Section: US & Canada
US Intel Chief Tells Lawmakers He Acted Lawfully When Blocking Trump Whistleblower Complaint
Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire told U.S. lawmakers Thursday he acted lawfully when he initially blocked the release of a whistleblower report now at the center of an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Maguire’s testimony came as the text of...
Rudy Calls on State Department Official to ‘Step Forward and Explain’ Ukraine Outreach
Fox NewsFollowing Thursday’s release of at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT
Whistleblower accuses White House of Ukraine call cover-up WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials took extraordinary steps to “lock down” information about President Donald Trump’s summertime phone call with the … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...
How Team Trump Abused America’s Secrets
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastThe intelligence whistleblower whose complaint has triggered an impeachment showdown says the Trump administration abused a highly classified computer system in order to hide President Trump’s attempts to get dirt on Joe Biden’s family from Ukraine’s president. So what kind...
Support for impeachment jumps in new poll — but it’s still far below a majority
A new poll released Thursday shows an increase in the support of impeachment among Americans, but it’s well short of a majority. The Morning Consult poll found that just as many Americans support impeachment as those oppose it, at 43 percent. However, the support of impeachment jumped by 7 points from 36 percent, while the opposition to...
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Whistleblower accuses White House of Ukraine call cover-up WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials took extraordinary steps to “lock down” information about President Donald Trump’s summertime phone call with the … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...
Joseph Maguire rejects Ukraine cover-up, concedes whistleblower complaint ‘unprecedented’
An intelligence community whistleblower said Ukrainian officials emerged from a July phone call with President Trump convinced they needed to investigate former Vice President Joseph R. Biden and the Democratic Party in order to get on Mr. Trump’s good side, according to documents made public Thursday. The whistleblower has roiled …...
Harris calls for NY bar association probe into Giuliani
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) on Thursday called for a probe by the New York State Bar Association into Rudy Giuliani amid scrutiny over a call with Ukraine’s president in which President Trump encouraged the foreign lead… …read more Source:: The...
White House Phone Call Memo Puts Kyiv on Damage Control in Brussels, Berlin
This story originated in VOA’s Ukrainian Service. Peter Cobus and Valeria Jegisman contributed reporting from Washington. Some information is from AP.LONDON — Ukrainian diplomats are scrambling to contain damage posed to their nation’s relations with Europe following the unexpected public release of remarks by Ukrainian President...
In gambit for Trump, Giuliani engaged parade of Ukrainian prosecutors
The president’s personal attorney said he met five prosecutors on two continents in quest to press cases damaging to Trump’s rivals. …read more Source:: The Washington...
