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    Republicans Crafting Way To Avoid Calling Bolton As A Witness
    Jan28

    Republicans Crafting Way To Avoid Calling Bolton As A Witness

    The Ukraine bombshell revealed in former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s unpublished manuscript has made it more difficult for Republican senators to insist that additional witness testimony is unnecessary. The previously unreported episode, where President Donald Trump allegedly told Bolton that the withheld military aid was linked...

    Criminal Record of Crimean Journalist Mykola Semena Officially Cleared
    Jan28

    Criminal Record of Crimean Journalist Mykola Semena Officially Cleared

    An RFE/RL contributor in Ukraine’s Russia-controlled Crimea region has received court papers officially confirming the termination of his probation and the expunging of his criminal record.A court in Crimea’s capital, Simferopol, on January 14 ruled to prematurely terminate the probation period and expunge the criminal record of...

    EU Slaps Sanctions on 7 over Elections in East Ukraine
    Jan28

    EU Slaps Sanctions on 7 over Elections in East Ukraine

    The European Union on Tuesday slapped sanctions on seven people accused of undermining Ukraine’s sovereignty for their role in organizing Russian local elections in the Crimean Peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014.The seven, who will see their assets frozen and face travel bans in Europe, include a top official in Crimea and senior...

    Historians: Sobibor death camp photos may feature Demjanjuk
    Jan28

    Historians: Sobibor death camp photos may feature Demjanjuk

    BERLIN (AP) — Historians have presented a collection of photos kept by the deputy commander of the Nazis’ Sobibor death camp that they say appears to include images of John Demjanjuk, the retired Ohio auto worker who was tried in Germany for his alleged time as a Sobibor guard. The collection unveiled Tuesday at Berlin’s Topography of...

    Ukraine’s Tragic Disappearance in the Fog of Impeachment
    Jan28

    Ukraine’s Tragic Disappearance in the Fog of Impeachment

    Everyone in Washington is treating Kyiv as critical to domestic politics—but hardly anyone is respecting its importance to U.S. foreign policy. …read more Source:: Foreign...

    EU slaps sanctions on 7 over elections in east Ukraine
    Jan28

    EU slaps sanctions on 7 over elections in east Ukraine

    The European Union on Tuesday slapped sanctions on seven people accused of undermining Ukraine’s sovereignty for their role in organizing Russian local elections in the Crimean Peninsula, annexed by Moscow … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: The Bellingham...

    Top Ukraine Official: I Trusted Bolton More Than Anyone
    Jan28

    Top Ukraine Official: I Trusted Bolton More Than Anyone

    Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via APWhen Volodymyr Zelensky at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here …read more Source:: The Daily...

    Bolton Book Claims Barr Was Worried About Trump’s Deals With Dictators. The Justice Department Says Bolton’s Projecting.
    Jan28

    Bolton Book Claims Barr Was Worried About Trump’s Deals With Dictators. The Justice Department Says Bolton’s Projecting.

    President Donald Trump must be having second thoughts about firing national security adviser John Bolton last September. (Though thank goodness he did.) Bolton—who was particularly salty that Trump wouldn’t let him bomb Iran—is now dishing about the president in an upcoming book, a draft copy of which was leaked by an unknown source to The...

    State Dept. Kicks NPR Reporter Off Ukraine Trip After Pompeo’s Clash With Outlet
    Jan28

    State Dept. Kicks NPR Reporter Off Ukraine Trip After Pompeo’s Clash With Outlet

    NPR diplomatic correspondent Michele Kelemen was booted from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s upcoming trip to Ukraine after Pompeo berated NPR “All Things Considered” co-host Mary Louise Kelly for asking him about the Ukraine scandal during an interview on Friday. NPR Executive Director of Media Relations Isabel Lara told TPM that the...

    ‘No way to dress that up’: Trump lawyer’s Biden-Burisma arguments draw praise from even CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin
    Jan28

    ‘No way to dress that up’: Trump lawyer’s Biden-Burisma arguments draw praise from even CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin

    Pam Bondi’s breakdown of the corruption concerns surrounding Hunter Biden’s business dealings in the Ukraine during the Senate impeachment were so effective, that even CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin had to give her credit for it.During the White House defense team’s opening arguments Monday, the former Florida attorney...