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    6 Key Moments From Day 2 of the Public Impeachment Hearings
    Nov16

    6 Key Moments From Day 2 of the Public Impeachment Hearings

    The Obama administration instructed her on how to respond to lawmakers’ questions about the lucrative employment of Vice President Joe Biden’s son by an energy company in Ukraine, the ousted ambassador to the former Soviet republic testified Friday. Marie Yovanovitch, who was recalled and reassigned six months ago, also said she felt...

    Yovanovitch testimony shows US foreign policy is ‘in shambles,’ former diplomat says
    Nov16

    Yovanovitch testimony shows US foreign policy is ‘in shambles,’ former diplomat says

    In the second day of televised impeachment hearings, one former diplomat says it’s been distressing to watch the testimony of Marie Yovanovitch, who was abruptly removed from her post as US ambassador to Ukraine earlier this year. …read more Source:: Public Radio...

    Five takeaways from ex-ambassador’s dramatic testimony
    Nov16

    Five takeaways from ex-ambassador’s dramatic testimony

    Marie Yovanovitch, the former ambassador to Ukraine, told House impeachment investigators Friday that President Trump’s side-channel foreign policy in Kyiv “knee-capped” U.S. anti-corruption efforts, deflated morale at th… …read more Source:: The...

    Trump Fights Back as Democrats Home In on Impeachment
    Nov16

    Trump Fights Back as Democrats Home In on Impeachment

    As Marie Yovanovitch took the witness stand during impeachment inquiry hearings on Friday, President Donald Trump took to Twitter, launching an attack on the ousted U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.”Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad,” Trump tweeted. “She started off in Somalia, how did that go?”Trump then falsely...

    5 things we learned from Marie Yovanovitch’s impeachment testimony
    Nov16

    5 things we learned from Marie Yovanovitch’s impeachment testimony

    There weren’t any surprises. But Yovanovitch may have helped Democrats paint a bigger picture surrounding the White House’s dealings in Ukraine. …read more Source::...

    Twitter Showdown Unfolds Between Trump Jr. And George Conway On Impeachment
    Nov16

    Twitter Showdown Unfolds Between Trump Jr. And George Conway On Impeachment

    That escalated quickly. Amid the public impeachment testimony of ousted Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Friday, a Twitter showdown unfolded between Donald Trump Jr. and George Conway. Trump Jr. fired the first shot at Conway — who has ironically gained notoriety for his vehement criticism of President Trump, despite his wife Kellyanne...

    Pompeo Is A ‘Coward’ For Not Defending Marie Yovanovitch, Chuck Rosenberg Says
    Nov16

    Pompeo Is A ‘Coward’ For Not Defending Marie Yovanovitch, Chuck Rosenberg Says

    A veteran prosecutor who served in various capacities in the Bush, Obama and Trump administrations called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo a “coward” Friday for not sticking up for U.S. diplomats abroad. The criticism from Chuck Rosenberg, who served as acting DEA administrator during the first eight months of Trump’s tenure, came during a...

    Republicans Thought Yovanovitch Would Be a Pushover. She Beat Them Up Instead
    Nov16

    Republicans Thought Yovanovitch Would Be a Pushover. She Beat Them Up Instead

    Nicholas Kamm / AFP/ Getty ImagesBefore she even spoke on Friday, President Donald Trump’s surrogates in Congress and conservative media expected Marie Yovanovitch to at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...

    We Still Don’t Know What Happened Between Trump and Russia
    Nov16

    We Still Don’t Know What Happened Between Trump and Russia

    In the 1999 Senate impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania declined to vote guilty or not guilty, instead announcing his verdict as “not proven,” an old Scottish legal formulation. (Chief Justice William Rehnquist opted to record the vote as not guilty.)Twenty years later, with impeachment again in the...

    Fox News host says President Trump added an article of impeachment with tweets during hearing
    Nov16

    Fox News host says President Trump added an article of impeachment with tweets during hearing

    President Donald Trump made his presence felt during Friday’s impeachment inquiry hearing, tweeting about former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch while she was testifying before the House Intelligence Committee.Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) took notice and accused the president of trying to intimidate a witness...