Section: The Washington Times (USA)
House Democrats say Pompeo must recuse himself on Ukraine issues
A group of Senate Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee are demanding that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recuse himself from handling any matters that involve Ukraine. A Thursday letter to Mr. Pompeo cited recent testimony from U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, who told the House impeachment … …read more...
Mystery grows over Lebanon aid hold-up as impeachment looms
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration is withholding more than $100 million in U.S. military assistance to Lebanon that has been approved by Congress and is favored by his national security team. It’s an assertion of control of foreign aid similar to the delay in support for Ukraine that is … …read more Source:: The...
The Latest: Trump says he doesn’t expect to be impeached
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on President Donald Trump and the House impeachment inquiry (all times local): 8:55 a.m. President Donald Trump says he does not expect to be impeached, claiming Democrats have “absolutely nothing” incriminating, despite days of public testimony by witnesses who said Trump withheld aid from Ukraine …...
Analysis: Mountain of impeachment evidence beyond dispute
WASHINGTON (AP) – After two weeks of riveting public hearings in the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, there is a mountain of evidence that is now beyond dispute. Trump explicitly ordered U.S. government officials to work with his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani on matters related to Ukraine, a … …read more...
Impeachment hearing takeaways: A ‘domestic political errand’
WASHINGTON (AP) – The final testimony of an extraordinary week of impeachment hearings came from a former White House national security adviser who wrote the book on Vladimir Putin – literally – and a political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine who overheard a pivotal conversation between President Donald …...
The Latest: Pelosi says Trump undermined national security
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on the House impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine (all times local): 11:40 a.m. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says there is clear evidence that President Donald Trump has used his office for his personal gain. She says doing that “undermined the national … …read...
Key witnesses will cap intense week in impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON (AP) – House impeachment investigators will hear on Thursday from two key witnesses who grew alarmed by how President Donald Trump and others in his orbit were conducting foreign policy in Ukraine, capping an intense week in the historic inquiry. David Holmes, a political counselor at the U.S. Embassy … …read more...
Fiona Hill, adviser with sharp eye for detail, is next up
WASHINGTON (AP) – They have heard the measured testimony of career diplomats and the mind-boggling account of a first-time ambassador who declared he was in charge of President Donald Trump’s Ukraine policy. Now House impeachment investigators will hear from Fiona Hill, a no-nonsense former White House adviser who was alarmed …...
‘On whose authority?’: What to watch in impeachment hearings
WASHINGTON (AP) – They owned the White House’s policy on Ukraine. Or so they thought. Gradually, administration officials on both sides of the Atlantic understood that President Donald Trump was using a back channel headed by Rudy Giuliani to push Ukraine for investigations of Democrats. Former National Security Council adviser...
Gordon Sondland testimony seals Democrats’ impeachment narrative
Testimony from Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland Wednesday describing President Trump’s quid pro quo deal with Ukraine all but guaranteed that House Democrats will draw up articles of impeachment, though the fate of the Trump presidency was far from sealed as Republicans rallied to his defense. Mr. Sondland …...
