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Federal prosecutors just charged a man with sending a death threat to the Ukraine whistleblower’s attorney that said ‘we will hunt you down’
“We have nothing but time, and you are running out of it. Keep looking over your shoulder,” the man wrote in an email last year, according to records. …read more Source:: Business...
A crowd in Ukraine threw bricks at buses carrying coronavirus evacuees from Wuhan to quarantine
The buses were attacked in Novi Sanzhary on Thursday night. Nobody on board has tested positive for the coronavirus — the quarantine is a precaution. …read more Source:: Business...
The senior Pentagon policy official who certified security aid to Ukraine is being asked to resign
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John Rood, who was involved in certifying aid to Ukraine, has reportedly been asked to step down. …read more Source:: Business...
Federal prosecutors are reportedly still probing Giuliani’s activities in Ukraine even after the impeachment trial ended in acquittal for Trump
Giuliani was a central figure to impeachment proceedings against Trump, which ended in the president’s acquittal earlier this month. …read more Source:: Business...
8 days after his acquittal, Trump openly admitted sending Giuliani to hunt for dirt on Joe Biden — reversing a key part of his impeachment defense
Trump previously denied directing his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s efforts to dig up dirt against Biden, his Democratic rival, in Ukraine. …read more Source:: Business...
Donald Trump Jr. mocks decorated war veteran Alexander Vindman after his firing, saying Vindman ‘may still be able to take the defense minister position in the Ukraine’
Trump’s allies have repeatedly lobbed racist attacks at Vindman doubting his patriotism and suggesting he has dual loyalty to Ukraine. …read more Source:: Business...
Democratic swing vote Joe Manchin calls for the Senate to censure Trump for his Ukraine conduct, squeezing moderate Republicans into a corner
Manchin’s motion is unlikely to gain traction but could box moderate Republicans into a corner and force them to acknowledge Trump’s wrongdoing. …read more Source:: Business...
A leaked recording shows Iran knew from the start it had shot down a passenger jet, Ukraine says
Ukraine’s president said a leaked recording “proves that the Iranian side knew from the start that our plane had been hit by a missile.” …read more Source:: Business...
Key witness in the impeachment inquiry Marie Yovanovitch retires from the State Department after being ousted following an apparent smear campaign
Yovanovitch emerged as a key witness in the impeachment inquiry after she was ousted as ambassador amid Trump’s shadow diplomacy in Ukraine. …read more Source:: Business...
John Bolton said Trump personally asked him to help pressure Ukraine to give in to his political demands
Bolton wrote in his new book that Rudy Giuliani, Mick Mulvaney, and Pat Cipollone all witnessed Trump asking him to help pressure Ukraine. …read more Source:: Business...