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    Ron Johnson: Ukrainians Felt No Pressure From White House Over Withheld Aid
    Nov19

    Ron Johnson: Ukrainians Felt No Pressure From White House Over Withheld Aid

    Republican senator Ron Johnson (Wis.) said Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky made no mention during their September meeting in Kiev of feeling pressure from the White House to take action in return for military aid, contradicting his Democratic colleague Chris Murphy’s characterization of the meeting. In a Monday afternoon letter sent...

    Nunes Protégé Now At White House Sues Politico Over Impeachment Stories
    Nov19

    Nunes Protégé Now At White House Sues Politico Over Impeachment Stories

    A White House official sued Politico and one of its reporters Monday, claiming its coverage putting him near the center of the impeachment drama was defamatory. Kash Patel, a former lawyer for the Republicans’ side of the House Intelligence Committee who early this year joined the White House National Security Council, filed the suit in...

    Pelosi Pushes Back On GOP’s Talking Point On Delay Of Ukraine Aid
    Nov19

    Pelosi Pushes Back On GOP’s Talking Point On Delay Of Ukraine Aid

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) sent a letter to her Democratic colleagues on Monday that addressed President Donald Trump and his allies’ argument that Trump did nothing wrong because Ukraine eventually received the aid that the administration had frozen. Pelosi argued against the “dangerous position” that the election ought to decide...

    Top Trump Official Who Touted Bogus Credentials Resigns
    Nov19

    Top Trump Official Who Touted Bogus Credentials Resigns

    A senior official at the State Department who came under fire after NBC News reported that she fabricated aspects of her professional and educational background, which included a fake TIME Magazine cover of herself, has reportedly resigned. According to a resignation letter obtained by Politico Monday afternoon, Mina Chang — who served as the...

    White House official sues Politico for story about his role in Trump’s Ukraine dealings
    Nov19

    White House official sues Politico for story about his role in Trump’s Ukraine dealings

    An official on the White House’s National Security Council (NSC) sued Politico and one of its reporters on Monday over a story claiming the staffer had passed information on Ukraine to President Trump.Court filings… …read more Source:: The...

    House Dems circle back to Mueller report in attempt to bolster impeachment effort, want to know if President Trump lied to special counsel
    Nov19

    House Dems circle back to Mueller report in attempt to bolster impeachment effort, want to know if President Trump lied to special counsel

    As the House Intelligence Committee continues impeachment inquiry hearings related to President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine, House lawyers are fighting in court to get redacted information from the Mueller report that they believe could be evidence that the president lied in his written testimony, according to CNN.A House lawyer...

    Trump Suggests He’ll ‘Consider’ Testifying in Impeachment Inquiry
    Nov19

    Trump Suggests He’ll ‘Consider’ Testifying in Impeachment Inquiry

    President Donald Trump said Monday that he will “strongly consider” testifying in House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. “Even though I did nothing wrong, and don’t like giving credibility to this No Due Process Hoax, I like the idea & will, in order to get Congress focused again, strongly consider it!” the president said in a...

    Pelosi says ‘facts are uncontested’ that Trump ‘abused his power’
    Nov19

    Pelosi says ‘facts are uncontested’ that Trump ‘abused his power’

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Monday the “facts are uncontested” that President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine were an abuse of power.In a “Dear Colleague” letter sent to members… …read more Source:: The...

    John Solomon’s questions for former U.S. Amb. to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch
    Nov19

    John Solomon’s questions for former U.S. Amb. to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch

    by WorldTribune Staff, November 18, 2019 Rep. John Ratcliffe has produced some of the most illuminating moments of the impeachment hearings via his questioning of Democrats’ star witnesses. Ratcliffe pressed former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch on whether it was appropriate for Hunter Biden to be working for a major Ukrainian...

    Report: Emails briefed ‘whistleblower’ on Soros’ Ukraine meetings, contacts with Obama NSC
    Nov19

    Report: Emails briefed ‘whistleblower’ on Soros’ Ukraine meetings, contacts with Obama NSC

    by WorldTribune Staff, November 18, 2019 The so-called Trump-Ukraine “whistleblower” was kept up to date on the activities of George Soros in Ukraine, a report said. Eric Ciaramella, whom Paul Sperry of RealClearInvestigations identified as the likely “whistleblower,” received emails about Ukraine policy from a top director at George...