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While President Donald Trump wages a defensive battle against a House Democrat-led impeachment investigation into his dealings with Ukraine, the president’s top allies in the halls of Congress are reportedly quietly making a push to reveal the anonymous whistleblower’s identity. According to The Hill, Republicans argue that knowing the identity of the individual who essentially sparked the impeachment inquiry launched ...
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Former Defense Secretary: It Is ‘Clear’ Donald Trump Attempted To ‘Extort’ Or ‘Bribe’ Ukraine President
In an interview with CNN, former Secretary of Defense William Cohen said that President Donald Trump‘s actions toward Ukraine constitute an impeachable offense, Newsweek reports. Cohen, who was a representative in the United States Congress during the Watergate scandal and later went on to serve in Bill Clinton’s cabinet, drew a parallel between Trump and Richard Nixon, suggesting that the ...
Read More »Toronto meeting was part of Ukraine pressure campaign by Trump team: U.S. diplomat
The testimony of U.S. diplomat Bill Taylor as part of congressional inquiries into whether President Donald Trump committed an impeachable offence included a teasing detail about a meeting in Canada. CBC | World News
Read More »Ex-ambassador gives ‘disturbing’ testimony on Trump’s Ukraine dealings, lawmakers say
William Taylor, the ex-ambassador who has sharply questioned Donald Trump’s policy on Ukraine, provided lawmakers with a detailed and “disturbing” account of his recollection of events at the centre of the Democrats’ impeachment probe on Tuesday, as the president used rhetoric to decry the probe that uncomfortably evoked racial tensions from America’s past. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump wanted Ukraine dealings to go through Giuliani, ambassador to testify
The U.S. ambassador to the EU on Thursday planned to tell House impeachment investigators that he was disappointed Donald Trump directed him to work with the U.S. president’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, on Ukraine policy, and he believes it’s wrong to invite a foreign government to conduct investigations for the purpose of influencing American elections. CBC | World News
Read More »Democrats hearing from just-resigned aide to Pompeo as Ukraine questioning continues
The House impeachment inquiry is exposing new details about unease in the State Department and White House about President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine and those of his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and House Democrats on Wednesday were meeting with a former top aide to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. CBC | World News
Read More »Hunter Biden defends work in Ukraine, China in face of Trump attacks
Hunter Biden, the son of former U.S. vice-president Joe Biden, for the first time on Sunday defended his work in Ukraine and China, after sustained criticism from Republican President Donald Trump that has embroiled the president in an impeachment inquiry. CBC | World News
Read More »Ukraine president says there was ‘no blackmail’ in conversation with Trump
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said there was “no blackmail” in a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump that helped spark an impeachment inquiry. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. State Department blocks ambassador from testifying in Ukraine probe
The State Department has barred Gordon Sondland, the U.S. European Union ambassador, from appearing Tuesday before a House panel conducting the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, his lawyer said. CBC | World News
Read More »As Democrats proceed with impeachment inquiry, Pompeo blasts Ukraine critics for ‘gotcha game’
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday defended the Trump administration’s approach to Ukraine, which is driving an impeachment inquiry in Congress. He called it typical of the transactional way countries deal with one another in the real world. CBC | World News
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