Section: US & Canada
House Dems Target Pence For Trump-Ukraine Doc Demand
House Democrats investigating grounds to impeach President Trump have sent a wide-ranging document request to Vice President Mike Pence, in the latest step as Congress probes the administration’s efforts to force Ukraine to fabricate political dirt. Committees on Foreign Affairs, Oversight, and Intelligence are seeking documents from Pence...
Ukraine reviews cases on owner of firm that hired Biden son
ZHYTOMYR, Ukraine — Ukraine’s prosecutor general said Friday that his office is reviewing several cases related to the owner of a gas company where former Vice President Joe Biden’s son sat on the board, as part of a review of all the criminal cases closed by his predecessors. President Trump had pressed for such a review in a phone...
Scaramucci calls Trump a 'traitor' to the US
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci on Friday called President Trump a “traitor” to the U.S. while discussing the president’s dealings with Ukraine. “The American president is a traitor to the United States. He is… …read more Source:: The...
Former US envoy to Ukraine tells Congress that Ukrainian officials wanted to prove to a ‘very skeptical’ Trump they were serious about cleaning up corruption
A former top U.S. envoy to Ukraine gave on-the-record testimony to members of Congress that contradicts the narrative regarding President Donald Trump and Ukraine that is currently being used to push for his impeachment.In his prepared testimony for House investigators on Thursday — a copy of which was obtained by Blaze Media on Friday — former...
U.S. diplomats discussed Ukraine in text messages — here are a few takeaways
Text messages released by House Democrats span a frenetic eight-week period from July to September, revealing new details about State Department efforts to commit Ukraine to an investigation into the 2016 presidential election and the family of Democratic rival Joe Biden. …read more Source:: Global...
House panels seek Ukraine docs from Pence for Trump impeachment inquiry
Three House committees involved in the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry requested documents Friday from Vice President Pence concerning his role in President Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine into launching investigations… …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine to review Biden-related investigations
Ukraine’s top prosecutor on Friday announced plans to review an investigation into the gas company that employed Hunter Biden, former Vice President Joe Biden’s son. …read more Source:: United Press...
Rubio Questions Whether Trump’s Call For China To Probe Biden Was Even ‘Real’
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) thinks the media got played by President Donald Trump in his multiplying requests for foreign governments to investigate the President’s political opponents. During an economic opportunity event Friday in the Florida Keys, Rubio dismissed Trump’s call for China to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and...
‘I think it’s crazy’: Takeaways of diplomats’ text messages
WASHINGTON (AP) – A whistleblower complaint about President Donald Trump’s contacts with Ukraine had not yet been made public. An impeachment inquiry by Democrats had yet to begin. But the saga at the center of it all was quietly unfolding in Washington, where two top diplomats catered to the president’s … …read more...
Ex-British Spy’s Obama State Department Contacts Avoid Scrutiny
Officials in the Obama State Department in 2016 actively worked with a British intelligence operative, Christopher Steele, to disseminate and investigate allegations against Donald Trump and his presidential campaign. That operation bears at least some similarity to a saga unfolding in the Trump State Department involving Rudy Giuliani, the Trump...
