Section: The Washington Times (USA)
Ousted ambassador to testify in Trump impeachment probe
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House will hear from a singular witness Friday in the Trump impeachment hearings: Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who was targeted by the president’s allies in a “smear” campaign now central to the inquiry. The career diplomat, who served both Republican and Democratic … …read...
Diplomat built reputation as solid pro, but saw it sullied
WASHINGTON (AP) – The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine watched in disbelief as her reputation was publicly sullied in a slow-burning campaign to discredit her. She was unceremoniously ousted from her job even as her boss assured her she had done nothing wrong. On Friday, diplomat Marie Yovanovitch gets her … …read more Source::...
Diplomat gets chance to tell of her ouster by Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) – The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine watched in disbelief as her reputation was publicly sullied in a slow-burning campaign to discredit her. She was unceremoniously ousted from her job even as her boss assured her she had done nothing wrong. On Friday, diplomat Marie Yovanovitch gets her … …read more Source::...
Pelosi says Trump’s Ukraine actions amount to ‘bribery’
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Democrats are refining part of their impeachment case against the president to a simple allegation: Bribery. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday brushed aside the Latin phrase “quid pro quo” that Democrats have been using to describe President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine. As the impeachment …...
Key dates in the Trump impeachment investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) – Key dates related to the Trump impeachment investigation: APRIL 21, 2019 President Donald Trump speaks with then-President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy to congratulate him on his election victory. The White House says in a readout of the call that the president underscored unwavering support for Ukraine’s sovereignty...
AP source: 2nd US embassy official overheard President Trump’s call with Sondland about need for Ukr
WASHINGTON (AP) – AP source: 2nd US embassy official overheard President Trump’s call with Sondland about need for Ukraine investigations. …read more Source:: The Washington...
Nancy Pelosi says delay of Ukraine aid is bribery
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused President Trump of bribery in pressing Ukraine for investigations. “The bribe is to grant or withhold military assistance in return for a public statement of a fake investigation into he elections. That’s bribery,” she told reporters on Thursday. Bribery is specifically named in the...
MH17 probe reveals close ties between Russia, Ukraine rebels
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An international team of investigators piecing together a criminal case in the July 2014 shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine said Thursday that evidence suggests links between Russia and separatists in the region were closer than previously believed. The Joint Investigation …...
Next up in impeachment hearings: A parade of key witnesses
WASHINGTON (AP) – Several more witnesses scheduled to testify in the House impeachment hearings over the next week are expected to say they too worried about President Donald Trump’s push for Ukraine to investigate Democrats as the U.S. withheld military aid from the country. What’s ahead on the impeachment schedule: …...
Timeline: The curious release of military aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) – Military aid promised by the U.S. to Ukraine – and the strange circumstances under which it was held up and eventually released – is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. For Republicans, the key fact is that Ukraine received the money, regardless … …read more Source::...
