Section: Business Insider (USA)
Trump’s former top Russia adviser Fiona Hill’s impeachment testimony paints damning picture of pressure put on Ukraine
Fiona Hill’s testimony presented a damning picture of a shadow effort to pressure Ukraine into launching investigations desired by Trump. …read more Source:: Business...
Lawyer for Ukraine whistleblower threatens to sue Trump if he keeps attacking them, but the president’s associates have already been spreading their alleged identity for days
The president is “engaging in rhetoric and activity that places my client … and their family in physical danger,” lawyer Andrew Bakaj wrote. …read more Source:: Business...
US media’s policy of not naming an official identified by right-wing activists as the Ukraine whistleblower is crumbling after a campaign by right-wing sites and Donald Trump Jr.
Fringe sites and the presidents son have floated an unverified identity for the whistleblower. At first they were ignored, but that is changing. …read more Source:: Business...
Trump reportedly wanted AG Barr to hold a press conference defending the president’s call with Ukraine. Barr said no.
Sources told The Washington Post that Trump made the request in September, around the time that the White House released a summary of the call. …read more Source:: Business...
Trump’s obsession with buying Greenland may have complicated the release of military aid to Ukraine, US ambassador says
“That’s disturbing for a while different reason,” Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California said during acting US ambassador Bill Taylor’s testimony. …read more Source:: Business...
Rudy Giuliani lawyers up as federal prosecutors investigate and the impeachment inquiry ramps up
Rudy Giuliani has new representation as he faces increasing pressure from the federal government related to his work in Ukraine. …read more Source:: Business...
Lindsey Graham’s latest defense of Trump is that his policy is too ‘incoherent’ to do a quid pro quo with Ukraine
Graham’s latest defense of Trump is that his policy toward Ukraine is so “incoherent” that he’s “incapable” of orchestrating a quid pro quo. …read more Source:: Business...
Transcript of Bill Taylor’s testimony underscores extreme lengths Trump went to in urging Ukraine to investigate Bidens
Taylor said his understanding was “security assistance money would not come until the President [of Ukraine] committed to pursue the investigation.” …read more Source:: Business...
Former diplomat Kurt Volker says Rudy Giuliani was a ‘direct conduit’ to Ukraine and demanded they publicly announce an investigation into the Bidens
Giuliani pushed discredited allegations that the Bidens were involved in corruption, and the conspiracy that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election. …read more Source:: Business...
Gordon Sondland, US ambassador to the EU, is the latest witness to confirm a quid pro quo between Trump and Ukraine
Sondland described pressure to investigate the Bidens as “insidious.” Asked if he thought it was illegal, he said, “I’m not a lawyer, but I assume so.” …read more Source:: Business...
