Section: Voice of America (USA)
Report: Giuliani Under Investigation for Possible Lobbying Violations
Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, is being investigated by federal prosecutors in New York for possible lobbying violations.That’s according to a report Friday in The New York Times, citing two anonymous people familiar with the inquiry.One of the Times’ sources says the investigation is related to...
Shepard Smith Leaves Fox News Channel
Shepard Smith, whose newscast on Fox News Channel seemed increasingly an outlier on a network dominated by supporters of President Trump, abruptly quit after working at Fox since it started in 1996.Smith said at the end of his daily newscast on Friday that he had asked the network to let him out of his contract and it had agreed.Even in the...
Ex-US Ambassador to Ukraine Says Trump Applied Pressure to Remove Her From Post
Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told House committees leading the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump that he the State Department to remove her from her post.The revelation was first reported by the Washington Post, which said the newly disclosed information was in Yovanovitch’s prepared remarks that it...
Ex-US Ambassador to Ukraine Yovanovitch Testifies in Trump Impeachment Probe
Henry Ridgwell contributed to this report from Kyiv. WHITE HOUSE — The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine arrived on Capitol Hill Friday morning to testify privately before House committees leading the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, despite previous efforts by the State Department to block officials from being deposed.Trump...
Biden Campaigns Amid Trump Impeachment Controversy
Former Vice President Joe Biden called for the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump this week, following allegations the president sought damaging information from Ukraine on Biden and his son. Already a front-runner in the 2020 Democratic field, Biden now finds himself part of the battle between Democrats in Congress and Trump that could...
Trump’s Defiance on Impeachment Tests the Constitution
President Donald Trump and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are in a constitutional standoff over the issue of impeachment. The White House is refusing to furnish witnesses and documents demanded by Democrats for their impeachment inquiry focused on Trump’s phone conversation with the president of Ukraine. The clash between...
Diplomat Removed After Upholding Protocol, Ex-Official Says
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 congressional lawmakers Friday...
Factbox: Who Are Giuliani Associates Charged With Trying to Influence US Elections?
Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas, two foreign-born associates of U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, were charged Thursday with conspiring to influence U.S. politics with illegal campaign contributions.Prosecutors identified two other men, Andrey Kukushkin and David Correia, as conspirators in an alleged scheme that aimed...
VOA Explains: The Trump Impeachment Inquiry
Opposition Democrats in Washington have launched an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The move came after a government whistleblower accused the president of abusing his office for personal gain. Here are the basics of the dispute: Why has Congress opened up an impeachment inquiry involving President Donald Trump? Opposition...
Ukraine Leader: Predecessor Trying to Derail Peace Process
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused his predecessor on Thursday of fomenting protests to derail a peace process for the country’s separatist-held east and said talks with Russia were the only way to end the five-year war there.Zelenskiy told reporters that Petro Poroshenko, the incumbent leader he defeated in April, was...
