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    GOP’s Conaway questions Yovanovitch on reputation, new post
    Nov16

    GOP’s Conaway questions Yovanovitch on reputation, new post

    Rep. Mike Conaway argued Friday that Marie Yovanovitch’s life has not been significantly altered by her dismissal from her former position as ambassador to Ukraine in May even though she … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...

    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...

    Impeachment: Marie Yovanovitch says State Department ‘being hollowed out from within’
    Nov16

    Impeachment: Marie Yovanovitch says State Department ‘being hollowed out from within’

    Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told lawmakers there’s a “crisis” in the State Department during Friday’s public impeachment hearing, saying the agency’s “being hollowed out from within.” …read more Source:: United Press...

    This Week: Impeachment Probe Enters Public Phase
    Nov16

    This Week: Impeachment Probe Enters Public Phase

    The Week In Impeachment Public hearings: The House held its first two public hearings in the impeachment probe this week, with members grilling career diplomats about the highly unusual actions they witnessed from the Trump administration. On Wednesday, Ukraine diplomat Bill Taylor and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent testified...

    Ambassador Yovanovitch admits she was prepped on Hunter Biden and Burisma by the Obama administration
    Nov16

    Ambassador Yovanovitch admits she was prepped on Hunter Biden and Burisma by the Obama administration

    During her public testimony in the impeachment inquiry Friday, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch admitted to being prepped on how to answer questions regarding Hunter Biden and his involvement with Burisma by the Obama administration before her Senate confirmation hearings.Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) pressed the issue during...

    Rough Transcript of First Trump-Zelenskiy Call Released
    Nov16

    Rough Transcript of First Trump-Zelenskiy Call Released

    President Donald Trump on Friday released the summary transcript of his April congratulatory call with Ukraine’s president-elect, the latest salvo in the White House effort to blunt Democratic allegations that Trump abused his power by pressuring a foreign leader to get involved in U.S. politics.The new account of Trump’s call with...

    Audience applauds, GOP microphone turned off at end of Yovanovitch hearing
    Nov16

    Audience applauds, GOP microphone turned off at end of Yovanovitch hearing

    Audience members at Friday’s impeachment inquiry broke into applause after former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch concluded her testimony.Even as Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) repeatedly asked to be reco… …read more Source:: The...

    Six memorable moments from Ex-Ukraine ambassador Yovanovitch’s public testimony
    Nov16

    Six memorable moments from Ex-Ukraine ambassador Yovanovitch’s public testimony

    Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch on Friday became the third witness to testify publicly in the House’s impeachment inquiry into President Trump.She described her feelings about her removal from t… …read more Source:: The...

    MSNBC’s McCaskill: Trump used ‘his fat thumbs’ to try to intimidate Yovanovitch
    Nov16

    MSNBC’s McCaskill: Trump used ‘his fat thumbs’ to try to intimidate Yovanovitch

    MSNBC analyst Claire McCaskill said President Trump used “his fat thumbs” to try to intimidate former Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch in real time on Twitter during an analysis of the impeachment hearings Friday afte… …read more Source:: The...