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    Diplomat says of Trump Ukraine call: ‘I remember it vividly’
    Nov19

    Diplomat says of Trump Ukraine call: ‘I remember it vividly’

    WASHINGTON (AP) – The phone call State Department official David Holmes overheard between President Donald Trump and Ambassador Gordon Sondland lasted just two minutes. But it won’t be easily forgotten. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” Holmes told Trump impeachment investigators, “someone calling the President from a mobile...

    Pompeo Champions Trump’s Ukraine Actions Ahead Of This Week’s Impeachment Hearings
    Nov19

    Pompeo Champions Trump’s Ukraine Actions Ahead Of This Week’s Impeachment Hearings

    As the U.S. House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry begins its second week of public hearings to determine whether President Donald Trump abused the power of his office by withholding military aid to Ukraine, America’s top diplomat defended his policy. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Union Raises Money to Help US Diplomats Pay Impeachment Legal Bills
    Nov19

    Union Raises Money to Help US Diplomats Pay Impeachment Legal Bills

    The union representing U.S. diplomats said on Monday it has raised tens of thousands of dollars in the last week alone to help defray the legal costs of foreign service officers who have testified in U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry.The American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) also issued a statement defending U.S....

    AP News in Brief at 12:09 a.m. EST
    Nov19

    AP News in Brief at 12:09 a.m. EST

    White House officials to kick off big Trump impeachment week WASHINGTON (AP) — Two top national security aides who listened to President Donald Trump’s call with Ukraine are scheduled to … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...

    Pence aide’s testimony renews focus on VP’s Ukraine role
    Nov19

    Pence aide’s testimony renews focus on VP’s Ukraine role

    WASHINGTON (AP) – He knew nothing about the Ukrainian backchannel, his aides say. He was unaware of a pull-aside meeting in Ukraine set up by a member of his own delegation, they insist. And he was in the dark about a months-long campaign to push Ukraine’s leader to investigate President … …read more Source:: The...

    House releases Hale deposition about Yovanovitch ouster
    Nov19

    House releases Hale deposition about Yovanovitch ouster

    Hale spoke about the recall of U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. He said at one point, Pompeo spoke to Fox News’ Sean Hannity about Yovanovitch …read more Source::...

    House Launches Busy Week in Trump Impeachment Probe
    Nov19

    House Launches Busy Week in Trump Impeachment Probe

    A busy week in the public impeachment hearings into U.S. President Donald Trump begins early Tuesday with the first of three witnesses and what they know about Trump’s alleged efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate political rivals.In total, House committees will hear from nine witnesses during five separate hearings taking place on...

    Christine Blasey Ford urges Americans to believe Trump critic and impeachment witness Amb. Yovanovitch
    Nov19

    Christine Blasey Ford urges Americans to believe Trump critic and impeachment witness Amb. Yovanovitch

    Christine Blasey Ford — who accused Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh last year of sexual assaulting her when they were teenagers — has come out urging Americans to stand up for impeachment witness and former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, whose testimony was critical of President Donald Trump.What are the details?Dr. Blasey Ford...

    Top Diplomat Testified Pompeo Called Hannity About Yovanovitch Smears
    Nov19

    Top Diplomat Testified Pompeo Called Hannity About Yovanovitch Smears

    David Hale, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, said in his closed-door impeachment testimony that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Fox News host at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...

    Sondland to U.S. Diplomat, Trump Only Only Cares About ‘Big Stuff’ Like the Biden Investigation
    Nov19

    Sondland to U.S. Diplomat, Trump Only Only Cares About ‘Big Stuff’ Like the Biden Investigation

    Chip SomodevillaThe U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland told State Department officials and staffers in Kiev that Donald Trump didn’t “give a shit about Ukraine” and only cared about the country launching an investigation into 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter. That’s according to a newly...