Section: Voice of America (USA)
Transcript of VOA Interview with Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton
VOA Contributor Greta Van Susteren interviewed former White House National Security Advisor John Bolton. This is a transcript of the interview.Greta Van Susteren: “Ambassador, nice to see you sir.”Former National Security Advisor John Bolton: “Glad to be with you.”Susteren: “It’s like old times. We’ve done many of these interviews...
Polish President Duda Visits Trump at White House
U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Polish President Andrzej Duda at the White House Wednesday, as Duda finds himself locked in a surprisingly tight race for reelection back home.Polish voters will decide in four days whether the right-wing president will serve a second term in office.Duda, a close ally of Trump, reportedly hopes that Trump will...
Federal Prosecutor Who Led Cohen Probe Now Atop NY Office
A federal prosecutor who held a key role in the case against President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney worked Monday to restore calm to the Manhattan prosecutor’s office, following the abrupt ouster of her predecessor.Audrey Strauss, the newly appointed acting U.S. attorney, sent an email to the staff Saturday night within...
US Prosecutor Who Has Investigated Trump Lawyer Refuses to Resign
A top U.S. federal prosecutor whose office has been investigating President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, on Friday refused to step down after the administration abruptly said it was replacing him. The dramatic standoff marks the latest in series of unusual actions by Attorney General William Barr that critics say are...
DOJ Tries to Oust US Attorney Investigating Trump Allies
The Justice Department moved abruptly Friday to oust Geoffrey S. Berman, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan overseeing key prosecutions of President Donald Trump’s allies and an investigation of his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. But Berman said he was refusing to leave his post and said his ongoing investigations would continue.“I have not...
US Attorney Investigating Trump’s Lawyer Replaced in Surprise Move
In a surprise move, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday that it was replacing Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan whose office has been investigating Rudolph W. Giuliani, the personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump.Attorney General William Barr said in a news release late on Friday evening that Trump intends to nominate...
Germany Says Kremlin Behind Murder of Ethnic Chechen
Germany’s federal prosecutors Thursday charged a Russian national for the killing last year of a Georgian rebel fighter in Berlin and said Moscow ordered the assassination. The development is likely to further strain Berlin’s already rocky relations with the Kremlin, according to diplomats. The German government expelled two Russian...
Trump Unleashes Attacks on Bolton Book
U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed a full-bore attack Thursday on his former national security adviser John Bolton after Bolton in a new book that called the U.S. leader an “erratic” and “stunningly uninformed” commander in chief.Trump, in a string of biting Twitter comments, called Bolton’s book “a compilation of lies and made up...
Trump Administration Sues to Delay Release of Bolton book
The Trump administration sued former national security adviser John Bolton on Tuesday to delay the publication of a book that the White House says contains classified information and that is expected to paint an unfavorable portrait of the president’s foreign policy decision-making. The civil lawsuit in Washington’s federal court...
Racism, Conflict, Country Violations Top UN Rights Council Agenda
During the coming week, the U.N. Human Rights Council will be faced with many important issues left hanging when its 43rd session was suspended in March because of COVID-19. The meeting, which opens Monday, will employ a so-called hybrid approach, with a mix of both real and virtual presentations.To ensure the safety of participants during this...
