Section: US & Canada
Updated Sondland Testimony Provides New Details On Ukraine Quid Pro Quo
In three new pages of sworn testimony released Tuesday, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland provided new details of his involvement in the Ukraine pressure campaign. The dramatic new testimony confirms that Sondland told an aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that congressionally approved military aid would be...
Impeachment Probe Releases Key Transcripts Of Interviews With EU Ambassador, Former Ukraine Envoy
The House impeachment inquiry has released transcripts of its closed door interviews with EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland and Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine. Text message conversations turned over by Sondland to the committee and other witnesses’ testimony has placed Sondland and Gordon at the center of President Donald...
New Transcripts Of Closed-Door Depositions Released In Trump Impeachment Inquiry
U.S. ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland has seen his testimony about the Ukraine affair contradicted by other witnesses. A full transcript has now been released.(Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) …read more Source::...
House Requests Deposition From Mick Mulvaney
The House committees overseeing the impeachment inquiry requested deposition from acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, outlining in a letter sent Tuesday that they believe Mulvaney has “first-hand knowledge” of President’s Trump Ukraine pressure campaign. In a letter signed by the Democratic heads of the House Oversight,...
READ: Former US Special Envoy To Ukraine Kurt Volker’s Impeachment Testimony
Former Special Envoy for the Ukraine crisis Kurt Volker outlined in detail for impeachment investigators how Rudy Giuliani pressured the Ukrainian government to help President Trump politically, his newly released testimony shows. The House released the 360-page document containing Volker’s testimony on Tuesday. Volker was a key figure in...
Gordon Sondland, US ambassador to the EU, is the latest witness to confirm a quid pro quo between Trump and Ukraine
Sondland described pressure to investigate the Bidens as “insidious.” Asked if he thought it was illegal, he said, “I’m not a lawyer, but I assume so.” …read more Source:: Business...
Sondland, Trump’s appointee, changes testimony and says there was clear quid pro quo
A top diplomat appointed by President Trump revised his testimony to lawmakers, saying in the latest version that the president’s dealings with Ukraine amounted to a clear quid pro quo – the topic at the center… …read more Source:: The...
Scalise Tries To Discredit Yovanovitch By Calling Her An ‘Obama Holdover’
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) took to Fox News Tuesday morning to attempt to discredit the impeachment inquiry testimony of ousted U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. When asked about his thoughts on the transcript of Yovanovitch’s closed door interview that was released Monday, Scalise was quick to point out that she...
Nunes Spoke To Ex-Ukrainian Diplomat Who Fueled Bogus DNC Conspiracy Theory
Earlier this year, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) met a former Ukrainian diplomat named Andrii Telizhenko, who has been peddling the debunked conspiracy theory alleging collusion between the DNC and Ukraine in 2016. Telizhenko told the Daily Beast on Tuesday that he spoke with Nunes for approximately 15 minutes during a housewarming party in May, saying...
Meghan McCain Compares Herself to Marie Yovanovitch: Trump Went After Me Too!
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