Section: US & Canada
Dems: Diplomat Brought ‘Disturbing’ Detail To Trump-Ukraine Allegations
House Democrats emerged from a morning of closed-door testimony from a key witness in their impeachment probe stressing the “disturbing” details the witness, career diplomat Bill Taylor put forward. Taylor — a State Department official in the Kyiv Embassy who expressed real-time alarm to the Ukraine pressure campaign— backed up the allegations...
McConnell says he hasn’t discussed Ukraine call with Trump
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he hasn’t discussed the Ukraine phone call at the center of the House impeachment inquiry with President Trump.”We have not had any conversations on this subject,… …read more Source:: The...
Oligarch Shopping
I want to make sure you don’t miss this piece. As Josh Kovensky explains, we now have several overlapping pieces of information that strongly suggest that Rudy Giuliani and his two now-indicted associates were oligarch shopping in their plan to bring down the Bidens. Dmitry Firtash, the indicted oligarch fighting extradition to the US,...
Diplomat Provides House With ‘Disturbing’ Account on Ukraine
Former U.S. Ambassador William Taylor, a diplomat who has sharply questioned President Donald Trump’s policy on Ukraine, has provided lawmakers with a detailed account of his recollection of events at the center of the Democrats’ impeachment probe , they said Tuesday. Lawmakers emerging from the room after the early hours of the...
Hungary refutes reports that its prime minister ‘soured’ Trump on Ukraine
The government of Hungary rejected news reports Tuesday that its prime minister denigrated Ukraine in conversations with President Trump, injecting the central European nation into the impeachment drama. Hungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs said Prime Minister Viktor Oban did not “sour” Mr. Trump on Ukraine, calling the...
US Diplomat Provides House with Detailed Account of Ukraine
Former U.S. Ambassador William Taylor, a diplomat who has sharply questioned President Donald Trump’s policy on Ukraine, has provided lawmakers with a detailed account of his recollection of events at the center of the Democrats’ impeachment probe , they said Tuesday. Lawmakers emerging from the room after the early hours of the...
Are House GOPers Going All In On Crowdstrike Conspiracy Nonsense?
As the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry barrels on, some Republicans in the chamber are boosting a fundamentally nonsensical conspiracy theory about the 2016 elections, one that the President brought up in his call with Ukraine President Zelensky. On Tuesday, a Justice Department lawyer swatted away a question from a Republican...
Mark Levin: ‘Hasn’t Even Been a Hint of Scandal’ in Trump’s Presidency
Right-wing talker and Fox News host at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here …read more Source:: The Daily...
Hungary’s Orban gave Trump harsh analysis of Ukraine before key meeting
President Trump met with one of the former Soviet republic’s most virulent critics, Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, and heard a sharp assessment that bolstered his hostility toward the country. Trump’s suspicious view of Ukraine set the stage for events that led to the impeachment inquiry against him. …read more Source::...
Democrats Want to Impeach Trump. They Haven’t Decided Why.
When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave her blessing to an impeachment inquiry three weeks ago, she also laid down a marker: The investigation wouldn’t center on any of the issues that Democrats have obsessed over for the last three years. Not Russian interference, or emoluments, or security clearances, or family separation. Impeachment would...
