Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)
Giuliani’s conspiracy theories cost this anti-corruption lawmaker in Ukraine his job
Rudolph W. Giuliani, Paul Manafort and the mysterious accounting ledger that cost an anti-corruption Ukrainian lawmaker his position. …read more Source:: Los Angeles...
Newsletter: ‘Get over it’
Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today: TOP STORIES ‘Get Over It’ During a Thursday morning news conference, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney came out and said it: President Trump withheld roughly $400 million in aid to Ukraine earlier this year in part to pressure its new government to investigate...
Envoy key to Ukraine debate is due up in Trump impeachment inquiry
The U.S. ambassador to the European Union is expected to tell House lawmakers conducting an impeachment inquiry that he was merely repeating President Donald Trump’s reassurances when he told another envoy that there was no quid pro quo in the administration’s dealings with Ukraine. …read more Source:: Los Angeles...
As Ukraine waited for U.S. assistance, death toll on eastern front line grew
Although there is no way to link deaths directly to the lack of aid, military officials and other Ukrainians say they felt temporarily abandoned by their foremost ally: Washington. …read more Source:: Los Angeles...
Ukraine aid delay sparked bipartisan scramble to keep millions from expiring
Democrats and Republicans threatened to block Pentagon spending to get Ukraine aid released. The Trump administration holdup delayed military equipment. …read more Source:: Los Angeles...
Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine testifies Trump removed her based on ‘false claims’
Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, tells lawmakers her removal was the result of “unfounded and false claims.” …read more Source:: Los Angeles...
Sondland faces local backlash denying Trump deal in Ukraine
Gordon Sondland, a Portland hotelier appointed ambassador to the European Union after donating $1 million to Trump’s inauguration, called himself a master of the quid pro quo in deals between Oregon and the George W. Bush White House. …read more Source:: Los Angeles...
Two Giuliani associates involved in Ukraine probe arrested on campaign finance charges
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman worked with President Trump’s personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani on matters involving Ukraine. …read more Source:: Los Angeles...
Trump’s children take in millions overseas as president slams Biden’s son
President Trump has called Democrat Joe Biden corrupt over his son’s work in Ukraine while Biden was vice president. Three of Trump’s own children have conducted a vast array of overseas businesses since he entered the White House. …read more Source:: Los Angeles...
Ukraine president says there was no ‘blackmail’ in Trump phone conversation
Volodymyr Zelensky insists he faced “no blackmail” from President Trump in their phone call that helped spark an impeachment inquiry. …read more Source:: Los Angeles...
