Section: US & Canada
WATCH LIVE: Public Impeachment Hearing With Bill Taylor, George Kent
The first public impeachment hearing is scheduled to get underway at 10 a.m. ET, with acting Ukraine Ambassador Bill Taylor and Deputy Secretary of State George Kent testifying. Watch the proceedings live below: …read more Source::...
Giuliani Peddles Nonsensical Notion That Trump Only ‘Requested,’ Didn’t ‘Demand’ Quid Pro Quo
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed Tuesday, centering his case for President Donald Trump’s innocence on the dubious logic that Trump only “requested” and did not “demand” that the Ukrainian President make up a Biden scandal. “Moreover, Mr. Trump requested that Ukraine root out corruption; he didn’t demand...
3 Witnesses Kick Off First Week of Historic Impeachment Hearings
The U.S. House of Representatives holds its first public hearings this week on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump with testimony by three top diplomats on Wednesday and Friday.William Taylor, the highest-ranking U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, and George Kent, a senior State Department official in charge of U.S. policy toward Ukraine,...
Trump staffers have a choice: Loyalty and maybe prison, or betrayal and derision
Aides like Mick Mulvaney were seemingly deeply involved in Ukraine decisions. If they stay silent, a narrative may emerge saving Trump at their expense. …read more Source::...
Impeachment hearings go live on TV with the 1st witnesses
America and the rest of the world will have the chance to see and hear for themselves for the first time about U.S. President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine and consider whether they are, in fact, impeachable offences. …read more Source:: CTV...
The Hill’s Morning Report – Diplomats kick off public evidence about Trump, Ukraine
Welcome to The Hill’s Morning Re… …read more Source:: The...
Impeachment hearings go live on TV with the first witnesses
WASHINGTON D.C. — The closed doors of the Trump impeachment investigation are swinging wide open. When the gavel strikes at the start of the House hearing on Wednesday morning, America and the rest of the world will have the chance to see and hear for themselves for the first time about President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine and...
What Dems Need From The First Public Impeachment Hearing
The House impeachment inquiry will enter a new phase Wednesday when the congressional investigation grills its first witnesses in public. Bill Taylor, the acting Ukraine ambassador, and George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eurasian affairs, both participated in closed-door depositions last month. But most Americans...
Joe Biden Has a Hillary Clinton Problem
What the Ukraine scandal reveals about Donald Trump is by now well known: He elevated his political interest above the national interest and demanded foreign interference in an American election. What’s received less attention is what the scandal reveals about Joe Biden: He showed poor judgment because his staff shielded him from hard...
Trump’s Real Offense Was Outsourcing Diplomacy
The House of Representatives begins televised impeachment hearings today, an, if Republicans weren’t so desperate to avoid holding President Donald Trump accountable, they could add their own count to the indictment. Each of the three branches of government—the executive, legislative, and judiciary alike—has vital constitutional duties to...
