Section: US & Canada
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...
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...
State Department official George Kent testified in public impeachment hearing that Rudy Giuliani ‘undermined’ US national security with ‘politically motivated investigations’ in Ukraine
“In my opinion, those attacks undermined US and Ukrainian national interests and damaged our critical bilateral relationship,” Kent said Wednesday. …read more Source:: Business...
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...
