Section: US & Canada
Ukraine reviews cases on owner of firm that hired Biden son
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General says 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 …read more Source:: The Washington...
WaPo Gives Schiff Four Pinocchios for Whistleblower Claim
Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler gave Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) four Pinocchios for falsely claiming the House Intelligence Committee had not heard from the Ukraine whistleblower. During a September interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Schiff said the committee, which he chairs, had not spoken directly with the whistleblower...
Treason (!), Sedition, and Trump Derangement Syndrome
I understand that actually taking seriously what the President of the United States says and writes brings with it the risk of being accused, at least by the more vigorous of Trump’s defenders among our readers, of having succumbed to Trump Derangement Syndrome. (More about that below.) But he is, as his stoutest defenders continually...
Ukraine to review investigation of company tied to Hunter Biden
Ruslan Ryaboshapka, Ukraine’s top prosecutor, said the decision to review the cases was not specifically linked to Hunter Biden or Trump’s allegation. …read more Source:: USA...
Trump Brazenly Suggests Ukraine, China Should Do Opposition Research for His 2020 Campaign
L’état, c’est moi. A recurring theme throughout Donald Trump’s presidency has been his inability to distinguish between the interests of the country and the interests of Donald Trump. This has manifested itself in myriad ways, from the use of Trump hotels for official state business to Trump’s insistence that negative news...
This Is Normal! Trump Claims Foreign Political Pressure Campaigns Happen ‘All The Time’
In light of news that State Department officials actively pressed Ukraine to announce a probe into former Vice President Joe Biden in exchange for a White House visit, President Trump is, once again, proclaiming his innocence. After House Democrats released explosive text messages that show two U.S. ambassadors helped draft the exact language of...
Folks, This is Absolutely Critical
It’s hard to keep track of the gross abuse of power. But here’s the critical thing to keep an eye on through this. We know about election interference of targeting the Biden’s. What was even clearer in those texts is demand that Ukraine “get to the bottom of” collusion between the DNC and Ukraine in the 2016 election. That is...
Text messages show Ukraine discussions among Trump officials
The inspector general of the U.S. intelligence community will testify before the House intelligence committee Friday, following a 10-hour closed-door hearing Thursday that produced more than two dozen pages of text messages showing administration officials discussing President Donald Trump’s controversial dealings with Ukraine. …read...
White House Will Refuse To Cooperate With Impeachment Probe
The White House plans to formally tell House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as early as Friday that it will not cooperate with the House’s impeachment probe, the Associated Press reported. The White House Counsel’s Office is preparing a letter to send Pelosi arguing that because the impeachment inquiry was not opened with a full House...
Ukraine Reviews Closed Case Into Gas Company That Employed Hunter Biden
(ZHYTOMYR, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s Prosecutor General said on Friday that his office is reviewing all the cases that were closed by his predecessors, including several related to the owner of a gas company where former Vice President Joe Biden’s son sat on the board. Ruslan Ryaboshapka’s comments came amid an impeachment inquiry...
