Section: Voice of America (USA)
Battle for Public Opinion Shapes Trump Impeachment Effort
The impeachment inquiry involving President Donald Trump moved into an important new phase this week — public hearings. Opposition Democrats believe Trump abused his power by pressuring Ukraine to investigate a political rival, Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden. They hope the hearings will sway public opinion to support their case...
Battle for Public Opinion Shapes Trump Impeachment Effort
With public hearings now under way in the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, both sides have a key focus in mind: winning over public opinion.Support for the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry climbed quickly in the weeks following the announcement by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. At present, the country remains sharply split on...
‘Unpredictability’ is NATO’s Greatest Challenge Stoltenberg Says
VOA Serbian service’s Jela de Franceschi spoke with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about the shifting global alliances in the current political environment.Q. Both sides of the Atlantic are undergoing political upheaval, unprecedented in a sense. We have impeachment proceedings in the U.S., the third time in modern American...
Former US Ambassador to Ukraine Yovanovitch to Testify in Impeachment Hearing
The U.S. House of Representatives continues with public hearings on the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump with testimony Friday by Marie Yovanovitch, the ousted former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.William Taylor, acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, and George Kent, a senior State Department official in charge of U.S. policy toward...
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Subpoena for His Tax Returns
President Donald Trump on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to block a subpoena for his tax returns, in a test of the president’s ability to defy investigations. The filing set the stage for a high-court showdown over the tax returns Trump has refused to release, unlike every other modern president. The justices also could weigh in more...
First Public Trump Impeachment Hearing Changes No Minds in Washington
A day of testimony in the impeachment inquiry targeting U.S. President Donald Trump changed no minds in Washington, with his critics convinced as ever that he abused his office by pushing Ukraine for political investigations of Democrats in the U.S. and his staunchest allies unwavering in their opinion that he did nothing wrong.Trump declared on...
Next Up in Impeachment Hearings: A Parade of Key Witnesses
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:More witnessesThe House intelligence...
AP source: 2nd US Official Heard Trump Call with Sondland
A second U.S. embassy staffer in Kyiv overheard a key cellphone call between President Donald Trump and his ambassador to the European Union discussing the need for Ukrainian officials to pursue “investigations,” The Associated Press has learned. The July 26 call between Trump and Gordon Sondland was first described during testimony...
MH17 Investigators Release Phone Intercepts with Links to Russia
The Dutch-led team investigating the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine has released new phone intercepts that it said includes recordings of Russian military commanders speaking with separatist fighters and a Kremlin official.The intercepts were released on November 14 as part of a new push by the Dutch team, known as the...
Two US Diplomats: Trump Wanted Ukraine Probes to Help Him Politically
U.S. President Donald Trump became the third president in modern U.S. history to face open impeachment hearings Wednesday. Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives called two key State Department witnesses to begin making the case that Trump abused the power of his office by allegedly pressing Ukraine for information that would help him in...
