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Congressman Nunes ‘Can’t’ Answer Whether He Met With Ukrainian Prosecutor
Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the Congressional committee investigating President Donald Trump, refused to answer questions Sunday as to whether he met with a former Ukrainian official to gather information on the son of former vice president Joe Biden.A lawyer representing Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Trump’s personal lawyer,...
Analysts See Pitfalls for Ukraine in Coming Peace Talks
Ukrainian officials are warily watching the U.S. impeachment inquiry as they prepare for a crucial four-way negotiation with Russia, France and Germany next month.The meeting of the so-called Normandy Contact Group, set for Dec. 9 in Paris, is aimed at easing the conflict in the Donbas area of eastern Ukraine between government forces and...
Immigrants Played Vital Role in Trump Impeachment Hearings
A week of back-to-back impeachment hearings in Washington may have been marred by bickering between Democrats and Republicans and thus unpleasant to watch, but at least in one aspect, they inspired confidence in the American experiment. As Americans watched the House of Representatives conduct contentious public hearings — steps toward the...
Prosecutors: Political Donor Sought to Silence Witnesses
A political fundraiser accused of funneling foreign money into U.S. elections offered six witnesses in his case more than $6 million to keep quiet, federal prosecutors said Friday.Prosecutors also revealed new allegations that the donor, Imaad Zuberi, acted as an unregistered agent for the Turkish government and Libyan government officials, among...
Documents: Giuliani, Pompeo in Contact Before Ambassador to Ukraine Recalled
Documents released late Friday show Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was in contact with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the months before the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was abruptly recalled.The State Department released the documents to the group American Oversight in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. They...
Bolton: Twitter ‘Liberated’ His Account from White House
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton said Friday that Twitter Inc. had returned control of his personal account to him after it had been taken over by the White House.“We have now liberated the Twitter account, previously suppressed unfairly in the aftermath of my resignation as National Security...
Trump Says Pompeo Would Easily Win Senate Seat in Kansas
President Donald Trump appeared to open the door on Friday for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to run for an open Senate seat in his home state of Kansas.”He came to me and said ‘Look, I’d rather stay where I am,’ but he loves Kansas, he loves the people of Kansas,” Trump told “Fox & Friends.”...
US House Vote on Trump Impeachment Likely by Year’s End
U.S. House Democrats’ public impeachment inquiry hearings provided new details on allegations President Donald Trump pushed Ukraine’s president to investigate domestic political rival Joe Biden and his son. But as lawmakers draft the articles of impeachment for an expected vote before the end of the year, Republicans and Democrats...
Trump Insists on Debunked Ukraine Theory, Despite Testimony
President Donald Trump on Friday promoted a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, a day after a former White House adviser called it a “fictional narrative” and said it played into Russia’s hands. Trump called in to “Fox & Friends” and said he was trying to root out corruption...
Trump Impeachment Hearings Highlight Immigrants’ Stories
One came from northeast England. Another came from the former Soviet Union. A third was born in Canada to parents who’d fled the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.Several witnesses who testified in the House impeachment inquiry this week chose to highlight their immigrant backgrounds, sharing their families’ stories in highly personal...
