Section: US & Canada
READ: Opening Statement Of Deputy Assistant Secretary Of State George Kent
Kent said Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s lawyer, and his associates led a smear campaign against Marie Yovanovitch, the then-U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.(Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) …read more Source::...
Diplomat Taylor reveals that staffer overheard Trump on call discuss ‘the investigations’ in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) – Diplomat Taylor reveals that staffer overheard Trump on call discuss ‘the investigations’ in Ukraine. …read more Source:: The Washington...
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...
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...
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...
Impeachment Is the Left’s Sad Final Attempt to Beat Trump
If you are paying attention to the Washington circus that is the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s handling of the much maligned Ukraine call, this is what real collusion looks like: a media largely committed to advancing the goal of Democrats to severely damage or remove him from office, a series of at-first private...
