Section: US & Canada
White House ‘Locked Down’ Ukraine Call And May Have With Others, Whistleblower Says
The complaint, released by the House intelligence committee, details accounts by White House officials about a phone call they treated differently from others, but perhaps not for the first time.(Image credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) …read more Source::...
The Whistle-Blower’s Explosive Allegations
President Trump and many of his aides engaged in a months-long effort to strongarm the Ukrainian government into discrediting his political rivals, then worked extensively to cover up the evidence of their wrongdoing, according to a whistle-blower complaint released Thursday.The document shows that a huge range of officials throughout the...
Germany quiet on Trump, Ukraine badmouthing during call
BERLIN (AP) – During a telephone conversation that now underlies an impeachment inquiry, President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy briefly bantered about a U.S. ally in Europe. “Germany does almost nothing for you, all they do is talk,” Trump told his counterpart in Kyiv. Zelenskiy agreed, replying,...
Whistleblower Details Trump Administration Efforts to Enlist Ukraine in Biden Investigation
The complaint alleges that Ukraine was told relations with Trump depended on whether they would ‘play ball’ on demands for information about Joe Biden. …read more Source:: U.S....
DNI Maguire Won’t Say If He Discussed Whistleblower Complaint With Trump
Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire refused to tell the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday whether he’d discussed an explosive whistleblower complaint with President Donald Trump. During Maguire’s hearing, Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) asked the acting DNI if he’d spoken to Trump about the whistleblower...
Acting DNI Reveals New Info On How White House Stifled Release Of Ukraine Complaint
Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire revealed new details on how an explosive whistleblower complaint alleging serious presidential misconduct was initially handled. Maguire admitted that the White House was the first outside party he went to to seek advice on the next steps. The White House initially said a...
Whistleblower complaint regarding President Trump’s phone call to Ukrainian president accuses Trump of soliciting interference in 2020 election
A whistleblower’s accusations about a phone call between President Donald Trump and the president of Ukraine was controversial enough to cause Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her allies in the House of Representatives to back impeachment. The White House has dismissed it as a complaint over nothing. Now the Office of...
Ex-DNI Official: Never Seen A Complaint That ‘So Clearly’ Outlines A ‘Coverup’
The former director of public affairs for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence was alarmed at the allegations laid out in the whistleblower complaint released Thursday morning. During a panel discussion on CNN on Thursday, ex-DNI official Shawn Turner said he’d never seen anything like what was laid out in the complaint — the...
Whistleblower Report Alleges Trump Used Presidential Power for Personal Gain
“I have received information from multiple U.S. Government officials that the President of the United States is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election…” The whistleblower complaint against President Donald Trump that has fueled an impeachment inquiry was made public this...
Schiff Opens Hearing On The Offensive, Listing Maguire’s Questionable Behavior
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) opened Thursday’s hearing with a detailed depiction of President Donald Trump’s strong-arming of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, quickly segueing into the ways that acting DNI Joseph Maguire seemed to aid and abet the coverup of this behavior. “In the limited...
