Section: US & Canada
Poll finds bad news for Democrats’ impeachment investigation
A new ABC News / Washington Post poll finds that while Americans are sharply divided over whether President Donald Trump should be impeached and removed from office due to his dealings with the Ukraine, they are generally distrustful of Democrats’ handling of the investigative process. The nationwide survey of 1,003 adults asked...
Paul Manafort pushed theory that Ukraine was behind Democrat hack: Mueller documents
That unsubstantiated theory was advanced by U.S. President Donald Trump even after he took office, and it would later help trigger the impeachment inquiry now consuming the White House. …read more Source:: Global...
It Was Manafort All Along
I am going to work my way through the docs, which are pretty voluminous. But they show what we’ve been saying for months and really years. The Trump/Ukraine and Trump/Russia story are the same story. And the “the real collusion was Ukraine and the DNC” storyline goes back to Paul Manafort (and his Russian intelligence associates) who has...
Ukraine, Bulgaria Angered By French President’s Migration Comments
Ukraine and Bulgaria have filed diplomatic protests with France after President Emmanuel Macron was quoted making a disparaging comment about immigrants from those countries in an interview published on November 1. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Newly Released Mueller Probe Docs Show Manafort Blamed Ukraine For Dem Hacks
BuzzFeed News on Saturday saw the first fruit of its ongoing legal battle to obtain public records from former special counsel Robert Mueller’s office. The records are already making news. The first cache of court-ordered documents released from the office consists of 500 pages of 302s — summaries of FBI interviews — and other materials....
RFE/RL Condemns Threatened Release Of Journalists’ Personal Data In Ukraine
The president of RFE/RL has condemned the disclosure of personal information about a driver for the company by former Ukrainian parliamentarian Andriy Portnov and his threat to release similar data about RFE/RL journalists. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Chased by conflict in Ukraine, an artist finds a haven in Helsinki
A provocative antiwar installation led to threats and a fearful departure from Kyiv. …read more Source:: The Washington...
WaPo: WH Record Of Trump-Zelensky Call Put Words In Ukrainian Prez’s Mouth, Official Testified
The White House’s memorandum of the July 25 call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky put words in the Ukrainian president’s mouth that he never said, a White House official testified this week. The Washington Post reported Friday on the closed-door testimony of National Security Council’s...
How ‘do us a favor’ led to Trump impeachment inquiry
A phone rings, a whistle blows and Trump’s exposed Ukraine machinations spark a drive to impeach him …read more Source:: The Boston...
Impeachment Inquiry Catch-Up: A Vote By House Democrats Makes It Official
Months or more after Democrats began throwing around the i-word, the House votes at least to commit formally to opening an impeachment inquiry. Meanwhile more witnesses confirm the Ukraine affair.(Image credit: Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images) …read more Source::...
