Section: US & Canada
‘Extremely disturbing’: Top Dems alarmed over Vindman’s testimony on Trump-Ukraine call
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, was set to testify he was on the July phone call between Trump and Ukraine’s leader. …read more Source::...
House GOP Leader Defends Trump, Says Expert ‘Is Wrong’ That Ukraine Call Was Improper
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans dispute testimony from Alexander Vindman, a member of the National Security Council who listened to the Trump call with Ukraine’s president.(Image credit: Susan Walsh/AP) …read more Source::...
Cable-News Trumpkins Use Same Exact Talking Point: Vindman Has Dual Loyalty
Mark WilsonIf there were talking points sent around Monday evening, following the news that a White House official was set to tell Congress he raised concerns about the president’s infamous Ukraine call, then Trump’s top cable-news boosters sure seem to have gotten them.Almost immediately after at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to...
Here’s The Eyebrow-Raising Result When You Google ‘White House Transcript’
Although the White House’s memorandum on President Trump’s now-infamous July call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky explicitly states that it’s “not a verbatim transcript of a discussion,” a Google search result of the memo says otherwise. A Google search inquiry for “White House transcript” produces, well, a result...
House committees ask key Mulvaney aide for testimony in impeachment inquiry: report
The House committees leading the impeachment investigation are asking an aide to acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney to testify about the White House’s relationship with Ukraine, CNN … …read more Source:: The...
Cheney Rips ‘Shameful’ Attacks On ‘Patriotism’ Of Impeachment Probe Witnesses
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) called out conservatives who have been attacking Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and other witnesses in the House impeachment investigation on Tuesday morning. After complaining about Democrats’ handling of the investigation during a House Republican leadership presser, Cheney switched tracks. “Now I also want to say a...
Ukraine says its officials won’t testify in impeachment inquiry
Ukrainian officials will not testify in the ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Trump, the nation’s foreign minister said Tuesday. “We don’t have anything to do with this at all,” Vadym Pr… …read more Source:: The...
Kyiv Starts Troop Withdrawal From Eastern Ukraine Town
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystayko said a planned troop withdrawal has started in the town of Zolote in the eastern Luhansk region, where Ukrainian armed forces have been fighting Russia-backed separatists for more than five years.”The withdrawal is taking place right now, we are beginning [the process] today,” Prystayko said...
The Appalling Attacks on Alexander Vindman
The White House can’t muster a substantive defense of President Trump’s behavior toward Ukraine. Democrats more or less gave way to Republican process complaints about impeachment on Monday. So with few other options left, Trump and his allies are returning to the mode that got him elected in the first place: toxic xenophobia.Monday...
Ukraine expert Alexander Vindman: Trump call undermined national security
A top White House official is expected to testify Tuesday that President Donald Trump undermined national security by pressuring the Ukrainian president to dig up dirt on Trump’s political rival, Joe Biden. …read more Source:: United Press...
