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The words Trump had to hear: Investigations, Biden, Clinton
There were three words President Donald Trump wanted to hear from the Ukraine president: Investigations, Biden and Clinton. That’s according to the transcript, released Thursday, of an impeachment inquiry interview … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...
Top State Dept Aide Details Debate Over Ukraine Pressure Campaign
“Politically related prosecutions … undermine the rule of law,” George Kent said in his deposition. The transcript of his interview with impeachment investigators was released on Thursday.(Image credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images) …read more Source::...
GAO reviewing Trump hold on Ukraine military aid
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is looking into the Trump administration’s hold on nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine to see if the freeze, which is at the center of House Democrats’ impeachment inq… …read more Source:: The...
Russian Railway To Start Selling Train Tickets To Crimea Across New Kerch Bridge
The first trains from mainland Russia to the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula across the newly constructed bridge over the Kerch Strait will start rolling next month, TASS reported, citing the Grand Service Express carrier. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
House Inquiry Releases Testimony Of State Dept. Official George Kent
The House Impeachment inquiry on Thursday released a transcript of the testimony of George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eurasian affairs. Reports emerged after Kent’s testimony last month that he was told to “lay low” after criticizing Rudy Giuliani’s involvement in Ukraine policy. Read Kent’s...
Congress’ Investigative Office Probing Whether Ukraine Aide Holdup Violated Law
A congressional watchdog office is looking into whether President Donald Trump improperly upheld a nine-figure aid package to Ukraine, despite Congress having already approved the money. The Government Accountability Office is investigating the White House’s hold on the aid, a spokesperson confirmed to The Wall Street Journal on Thursday....
Report: Mulvaney And Cipollone In Disagreement Over Impeachment Response
The impeachment inquiry that is now barreling toward its public phase is tearing two of President Trump’s senior aides apart. According to a Bloomberg report Thursday, acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and White House Counsel Pat Cipollone are in disagreement over who should be put in charge of Trump’s impeachment inquiry response....
WH Official Who Sat In On Ukraine Meetings To Depart NSC
A National Security Council official who attended Ukraine-related meetings that are now being probed by the House in an impeachment inquiry will leave the White House this Friday, Politico reported. The report did not give a specific reason for Earl Matthews’ exit, but an NSC spokesperson praised Matthews and told Politico that “we have no...
Facebook is a hotbed of impeachment disinformation, researchers say
Facebook has become a fertile breeding ground for disinformation about Congress’s impeachment inquiry, according to a new report by the civil society group Avaaz. Material seeking to discredit the probe now accounts for some of the most viral fake content on the social media platform, researchers at the group said. Of the top 100 viral...
Some Thoughts on Describing the President’s Crimes
Here are some basic thoughts about what happened in this story, what matters and how to describe it. The President used extortion to cheat in the 2020 presidential election. He used military aid dollars meant to aid an ally against his Russian patrons in order to force Ukraine to intervene in the 2020 elections, in order to remain in office by...
