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    Pompeo visits Ukraine as impeachment trial hangs in balance
    Jan31

    Pompeo visits Ukraine as impeachment trial hangs in balance

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo opened a visit to Ukraine on Friday facing a delicate balancing act as he tries to boost ties with a critical ally at the heart of the impeachment trial while not providing fodder for Democrats seeking to oust President Donald … …read more Source:: The Washington...

    No ‘full blown’ trial needed for impeachment, Joe Biden argued in 1999
    Jan31

    No ‘full blown’ trial needed for impeachment, Joe Biden argued in 1999

    A memo written by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden when he was a senator in 1999 has emerged, wherein Biden informed his caucus that “the Senate need not hold a ‘full blown’ trial” in the upper chamber against former President Bill Clinton.The document was brought up on the Senate floor Thursday night during the...

    Trump Impeachment Trial Heads Toward Critical Vote
    Jan31

    Trump Impeachment Trial Heads Toward Critical Vote

    Friday will be a crucial day in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.The trial in the Republican-majority U.S. Senate could end Friday with Trump’s expected acquittal on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.Or four Republicans could join 47 Democrats and independents in voting to allow witnesses to testify,...

    Trump Team Declares Biden Is The One Who Should Be Impeached!
    Jan31

    Trump Team Declares Biden Is The One Who Should Be Impeached!

    Joe Biden should be impeached under a legal theory laid out by Alan Dershowitz, President Trump’s legal team argued at the end of the questioning phase of the Senate impeachment trial on Thursday. A group of Republican senators asked whether unsupported allegations around Biden and a Ukrainian gas company called Burisma could amount to a...

    Pompeo to Visit Ukraine With Boss Embroiled in Impeachment Trial
    Jan31

    Pompeo to Visit Ukraine With Boss Embroiled in Impeachment Trial

    U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is visiting Ukraine for two days of talks that began Thursday, as President Donald Trump remains embroiled in an impeachment trial that revolves around his actions toward Kyiv. Pompeo faces delicate talks with Ukraine’s president, whose phone conversation with Trump back in July is at the heart of...

    7 Questions and Answers From Day 9 of Trump Impeachment Trial
    Jan31

    7 Questions and Answers From Day 9 of Trump Impeachment Trial

    Chief Justice John Roberts declined to read a sensitive question from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., in the Senate impeachment trial Thursday, as other senators asked about the withholding of U.S. aid to Ukraine and about Joe Biden and his son’s employment by a Ukrainian energy company. The ninth day of the impeachment trial was the second straight...

    No Joint Investigation of Yovanovitch Surveillance, Says Ukraine Prosecutor
    Jan31

    No Joint Investigation of Yovanovitch Surveillance, Says Ukraine Prosecutor

    The Washington Post via GettyKYIV—Many Ukrainians—especially those in the government— were nervous on Thursday as they awaited the arrival of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the first high-ranking U.S. government official to visit since the at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...

    Dems Fed Up With GOP’s Refusal to Budge on Impeachment: ‘It’s More Than Frustrating—It’s Pathetic’
    Jan31

    Dems Fed Up With GOP’s Refusal to Budge on Impeachment: ‘It’s More Than Frustrating—It’s Pathetic’

    Zach Gibson/GettyFor nearly two weeks, Democrats took to the floor of the Senate in the hopes that GOP lawmakers would support the call for additional witnesses as part of impeachment proceedings of President Donald Trump.To a person, party members believed that the evidence they gathered and case they presented was compelling and nearly flawless...

    Peter Schweizer: Trump’s request to investigate Biden, Ukraine was legitimate — and we have the evidence to prove it
    Jan31

    Peter Schweizer: Trump’s request to investigate Biden, Ukraine was legitimate — and we have the evidence to prove it

    Best-selling author and Government Accountability Institute President, Peter Schweizer, joined Glenn Beck on the radio program Thursday to discuss whether or not U.S. Senators should call additional witnesses to testify or proceed to a final vote in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.In his new book, “Profiles in Corruption:...

    ‘It’s not worth it’: Pompeo won’t say if Bidens, Burisma on his agenda for Ukraine meeting
    Jan31

    ‘It’s not worth it’: Pompeo won’t say if Bidens, Burisma on his agenda for Ukraine meeting

    Trump’s top diplomat arrived in Kyiv after he caused an uproar by cursing at an NPR host and suggesting Americans don’t care about Ukraine. …read more Source:: USA...