: President Donald Trump cared more about Bidens than Ukraine
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...
Diplomats: Trump Effort to Extort Ukraine ‘Undercut,’ ‘Damaged’ U.S.
Alex Brandon-Pool/GettyLongtime U.S. diplomats outlined their discomfort and disapproval with what they described as a campaign by President Donald Trump’s allies to hijack Ukraine relations for Trump’s reelection, the central issue in Trump’s potential impeachment. George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for...
In Impeachment Surprise, Taylor Unveils New Evidence Directly Implicating Trump
The acting ambassador to Ukraine dropped a bombshell Wednesday, testifying to a previously unknown conversation that President Trump had that directly implicated him in the pressure campaign against Ukraine. The explosive new claim did not come up in Taylor’s closed-door testimony — the ambassador said he’d only heard a...
