Section: Voice of America (USA)
Ukrainian President Says ‘No Blackmail’ in Trump Call
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Thursday there was “no blackmail” in his July phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump that is now at the center of an impeachment inquiry by the Democrat-led U.S. House of Representatives.Zelenskiy told reporters he was unaware at the time of the call that Trump had moved to withhold...
Trump Predicts Impeachment Fight Will Go to Supreme Court
President Donald Trump predicts his impeachment battle with House Democrats will wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court.The president spoke to reporters Wednesday, a day after the White House says it is refusing to participate in the Democratic-led inquiry into whether he should be impeached.Trump did not say exactly what House leaders must do if...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Plays Hot and Cold With Trump Team
Ukraine’s president appears to be playing to both sides of the American political divide, hedging his bets to ensure U.S. financial and military aid keeps flowing no matter who wins next year’s election.First, a point for U.S. President Donald Trump’s team: Ukraine’s top prosecutor agreed to revisit past investigations...
Biden, for First Time, Calls for Trump to be Impeached
Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden has for the first time called for President Donald Trump to be impeached.”Donald Trump has violated his oath of office, betrayed this nation, and committed impeachable acts,” former Vice President Biden said in New Hamshire on Wednesday.Trump responded on Twitter. “So pathetic to see...
Biden Campaign Rips Facebook for Allowing ‘Debunked’ Trump Ad
Joe Biden’s campaign lashed out Wednesday at Facebook for refusing to block an ad from President Donald Trump which the Democratic candidate said included “definitively debunked conspiracy theories” on Biden.The Biden campaign responded after an exchange with Facebook over a Trump ad which accused Biden of improper dealings with...
Some Republicans Favor Investigation Into Trump Whistleblower Complaint
Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio is one of the few Republicans lawmakers to openly rebuke President Donald Trump for asking the new Ukrainian president in late July to investigate one of Trump’s major Democratic rivals, former vice president Joe Biden.“The President should not have raised the Biden issue on that call, period,” Portman told The...
In the Event of Impeachment, Trump Counts on Republican Senate to Save Him
A new public opinion poll shows support is building for the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry now under way in the U.S. House of Representatives.The latest Washington Post-Schar School poll found 58% of those surveyed now support the impeachment inquiry, while 38% oppose. That is a shift of 21 points in those supporting the inquiry from a...
White House Refusing to Participate in Impeachment Inquiry
The White House says it will not participate in what it calls the unconstitutional impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.White House lawyer Pat Cipollone sent an eight-page letter to House Democratic leaders, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who are looking into whether Trump broke the law by urging Ukraine to investigate Democratic...
Phone Call That Started Impeachment Inquiry
The whistleblower complaint at the heart of House Democrats impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump focuses on a July phone call he had with Ukraine’s president. What is the controversy about? The July 25 phone callWhen Trump spoke with Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukraine’s newly elected president was eagerly awaiting some $400...
White House Fighting Impeachment by Stalling and Attacking
As House Democrats fire off more subpoenas, the White House has launched a high-stakes strategy to counter the impeachment threat to President Donald Trump: Stall. Obfuscate. Attack. Repeat.One of the administration’s first moves: the State Department on Tuesday barred Gordon Sondland, the U.S. European Union ambassador, from appearing...
