Section: The Hill (USA)
Trump wanted Barr to say publicly that the Ukraine phone call was not illegal: report
President Trump wanted his attorney general, William Barr, to state publicly that he had broken no laws with his July 25 phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. …read more Source:: The...
Graham calls Trump-Ukraine policy ‘incoherent’: Admin seems ‘incapable of forming quid pro quo’
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Wednesday pushed back against allegations that the White House committed a quid pro quo in its dealings with Ukraine, saying that Trump administration’s policy goals related to the nation w… …read more Source:: The...
White House doubles down on ‘no quid pro quo’
The White House is doubling down on its insistence that there was no quid pro quo in President Trump’s interactions with Ukraine in the face of a growing body of evidence that military aid to Kiev was contingent on the fo… …read more Source:: The...
Top official to blame political considerations for lack of Ukraine ambassador’s defense: report
A top State Department official is expected to testify that political considerations were to blame for the department’s lack of a defense for former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, The Associated Press … …read more Source:: The...
Sondland changes quid pro quo story
Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union, had previously asserted that Trump had not dangled U.S. aid to Ukraine in return for political favors. …read more Source:: The...
Paul says he ‘probably will’ disclose whistleblower’s name
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on Tuesday that he might disclose the name of a whistleblower whose complaint about President Trump’s actions toward Ukraine spurred the House impeachment inquiry. Asked why he hasn’t di… …read more Source:: The...
Graham: ‘I don’t know’ if quid pro quo is impeachable offense
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday said it was unclear to him whether it would be an impeachable offense if President Trump demanded a quid pro quo of Ukraine’s president.”I don’… …read more Source:: The...
Five things to know about the Sondland, Volker transcripts
House Democrats released transcripts from depositions with two key witnesses in the impeachment inquiry on Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland and former special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker…. …read more Source:: The...
GOP chairman: Hearing on delayed Ukraine aid should wait until after House inquiry wraps
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-Idaho) told the top Democrat on his panel that any hearings into the delayed Ukraine aid at the center of the impeachment inquiry against President Trump should wai… …read more Source:: The...
White House dismisses impeachment transcripts: Trump ‘has done nothing wrong’
The White House claimed Tuesday that newly released transcripts showed there is “even less evidence” underscoring House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Trump’s interactions with Ukraine that previously known… …read more Source:: The...
