Section: US & Canada
Whistleblower had ‘political bias’ against President Trump in favor of ‘rival candidate,’ according to intel IG document: report
The White House is preparing to release a document showing that intelligence community inspector general Michael Atkinson discovered that the whistleblower who lodged a complaint against President Donald Trump had “political bias” in favor of a “rival candidate.”Fox News reported the development late Tuesday, citing senior...
Phone call shows President Donald Trump urged Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Biden’s son
The White House released a transcript Wednesday of a phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that’s at the center of a congressional impeachment investigation. …read more Source:: United Press...
Entangled in US scandal, Ukraine’s leader speaks at the UN
Abruptly cast into the center of a political storm in the United States, Ukraine’s president steered clear of the controversy Wednesday as he made his debut speech on diplomacy’s biggest … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...
Gaetz Reveals That Trump Invited Him, Other Republicans To Review Call Memo
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, said Wednesday that the President invited him and other Republicans to the White House this morning to jointly review the memo. He initially dodged MSNBC host Hallie Jackson’s follow-up questions about who was in the room and whether Trump only invited Republicans, but did...
Zelensky Asked About Military Aid. Trump Replied: ‘Do Us A Favor.’
The White House’s record of a July 25 phone call shows Trump demanding Ukraine “do us a favor” after the country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky raised the prospect of further military aid from the U.S. According to the records released by the White House on Wednesday, Zelensky thanked the U.S. for supplying Ukraine with Javelin...
Did Lindsey Graham Read The Same Ukraine Call Notes That We Did?
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told reporters on Wednesday following the White House’s release of its version of President Trump’s calling with Ukraine, telling reporters he had no issue with the phone call. Graham said his only concern about the call was focused on whether Trump leveraged U.S. military aid to Ukraine to try to pressure...
Trump Asked Ukraine President to Look Into Biden Activities – Call Summary
U.S. President Donald Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a July telephone call to investigate whether former Vice President Joe Biden shut down an investigation into a company that employed his son, a summary of the call released by the Trump administration on Wednesday showed.House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on...
Memo: Trump prodded Ukraine leader on Biden claims
U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraine’s new leader to work with Rudy Giuliani and the U.S. attorney general to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, according to a rough transcript summarizing the call released Wednesday. …read more Source:: CTV...
Trump, Zelenskiy to Meet amid Impeachment Inquiry
President Donald Trump is meeting Wednesday in New York with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy amid reports the U.S. leader pushed his Ukrainian counterpart during a phone call to investigate Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden over a high-paying job his son Hunter had with a Ukrainian gas company.The phone...
Trump says he’ll release transcript of Ukraine call on Wednesday
Trump, who is at the United Nations General Assembly, said in two tweets that he’s authorizing the release of the full transcript of his July call with the Ukrainian president …read more Source::...
