Section: US & Canada
Giuliani’s Interactions With Arrested Associates Under Criminal Investigation
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s business-related interactions with the men charged with campaign finance crimes on Thursday are the subject of a criminal investigation out of New York, according to two reports. According to ABC News, the probe is being spearheaded by the FBI field office in New York and prosecutors at the SDNY — the same...
Former Ukraine diplomat Marie Yovanovitch to impeachment officials: President Donald Trump pressured State Dept. to dismiss her
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch appeared in Congress Friday for a deposition arranged by Democratic investigators who are leading the impeachment inquiry involving President Donald Trump. …read more Source:: United Press...
Ex-Ukraine ambassador suggests Giuliani associates played role in her ouster
The former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine abruptly recalled from her post by President Trump earlier this year told Congress that she suspects Rudy Giuliani pushed for her ouster on behalf of two of his associates who w… …read more Source:: The...
Former ambassador to Ukraine says Trump pushed to oust her
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told lawmakers Friday that President Donald Trump pressured the State Department to oust her from her position. Yovanovitch said in an opening statement obtained by The Associated Press that she was “abruptly” recalled in May and told the president had lost confidence in her....
‘Fox & Friends’ Stokes Trump’s Latest Whistleblower Theory
President Trump may be feuding with Fox News. But he can still count on the “Fox & Friends” hosts to have his back. During a Friday morning segment, the hosts of Trump’s favorite morning show weighed in on a Washington Examiner article published Thursday that claims the whistleblower whose complaint spurred House Democrats’...
An All-American Campaign Finance Scandal
There is nothing particularly special about Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, who were indicted by federal prosecutors on Thursday for violating campaign-finance laws. The two Ukrainian-born Florida businessmen have not achieved anything of note in business, culture, or politics. Both men, nevertheless, have finagled their way into the upper levels of...
Marie Yovanovitch tells lawmakers her ouster came after a ‘concerted campaign against me’
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch will tell lawmakers she was abruptly removed from her post after being told “the president had lost confidence in me.” According to her prepared opening statement, first obtained by The Washington Post, Ms. Yovanovitch explained she was told by the Deputy … …read more...
Common thread for Mueller, Ukraine and Syria: Russia Helps Trump, Trump Helps Russia
In each case, the president has helped Vladimir Putin’s Russia, which has helped him for years with money and political support. They represent different chapters of the same story. …read more Source::...
How Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Became a Target in Ukraine
Marie Louise Yovanovitch was recalled after being targeted in a political campaign that’s now a subject of a federal indictment. How did she make enemies in President Trump’s world?(Image credit: Mikhail Palinchak/AP) …read more Source::...
Ex-Ambassador To Ukraine Reveals Details Of Her Ouster By Trump
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told Congress Friday, according to a prepared testimony obtained by the Washington Post, that she was recalled suddenly from her post in May, after previously being told by the State Department she’d stay there until at least next year. Yovanovitch is currently being interviewed by House...
