Section: The Washington Times (USA)
Envoy to Ukraine was removed after pushback on Giuliani
WASHINGTON (AP) – The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was removed from her post after insisting that Rudy Giuliani’s requests to Ukrainian officials for investigations be relayed through official channels. That is according to a former diplomat who has spoken with her. The ambassador, Marie Yovanovitch, is scheduled to testify...
Envoy to Ukraine was removed after pushback on Giuliani
WASHINGTON (AP) – The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was removed from her post after insisting that Rudy Giuliani’s requests to Ukrainian officials for investigations be relayed through official channels, according to a former diplomat who has spoken with her. The ambassador, Marie Yovanovitch, is scheduled to testify before...
Arrested Florida men campaigned to oust US envoy to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal prosecutors say two Florida businessmen tied to Rudy Giuliani leveraged a flurry of GOP political donations in a campaign to force the removal of U.S. ambassador to Ukraine as part of a conspiracy with an unnamed Ukrainian official who wanted her gone. An indictment unsealed Thursday … …read more...
Ukraine’s president says Trump didn’t blackmail him over military aid
Ukraine’s president said Thursday there was “no blackmail” by President Trump in their phone call at the center of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. President Volodymyr Zelensky told The Associated Press for the first time that his country will “happily” investigate Mr. Trump’s claim that it was...
The Latest: Documents say US lawmaker’s Ukraine help sought
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on the arrest of two Florida businessmen tied to President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani (all times local): 11 a.m. Federal prosecutors say two businessmen tied to President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani asked a U.S. congressman to help remove the American ambassador...
Ukraine president: ‘No blackmail’ in conversation with Trump
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday there was “no blackmail” in the phone call with U.S. President Trump that helped spark an impeachment inquiry. Zelensky is trying to save his reputation and distance himself from the U.S. political drama. In an all-day “media marathon” held in...
Mike Pence: Joe Biden probe, Ukraine aid in ‘no way connected’
Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that President Trump’s request for Ukraine to investigate Joseph R. Biden was in “no way connected” to the president withholding military aid, as far as he knew. Pressed by reporters in Iowa whether he was “aware” that the military aid was tied to a … …read more...
Diplomat tarred by White House is known for her diligence
To President Donald Trump, the diplomat representing the U.S. in Ukraine was “bad news” – a supposedly rogue ambassador with a political bias against him. But to those who know Marie Yovanovitch – the former envoy to Kyiv who is scheduled to testify before the House this week as Democrats … …read more Source::...
Javelin missiles for Ukraine at center of trump impeachment drama
It was the Ukrainian quid for an American quo that helped launch a constitutional crisis. A powerful U.S. anti-armor missile prized for its ability to knock out the world’s toughest tanks has emerged as the unlikely center of the impeachment dispute sparked by a fateful July 25 phone call between … …read more Source:: The...
House Democrats subpoena diplomat Gordon Sondland, who was blocked by Trump administration from test
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Democrats subpoena diplomat Gordon Sondland, who was blocked by Trump administration from testifying about Ukraine. …read more Source:: The Washington...
