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    No Surprise: Jim Jordan Backs Up Trump On His Tweets Attacking Yovanovitch
    Nov15

    No Surprise: Jim Jordan Backs Up Trump On His Tweets Attacking Yovanovitch

    Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), predictably, doesn’t think President Trump’s tweets bashing ousted Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch in the midst of her public hearing are a big deal. According to CNN Friday, Jordan blamed Trump’s attacks against Yovanovitch on his frustration with Democrats. Earlier Friday, Trump lashed out in his...

    Yovanovitch: 'I do not understand Mr. Giuliani's motives for attacking me'
    Nov15

    Yovanovitch: 'I do not understand Mr. Giuliani's motives for attacking me'

    Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch said Friday that she did not understand Rudy Giuliani’s “motives for attacking me.”Yovanovitch’s remarks in her opening statement to the House Intelligence Committee were directed at Giuliani,… …read more Source:: The...

    Chris Wallace on Yovanovitch testimony: “If you’re not moved, you don’t have a pulse.”
    Nov15

    Chris Wallace on Yovanovitch testimony: “If you’re not moved, you don’t have a pulse.”

    “Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace said Friday that if viewers weren’t moved by the impeachment testimony of former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, they “don’t have a pulse,” during commentary on “America’s Newsroo… …read more Source:: The...

    Impeachment: Ex-Ukraine diplomat Marie Yovanovitch rejects Trump’s claims, tweet at hearing
    Nov15

    Impeachment: Ex-Ukraine diplomat Marie Yovanovitch rejects Trump’s claims, tweet at hearing

    A dramatic moment caused surprise during the first part of Friday’s public impeachment hearing — when House investigators read a new tweet from President Donald Trump and posed it to his former ambassador to Ukraine. …read more Source:: United Press...

    As she was told to leave Ukraine, U.S. ambassador was honoring anti-corruption activist who died after acid attack
    Nov15

    As she was told to leave Ukraine, U.S. ambassador was honoring anti-corruption activist who died after acid attack

    Kateryna Handziuk was 33 years old when a man threw sulfuric acid on her in front of her house in Kherson. She died three months later. …read more Source:: The Washington...

    Democrats say Trump tweet is ‘witness intimidation,’ fuels impeachment push
    Nov15

    Democrats say Trump tweet is ‘witness intimidation,’ fuels impeachment push

    House Democrats wasted no time Friday saying President Trump’s real-time Twitter attack on a top U.S. diplomat – as she was testifying on Trump’s dealings with Ukraine – was more evidence of presidential misconduct as the… …read more Source:: The...

    Ukraine says it’s arrested a top IS commander near Kiyv
    Nov15

    Ukraine says it’s arrested a top IS commander near Kiyv

    The Ukrainian Security Service says it has arrested Al Bar Shishani, one of the top commanders in the Islamic State group …read more Source:: ABC...

    Justin Amash to Trump: Let Bolton, Giuliani, and Mulvaney Testify
    Nov15

    Justin Amash to Trump: Let Bolton, Giuliani, and Mulvaney Testify

    House Democrats have upped the ante in the impeachment inquiry. President Donald Trump’s efforts to make security assistance to Ukraine contingent on politically useful probes, they suggest, are a violation of criminal bribery law. “The bribe is to grant or withhold military assistance in return for a public statement of a fake...

    ‘Witness Intimidation’: Trump Slimes Ambassador During Impeachment Hearing
    Nov15

    ‘Witness Intimidation’: Trump Slimes Ambassador During Impeachment Hearing

    As Marie Yovanovitch outlined the smear campaign that President Trump’s allies successfully used to oust her as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Trump decided to add to it. “Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad,” the president tweeted, insisting on his “absolute right” to appoint ambassadors. Yovanovitch had just finished describing the...

    Yovanovitch Pointedly Cites Benghazi In Robust Defense of Diplomats
    Nov15

    Yovanovitch Pointedly Cites Benghazi In Robust Defense of Diplomats

    Former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch gave a moving defense of State Department officials in her impeachment testimony Friday, notably citing the 2012 Benghazi attacks that Republicans made so much hay of when in the House majority. “And we are Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Patrick Smith, Ty Woods, and Glen Doherty—people rightly called...