Section: US & Canada
READ: Rick Perry Subpoenaed In House Impeachment Probe
Energy Secretary Rick Perry has been subpoenaed as part of the House’s ongoing impeachment inquiry, the committees pursuing the inquiry announced Thursday. In a letter to Perry, the House committees on Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Oversight outlined documents the secretary is required to turn over. Failure to do so, the committees...
After Trump Call, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Gambles On Russia Peace Push Without U.S. Help
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is trying to fulfill a campaign pledge to end a five-year conflict in eastern Ukraine. A Russian-backed insurgency has cost more than 13,000 lives since 2014.(Image credit: Efrem Lukatsky/AP) …read more Source::...
Trump Adviser Says China Gave Him Biden Dirt, Then Takes It Back Less Than 24 Hours Later
Michael Pillsbury, President Donald Trump’s informal adviser on China, can’t seem to decide whether China gave him dirt on 2020 candidate Joe Biden’s son or not. On Wednesday night, Pillsbury told Fox News Business host Lou Dobbs that he had brought up Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, to his Chinese associates during a trip to...
Joe Biden was warned in early 2017 about problematic Ukraine ties by man recently indicted for funneling Russian money to US politicians
One of the four men indicted Thursday for a scheme to funnel foreign money to U.S. politicians to buy political influence issued a cryptic warning to former Vice President Joe Biden about his and his son’s Ukraine ties — all the way back in January 2017.David Correia was among those charged with trying to buy influence from state and...
What Do We Know About Parnas And Fruman’s Two Business Partners?
In addition to Rudy Giuliani associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two other men were indicted Thursday morning for violations related to various campaign donations — David Correia and Andrey Kukushkin. And while Parnas and Fruman’s connections to Rudy’s search for Trump-friendly political dirt is well known, their alleged business...
Gardner Refuses To Say It’s A Bad Thing For Trump To Ask Foreign Gov’t To Meddle
Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) refused to say yes or no. When pressed on whether he believes it’s appropriate for the President of the United States to ask a foreign leader to investigate a political rival — referring to President Donald Trump’s now-infamous July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky showing efforts to pressure...
ORIGIN OF THE TRUMP, RUSSIA INVESTIGATION:
While the DNC has been accusing President Trump of colluding with Russia, turns out they were using similar tactics in Ukraine. Meet Alex Chalupa: the opposition researcher working with the DNC to find dirt on Trump, Paul Manafort, and their connections to Russia. Financial records show she’s been on their payroll for years now, and hacked...
Florida men tied to Giuliani arrested on campaign charges
Two Florida businessmen tied to President Donald Trump’s lawyer and the Ukraine investigation were charged Thursday with federal campaign finance violations, relating to a $325,000 donation to a group supporting Trump’s reelection. …read more Source:: CTV...
Ukraine Whistleblower Appears to Skirt Law by Going Straight to Rep. Adam Schiff’s Office
The impeachment drive by House Democrats appears to be focused on the July 25 telephone call between President Donald Trump and Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which came to light through a whistleblower complaint. That whistleblower complaint, and the circumstances surrounding its filing Aug. 12 with the Office of the Intelligence...
The Ukraine Plot Yields Its First Two Arrests
If the president’s fundamental defense against impeachment is that there’s nothing to see here and people should move along, Thursday morning was not a good day for the president.As The Wall Street Journal first reported, two men who assisted in Rudy Giuliani’s investigations in Ukraine on behalf of Donald Trump were arrested...
