Section: US & Canada
Giuliani Confirms That At Least Some Docs State IG Gave Congress Came From Him
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani confirmed Wednesday night that at least some of the documents in the packet of “disinformation” that State Department Inspector General Steve Linick handed over to Congress in an “urgent” briefing came from him. According to CNN, the packet includes fodder for the fabricated Joe and Hunter Biden smears, as well as...
Prison Bars Haven’t Kept Manafort And Giuliani Apart
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has kept up a steady flow of communication with the imprisoned Paul Manafort through the former Trump campaign chairman’s lawyer, seeking to further the rightwing talking point that Ukrainians interfered in 2016 to help Hillary Clinton. A happy byproduct of this narrative would be muddying the charges against...
Biden to Trump: ‘I’m not going anywhere’
White House hopeful Joe Biden on Wednesday hit back at President Trump at a rally in Nevada, telling his supporters he’s “not going anywhere” in a fiery rebuke of Trump’s attacks on his dealings with Ukraine.”Let m… …read more Source:: The...
All the President’s Conspiracy Theories
If Donald Trump and his supporters weren’t so fond of conspiracy theories, the Ukraine scandal would never have unfolded as it did. In a now infamous July 25 phone call, Trump pushed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to look for evidence that the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike had hidden the Democratic National Committee’s server...
Explainer: What Is The Steinmeier Formula — And Did Zelenskiy Just Capitulate To Moscow?
Ukraine’s president has thrown Kyiv’s support behind the so-called Steinmeier Formula, saying agreement on the blueprint paves the way for top-level talks to end the war between Kyiv’s forces and Russia-backed separatists in the Donbas. But what is the formula, and do Moscow and Kyiv really agree? …read more Source:: Radio...
Book Alleging Biden Corruption in Ukraine Lifted Passages From Wikipedia
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastA book that has fueled corruption allegations at the center of an unfolding impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump appears to have lifted portions of text from news articles and Wikipedia pages without proper citation or attribution.The Daily Beast found more than a dozen...
Pompeo Confirms He Listened to Trump’s Call to Ukraine President
“I was on the phone call,” the American secretary of state said at a news conference in Rome — the first time he has addressed the topic publicly. …read more Source:: The New York...
Former U.S. Ukraine Envoy Volker Expected To Testify In Impeachment Probe
Kurt Volker, the former special U.S. envoy to Ukraine, will be the first State Department official directly connected to the Eastern European country to testify before three congressional panels that are conducting an impeachment probe of President Donald Trump. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Protests In Kyiv After Ukraine’s President Signs Formula For Peace Plan
Crowds gathered in central Kyiv to protest Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s signing of a formula for a peace plan for parts of eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russia separatists. They held a rally outside presidential offices on October 2, chanting “Zelenskiy out!” and “No capitulation.” A day earlier,...
Volker: 30 Years of Public, Private, Academic Service
Former U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker is set to testify before House committees Thursday about his involvement in U.S. President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. He is expected to speak behind closed doors to the Intelligence, Oversight and Reform, and Foreign Affairs committees.Volker has served as a special envoy to...
