Section: The Washington Times (USA)
Analysis: Trump impulsiveness a theme in impeachment, Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) – A common denominator runs through the impeachment probe and the chaos unfolding in Syria: President Donald Trump’s improvisational style of conducting foreign policy. The president’s decision to push Ukraine to investigate a political rival prompted Democrats to launch the House impeachment inquiry, and...
Hillary Clinton praises impeachment inquiry witnesses as ‘gutsy women’
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lavished praise on two former State Department employees who testified before the House impeachment inquiry as “gutsy women.” Mrs. Clinton took to Twitter to applaud former Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and former diplomat Fiona Hill both testified before the House committees...
Mike Pence rejects Democrats’ request for Ukraine documents
Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday slammed the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry as illegitimate, saying he will not turn over documents related to President Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. Matthew Morgan, counsel for Mr. Pence, wrote a letter to the chairmen of the House Intelligence, Foreign...
Sondland prepared to deny he was warned about Ukraine work
WASHINGTON (AP) – Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, is prepared to tell lawmakers this week that top White House national security officials never personally raised concerns with him about his dealings with Rudy Giuliani in Ukraine, a person familiar with his account told The Associated Press … …read...
Ukraine peace plan in limbo after inconclusive talks
MINSK, Belarus (AP) – A plan for Ukrainian and separatists to pull back their troops and weapons in eastern Ukraine remained in limbo after another round of inconclusive talks Tuesday. Ukraine’s newly-elected president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has sought to revive a long-stalled peace plan by pressing for a troop withdrawal and …...
Rudy Giuliani says he was paid $500,000 for work with indicted associate’s firm
President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani said he was paid $500,000 for his work with a company co-founded by a Ukrainian-American businessman who was indicted last week on campaign finance charges. The businessman, Lev Parnas, is said to be involved with Mr. Giuliani’s efforts to prod Ukraine into investigating 2020 …...
AP source: Ex-Trump adviser objected to ambassador’s firing
WASHINGTON (AP) – Fiona Hill, a former White House adviser on Russia, told House impeachment investigators behind closed doors Monday that she had strongly and repeatedly objected to the ouster earlier this year of former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, according to a person familiar with the testimony. Yovanovitch testified...
Far-right groups protest Ukrainian president’s peace plan
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Police are deployed around Ukraine’s capital as multiple far-right and nationalist groups gather for protests against President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his peace plan for eastern Ukraine. Zelenskiy paid homage Monday to Ukrainians killed in the five-year conflict with Moscow-backed separatists, holding a moment of...
Ambassador expected to testify key assurance was from Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.S. ambassador is expected to tell Congress that his text message reassuring another envoy that there was no quid pro quo in their interactions with Ukraine was based solely on what President Donald Trump told him. That’s according to a person familiar with his coming testimony … …read more Source::...
Ukraine’s president calls for calm at nationalists’ march
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s president is urging participants in a nationalist march Monday to avoid violence, amid growing anger at his peace plan for the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine. Kyiv is deploying thousands of police to watch over the march, expected to include nationalist and far-right groups protesting …...
