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    Diplomat says he was told Ukraine military aid was linked to Biden, 2016 election probes
    Oct23

    Diplomat says he was told Ukraine military aid was linked to Biden, 2016 election probes

    “‘Everything’ was dependent on such an announcement, including security assistance,” Sondland said, Taylor testified in the closed-door hearing with House lawmakers conducting an impeachment inquiry into the president. …read more Source::...

    READ: Diplomat describes pressure put on Ukraine to open ‘investigations’
    Oct23

    READ: Diplomat describes pressure put on Ukraine to open ‘investigations’

    The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine told Congress on Tuesday that he believed President Trump tied Ukrainian aid to requests for politically-motivated “investigations.”In the statement made behind closed-doors to thre… …read more Source:: The...

    Diplomat provides House with ‘disturbing’ account on Ukraine
    Oct23

    Diplomat provides House with ‘disturbing’ account on Ukraine

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Ambassador William Taylor, a diplomat who has sharply questioned President Donald Trump’s policy on Ukraine, has provided lawmakers with a “disturbing” account, including establishing a “direct line” to the quid pro quo at the center of the impeachment probe , Democrats said Tuesday. Lawmakers emerging after...

    Taylor: Sondland And Volker Separately Compared Trump’s Ukraine Aid Holdup To A Biz Deal
    Oct23

    Taylor: Sondland And Volker Separately Compared Trump’s Ukraine Aid Holdup To A Biz Deal

    Chief of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv Bill Taylor testified on Tuesday that U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland and former Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker had claimed President Donald Trump’s Ukraine scheme was kosher because he was a “businessman.” In his opening statement, Taylor described to Congress the events that...

    Trump Wanted Zelensky to Publicly Say He Was Investigating Biden
    Oct22

    Trump Wanted Zelensky to Publicly Say He Was Investigating Biden

    President Trump wanted his Ukrainian counterpart to declare publicly that he was embarking on an investigation into Hunter Biden’s work in Ukraine. That’s according to William Taylor, America’s top diplomat to Ukraine, who also told Congress on Tuesday that Ukraine’s president agreed to make the announcement on CNN.Taylor,...

    The U.S. diplomat Bill Taylor testifies that Trump linked Ukraine’s aid to investigations
    Oct22

    The U.S. diplomat Bill Taylor testifies that Trump linked Ukraine’s aid to investigations

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    VOA Explains: Executive Power and Impeachment
    Oct22

    VOA Explains: Executive Power and Impeachment

    As Democrats forge ahead with the impeachment investigation into whether President Donald Trump abused his office by pressing Ukraine for information against his political opponents, some legal scholars say their entire case rests on a faulty understanding of executive power.In the view of these experts — long-time proponents of a strong...

    Report: Trump Tested Idea Of Mulvaney Replacement Before Disastrous Presser
    Oct22

    Report: Trump Tested Idea Of Mulvaney Replacement Before Disastrous Presser

    President Trump supposedly began testing the idea of replacing his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney well before his aide’s messy attempt to clean up his quid pro quo admission of withholding aid to Ukraine last week. According to a Bloomberg report Tuesday, Trump has been quietly mulling a Mulvaney replacement in the weeks leading up to...

    READ: Taylor’s Damning Testimony On Ukraine Pressure Campaign
    Oct22

    READ: Taylor’s Damning Testimony On Ukraine Pressure Campaign

    Chief of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv William Taylor told Congress that Washington’s relationship with Ukraine had been undermined for “domestic political reasons,” according to an opening statement made public on Tuesday. Taylor made the statement during a deposition before the House, as it undertakes an impeachment inquiry into President...

    Dems: Diplomat Brought ‘Disturbing’ Detail To Trump-Ukraine Allegations
    Oct22

    Dems: Diplomat Brought ‘Disturbing’ Detail To Trump-Ukraine Allegations

    House Democrats emerged from a morning of closed-door testimony from a key witness in their impeachment probe stressing the “disturbing” details the witness, career diplomat Bill Taylor put forward. Taylor — a State Department official in the Kyiv Embassy who expressed real-time alarm to the Ukraine pressure campaign— backed up the allegations...