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    Whistleblower negotiations delicate amid Trump threats
    Oct01

    Whistleblower negotiations delicate amid Trump threats

    Lawmakers face a delicate task as they try to obtain testimony from the person who blew the whistle on President Donald Trump and Ukraine …read more Source:: The Boston...

    Trump asked the Australian prime minister to help investigate Mueller probe origins
    Oct01

    Trump asked the Australian prime minister to help investigate Mueller probe origins

    This comes amid allegations that Trump pressured the Ukrainian president to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter. …read more Source::...

    The Latest: Pompeo was on Trump-Ukraine call, officials say
    Oct01

    The Latest: Pompeo was on Trump-Ukraine call, officials say

    WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on President Donald Trump and the House impeachment investigation (all times local): 5:55 p.m. Two U.S. officials say Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was on the July 25 call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s president that is at the center of a whistleblower complaint. … …read more...

    Democrats Try to Tie Trump Judicial Nominee to Impeachment Inquiry
    Oct01

    Democrats Try to Tie Trump Judicial Nominee to Impeachment Inquiry

    Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are pressing a judicial nominee about his possible connection to President Donald Trump’s July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at the center of an impeachment inquiry. The nominee, Steven Menashi, is a White House lawyer and nominee for the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of...

    Hundreds of Journalists Will Be Imprisoned If Trump Not Jailed, Economist Krugman Predicts
    Oct01

    Hundreds of Journalists Will Be Imprisoned If Trump Not Jailed, Economist Krugman Predicts

    Economist and New York Times op-ed columnist Paul Krugman suggested Friday evening that either “thousands of journalists” will be imprisoned because of the administration or President Donald Trump will end up in jail. A formal impeachment inquiry was launched Tuesday after news that Trump had asked Ukrainian officials to look into Vice President...

    Why transcripts of Trump’s calls with heads of state are so hard to get
    Oct01

    Why transcripts of Trump’s calls with heads of state are so hard to get

    A US intelligence official filed a whistleblower complaint citing a July 25 telephone call in which Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Biden and his son Hunter. The whistleblower says this wasn’t the first time under the Trump administration that a telephone conversation record was placed into a...

    Giuliani says he's received subpoena 'signed only by Democrat Chairs who have prejudged this case'
    Oct01

    Giuliani says he's received subpoena 'signed only by Democrat Chairs who have prejudged this case'

    President Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, wouldn’t say Monday if he will comply with House Democrats’ subpoena related to the administration’s interactions with Ukraine, which are now the subject of an impeachment inquiry. “I have… …read more Source:: The...

    Former Homeland Security Advisor: Theory That Ukraine Hacked DNC Served ‘Completely Debunked’
    Oct01

    Former Homeland Security Advisor: Theory That Ukraine Hacked DNC Served ‘Completely Debunked’

    Former Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert told ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopolous” on Sunday that when he worked for the Trump administration, he told President Donald Trump that the theory that Ukraine, not Russia, hacked the DNC server or Hillary Clinton’s emails has been “completely debunked.” …read more Source::...

    Fox News Business Host Says Trump’s Demand To See Whistleblower Is ‘Outrageous’
    Oct01

    Fox News Business Host Says Trump’s Demand To See Whistleblower Is ‘Outrageous’

    Fox News Business host Melissa Francis on Monday slammed President Donald Trump’s “outrageous” demand to find out identity of the whistleblower behind last week’s blockbuster complaint about his call with the Ukrainian president. Francis told the hosts of Fox News’ “Outnumbered” that it is “outrageous to say that you demand to...

    Lawyer Disputes CBS Report That Whistleblower in Ukraine Matter Under Federal Protection
    Oct01

    Lawyer Disputes CBS Report That Whistleblower in Ukraine Matter Under Federal Protection

    A lawyer for the whistleblower who filed a complaint regarding President Donald Trump disputed a report Sunday on CBS’ “60 Minutes” saying that his client is under federal protection. A whistleblower complaint filed in August accused Trump of pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to look into former Vice President Joe Biden and...