Section: US & Canada
GOP Sen. Grassley splits with President Trump, calls for whistleblower to be protected
While President Donald Trump has been casting aspersions on the whistleblower who alleged misconduct by the president regarding Ukraine, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has come to the whistleblower’s defense, Politico reported.Trump has repeatedly called for an opportunity to find out who the whistleblower is, meet them, and even interview...
Giuliani hires ex-Watergate prosecutor for legal help in Ukraine battle
President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has hired Jon Sale, a former assistant Watergate prosecutor, to represent him in the congressional investigations into Trump’s contacts with Ukraine.Sale confirmed… …read more Source:: The...
Maxine Waters: Trump ‘needs to be imprisoned & placed in solitary confinement’
One of the first House Democrats to openly call for President Donald Trump’s impeachment now says it’s not good enough and would rather see him locked up all by himself instead.In a Tuesday afternoon tweet, Rep Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said that she had had enough of the president’s “filthy talk of whistleblowers being...
DNC Blasts Facebook For Allowing Trump Ad Blitz To Spread False Claims
The Democratic National Committee’s CEO criticized Facebook on Tuesday for its refusal to fact check posts from politicians, including those of President Donald Trump as the President goes on an anti-impeachment crusade on the social giant’s platform. DNC CEO Seema Nanda told CNN that the organization was “deeply disappointed” in...
Ukraine agrees to local elections in separatist eastern region
Ukraine’s government this week agreed to a snap local election in its eastern region, which is controlled by separatist factions, according to The Associated Press.President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a briefing that Ukraine reached the agreement… …read more Source:: The...
Biden demands media focus on Trump allegations as photo, audio and video evidence resurfaces
by WorldTribune Staff, October 1, 2019 Former Vice President Joe Biden is reminding the media that any Ukraine investigations should be focusing on President Donald Trump, not him. However, while the president is dogged by unproven allegations and inferences, there seems to be no shortage of photographic, audio and video evidence about him, his...
Update To Classified System Keeps Log Of Who Accessed Docs Like Ukrainian Call
The White House reportedly updated the National Security Council secret codeword system in 2018, adding a feature that keeps track of who accessed documents like President Donald Trump’s call transcript with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to Politico, the update was installed to prevent leaks. Now that the whistleblower...
The Ukrainian President Wants Nothing To Do With Trump’s Political Mess
The president of Ukraine has no interest in being dragged deeper into the political mess dogging President Trump. During a press conference on Tuesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters that he has never once had contact with Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani, who has been hard at work drumming up bogus allegations against former...
Chuck Grassley defends Ukraine whistleblower, breaking with GOP and Trump
The statement by the powerful Iowa senator did not mention Trump’s attacks on the whistleblower. …read more Source::...
Ukraine agrees to local election in separatist area
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine on Tuesday signed much-anticipated accords with Ukrainian separatists, Russia and European monitors to agree on a temporary law in the separatist-controlled east, paving the way for peace talks with Moscow. The signing at a meeting in the Belarusian capital Minsk on Tuesday was largely seen … …read...
