Section: US & Canada
Barr Jetsets Into ‘Unprecedented’ Territory As Trump’s Lackey
As Washington blew up last week over President Trump’s campaign to pressure Ukraine into becoming a disinformation arm of the GOP, his attorney general was nowhere to be found. In fact, Bill Barr was not in the United States, but rather in Italy. Multiple news outlets reported on Monday that Barr’s Italy trip focused on urging the...
Maxine Waters, Who Opposes Solitary Confinement, Wants to Throw Trump in Solitary Confinement
Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) expressed her desire to throw President Donald Trump in solitary confinement despite her previous opposition to the practice. Waters suggested that Trump should be tried and executed for treason or at the very least placed in solitary confinement after Tump characterized the Ukraine phone call whistleblower as...
Ukrainian mayor denies that Giuliani spoke with him about Joe Biden
House Democrats have subpoenaed President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani for Ukraine-related documents. CBS News spoke exclusively with Vitali Klitschko, the former boxer who is now mayor of Kiev, Ukraine’s capital. Giuliani’s firm advised Klitschko in his 2008 bid for mayor, and he is mentioned in the House subpoena....
Intel community defends whistleblower’s credibility
The Intelligence Community Inspector General is defending the whistleblower’s credibility, noting that he has “both first-hand and other information” regarding President Trump’s call with the Ukrainian president. Former special assistant to President Bush at the National Security Council Michael Allen joins CBSN to discuss...
Ukraine Probes Ex-Chief Prosecutor Lutsenko On Gambling Charges
Ukrainian investigators say they have launched a criminal probe into former Prosecutor-General Yuriy Lutsenko over alleged ties to illegal gambling operations. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
House official says Trump's former Ukraine envoy will testify this week
Kurt Volker, President Trump’s former special envoy for Ukraine, has confirmed he will appear at a deposition before Congress this Thursday, a House official said.The House Intelligence Committee official also said that Marie Yovanovitch, the former… …read more Source:: The...
Giuliani turns on ‘honest’ Ukrainian prosecutor who says Bidens did nothing illegal
Rudy Giuliani had nothing but praise for Ukrainian prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko — until he didn’t. …read more Source::...
Pompeo accuses Democrats of bullying in impeachment probe
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday declared that House Democrats are trying to “intimidate, bully and treat improperly” five current and former career officials in seeking information in the Ukraine investigation. …read more Source:: CTV...
Ukraine’s President Says No One Explained to Him Why U.S. Aid Money Was Delayed
(WASHINGTON) –– Ukraine’s president says no one explained to him why U.S. military aid to his country was delayed. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told reporters Tuesday that he stressed the importance of the military aid repeatedly in discussions with President Donald Trump, but “it wasn’t explained to me” why the money didn’t...
‘You’re Good-Looking!’ Ukraine’s President Charms Tom Cruise Amid Trump Impeachment Probe
(KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s leader isn’t just trying to charm U.S. President Donald Trump — he’s set his sights now on Tom Cruise, too. Mission impossible? Maybe not — Cruise is studying possible Ukrainian locations for an upcoming film, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office. Zelenskiy tapped his...
