Section: US & Canada
Diplomat said to have questioned optics of Hunter Biden job
WASHINGTON (AP) – Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent told impeachment investigators this week that he had raised concerns in 2015 about Hunter Biden, the son of then-Vice President Joe Biden, working with a Ukrainian gas company. Kent told lawmakers investigating President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine that...
The Atlantic Politics Daily: The Syria Stumble
Today in PoliticsIt’s Friday, October 18. Today, who else benefits from the U.S. withdrawal from Syria? ¶ Plus, what to make of the Trump National Doral resort’s new hosting gig. ¶ Finally, remembering Elijah Cummings, a reluctant partisan warrior.(AARON JOSEFCZYK / REUTERS)A brief cease-fire brokered by the U.S. and Turkey seems to...
Energy Secretary Perry: Biden Name Did Not Come Up in His Conversations With Ukraine, White House
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/energy-secretary-perry-biden-name-did-not-come-his-conversations-ukraine …read more Source:: CNS...
Ukraine: Why does it keep coming up in the Trump White House?
Ukraine has been the site of the political affairs of Paul Manafort, the business dealings of Hunter Biden, and the investigations of Rudy Giuliani. …read more Source:: Christian Science...
The Big Dirty
And there it is, the other quid pro quo. Notorious Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash would help Rudy and DiGenova and Toensing cook up dirt on Joe Biden. In return, they’d work with Trump to get US corruption charges against Firtash tossed. Firtash has been fighting extradition to the US on federal corruption charges since 2014. From...
The Debunked Biden Allegations Are Incredibly Useful To Dmitry Firtash
It was one month after Ukraine’s bloody February 2014 revolution. Federal prosecutors in Chicago unsealed a bizarre but pointed indictment against Dmytro Firtash, accusing the oligarch gas middleman of bribing Indian officials in a scheme to corner the market on material for the Boeing 787 supply chain. At the same time, Hunter Biden had...
Sondland backed effort to ‘shake up’ leadership at Ukraine’s state energy company
The Ukrainian government saw Sondland’s push as part of a broader effort linked to Giuliani and his associates. …read more Source::...
Why Firing Mick Mulvaney Is Riskier Than Keeping Him
Mick Mulvaney’s job was in danger even before his disastrous press conference yesterday, and his equally disastrous attempt to walk that performance back. The fumble could not have been more poorly timed: According to multiple current and former White House officials, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to relay private...
Former Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich says he’s now for impeaching Trump
Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich said President Donald Trump should be impeached, a major switch for a former Republican presidential candidate who had previously defended the President. Breaking from his party’s overall stance, Kasich, who’s a CNN contributor, told CNN’s Ana Cabrera Friday the “final straw” for him was White House...
Trump campaign to sue CNN for bias and false advertising
WTF MSM!? is a newsletter that puts a dose of sunlight on the mainstream media and exposes how the media twist facts, selectively report, and outright lie to advance their left-wing agenda. You can sign up for the WTF MSM!? newsletter here. On Wednesday, Trump campaign lawyers sent a letter to CNN demanding “substantial damages” for...
