Section: US & Canada
Report: Trump allies sought Ukraine gas deal
Much of the Ukraine controversy has centered around politics, but a new Associated Press report looks into the business dealings of a group of individuals with ties to President Trump. Associated Press national investigative reporter Michael Biesecker joined CBSN to discuss the findings. …read more Source::...
Trump Impeachment Inquiry Not Limited To Ukraine, House Lawyer Says
The House’s general counsel said on Tuesday that the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump goes beyond his attempt to get Ukraine to investigate 2020 rival Joe Biden. During a hearing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, as reported by CNN, House General Counsel Doug Letter told presiding Judge Beryl Howell...
Profit, not politics: Trump allies sought Ukraine gas deal
A circle of businessmen and Republican donors touted their connections to Trump and Giuliani as they sought to install new management at the top of Ukraine’s state-owned gas company …read more Source:: The Washington...
Centrist Elites Want Trump Impeached for Their Own Political Gain
Andrew J. Bacevich Many of the elites demanding accountability for Ukraine-Gate were reluctant to do the same for the architects of the Iraq War and the Great Recession. The post Centrist Elites Want Trump Impeached for Their Own Political Gain appeared first on The Nation. …read more Source:: The...
WH Aides Were Immediately Worried About Ukraine Call, Moved To Put Transcript In Vault
As soon as President Trump hung up the phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25, his aides jumped into motion to address concerns about the conversation, including taking steps to put notes on the call in a password-protected, highly-classified vault, CNN reported. National security officials immediately began discussing...
National Review’s Strained Defense of Trump
Last Monday, I wrote that President Donald Trump’s supporters haven’t mounted a plausible enough defense of his involvement in the Ukraine scandal to avoid impeachment. His surrogates tripped and stumbled throughout their appearances on the previous weekend’s Sunday talk shows, and their performances haven’t been much...
The Unfairness of the Left’s Impeachment Push Against Trump
What would you do if you were prosecuted and the prosecutors never named the alleged crime? Or if they kept changing the rules by which they were prosecuting you? How about if the prosecutorial team suggested you be arrested and held in solitary confinement before they even stated the charge? In fact, what if they repeatedly admitted that their...
Democrats subpoena diplomat Gordon Sondland in impeachment inquiry
House Democrats said Tuesday they will issue a subpoena to U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland to testify in Congress and turn over documents related to the impeachment inquiry involving Ukraine. …read more Source:: United Press...
Trump Involved In Key Call In The Late Stages Of Ukraine Pressure Campaign
A key call between President Trump and a U.S. ambassador involved in the Ukraine pressure campaign was revealed Monday evening, just before the diplomat was blocked from speaking to Congress about the endeavor Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, called President Trump last month after a career US official in Kyiv rang the...
Biden’s Sister Weighs In On Trump’s ‘Unhinged’ Effort To Get Foreign Dirt On Former VP
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s sister isn’t happy about President Donald Trump’s attempt to dig up dirt on her brother and nephew Hunter, an effort that led to the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. Valerie Biden Owens, Biden’s sister and one of his political advisers, called Trump “unhinged” during a...
