Section: US & Canada
Democratic lawmaker: Ex-Ukraine ambassador gave ’emotional account of presidential abuse of power’
Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (N.Y.) said Friday that former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was a “very credible witness” who gave a “gripping and emotional account of presidential abuse of powe… …read more Source:: The...
Trump, Ukraine And The Path To The Impeachment Inquiry: A Timeline
Long before the phone call that sparked a whistleblower complaint and then an impeachment inquiry, the story of Ukraine was a preoccupation for President Trump. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images and Getty Images) …read more Source::...
Report: Giuliani Under Investigation for Possible Lobbying Violations
Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, is being investigated by federal prosecutors in New York for possible lobbying violations.That’s according to a report Friday in The New York Times, citing two anonymous people familiar with the inquiry.One of the Times’ sources says the investigation is related to...
Ukrainian Corruption Is Trump’s Native Language
The U.S. president has imported prodazhnist’, Ukraine’s distinctive culture of crookedness, where everyone has a price and politics has no value. …read more Source:: Foreign...
Federal Prosecutors Eyeing Rudy Giuliani’s Lobbying Work After Arrest of Ukraine Associates
Angela Weiss/AFP/GettyTrump attorney Rudy Giuliani’s lobbying work is said to be under scrutiny by the same U.S. attorney’s office he once led. at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
Former lawmaker’s planned congressional comeback clouded
AUSTIN, Texas — Former Republican Rep. Pete Sessions’ climb back into Congress was already off to a rough start, with some in his own party suggesting he was carpetbagging by leaving the Dallas district he lost last fall to try to get elected in a far more rural and politically safe one. Now he may have bigger problems: a federal indictment...
Former Lawmaker’s Planned Congressional Comeback Clouded
Former Republican Rep. Pete Sessions’ climb back into Congress was already off to a rough start even before a federal indictment appearing to link him to a campaign finance scheme and the Ukraine scandal at the heart of the impeachment investigation. …read more Source:: U.S....
Former Ukraine envoy testifies Trump pushed to oust her
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Former Ukraine envoy testifies Trump pushed to oust her
WASHINGTON (AP) – Testifying in defiance of President Donald Trump’s ban, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told House impeachment investigators Friday that Trump himself had pressured the State Department to oust her from her post and get her out of the country. Yovanovitch told lawmakers investigating Trump’s...
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Rudy Giuliani violated foreign lobbying laws in Ukraine
Earlier this week, two of Giuliani’s associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman were arrested and charged with campaign finance violations. …read more Source:: Business...
