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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Bellwethers
It’s Tuesday, November 5. We’re still combing through newly released testimonies from key characters in the Ukraine affair.In today’s newsletter: ¶ People. Gordon Sondland. ¶ Places. Arizona, Kentucky, Mississippi, Virginia. ¶ Things. Fossil fuels.*” TODAY IN POLITICS »(Mark Makela / Reuters)It’s Election Day in...
A ‘refreshed’ memory: Takeaways from Ukraine testimony
WASHINGTON (AP) – In transcripts of closed-door interviews released by impeachment investigators Tuesday, two State Department officials recount what they remember – and what they didn’t know at the time – about President Donald Trump’s demands that Ukraine conduct politically motivated investigations. Gordon...
‘Talk to Rudy’: Impeachment transcripts detail Giuliani’s outsized influence in Ukraine policy
According to an NBC News tally, the former NYC mayor was mentioned more than 430 times in testimony by Sondland and Volker. …read more Source::...
Rand Paul Used to Be a Whistleblower’s Hero. Now He Wants to Out Them.
Drew Angerer/GettyBefore he publicly demanded that the media expose the identity of the anonymous Ukraine whistleblower, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was literally the toast of the whistleblower advocacy world. Six years ago, the Kentucky Republican at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Impeachment reversal: Diplomat now acknowledges quid pro quo
WASHINGTON — “I now do recall.” With that stunning reversal, diplomat Gordon Sondland handed House impeachment investigators another key piece of corroborating testimony Tuesday. He acknowledged what Democrats contend was a clear quid pro quo, pushed by President Donald Trump and his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, with Ukraine. Sondland, in an...
Graham: ‘I don’t know’ if quid pro quo is impeachable offense
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday said it was unclear to him whether it would be an impeachable offense if President Trump demanded a quid pro quo of Ukraine’s president.”I don’… …read more Source:: The...
Kyiv Plans To Boost Defense Spending To $9 Billion As Peace Talks Remain Elusive
Ukraine plans to increase annual spending on defense and security next year by 16 percent to more than $9 billion even as Kyiv gradually moves forward to securing talks to end the Donbas conflict in the eastern part of the country. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
What You Need to Know: Top diplomat revises his testimony
WASHINGTON (AP) – For only the fourth time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives has started a presidential impeachment inquiry. House committees are trying to determine whether President Donald Trump violated his oath of office by asking Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden and his family and to … …read more...
Five things to know about the Sondland, Volker transcripts
House Democrats released transcripts from depositions with two key witnesses in the impeachment inquiry on Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland and former special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker…. …read more Source:: The...
New testimony, transcripts, paint fuller picture of quid pro quo
Transcripts of more than 350 pages each from House interviews with US Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland and the Trump Administration’s special envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker were made public, as was new testimony from Sondland included “refreshed” recollections. …read more Source:: Public Radio...
