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Democrats release new batch of testimony from Trump impeachment inquiry
A senior Pentagon official detailed confusion and concern in the US national security apparatus after the White House blocked aid to Ukraine without explanation, according to a testimony released yesterday by the congressional impeachment panel into US President Donald Trump.
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US envoy Sondland admits to quid pro quo on Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON: US diplomat Gordon Sondland told a Ukrainian official his country would likely not get nearly US$400 million in security aid unless they pursued investigations demanded by President Donald Trump, revising earlier testimony to the Trump impeachment inquiry. Sondland, the
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Giuliani associate Parnas will comply with Trump impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON: Lev Parnas, an indicted Ukrainian-American businessman who has ties to President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, is now prepared to comply with requests for records and testimony from congressional impeachment investigators, his lawyer told Reuters yesterday. Parnas, who
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Whistleblower offers Republicans testimony as Trump pushes to unmask
WASHINGTON: The US official whose whistleblower complaint led to the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump offered to communicate directly with Republicans on the intelligence committee leading the inquiry, his lawyers said yesterday. The action was in response to Republican
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Impeachment probe violates Trump’s rights?
WASHINGTON: Republican lawmakers on Wednesday stormed a hearing room at the U.S. House of Representatives where a Pentagon official was to testify in the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump, yelling that it was unfair and violated Trump’s rights. The
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Republican lawmakers storm and disrupt Trump impeachment inquiry
Republican lawmakers, encouraged by President Donald Trump to get tougher in fighting Democrats’ attempts to impeach him, disrupted the US House of Representatives impeachment inquiry yesterday and prevented a Pentagon official from testifying. The Republicans stormed into a hearing room
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One person missing in Democrats’ impeachment inquiry: the whistleblower
WASHINGTON: Democratic lawmakers leading an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump have heard days of testimony from a parade of senior government officials. But they have yet to hear from the whistleblower who sparked the probe – and may never
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Pence, Giuliani will not cooperate in impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON: US Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani said yesterday that they will not cooperate with a US House of Representatives impeachment inquiry, prompting a leading Democrat to say that would strengthen the case
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Hunter Biden disputes Trump attacks of his work
WASHINGTON: Hunter Biden, the son of former US vice president Joe Biden, for the first time yesterday defended his work in Ukraine and China, after sustained criticism from Republican President Donald Trump that has in turn embroiled the White House
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Ex-US ambassador: Trump axed me over ‘false claims’
The former US ambassador to Ukraine yesterday told a House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump that he ousted her based on “unfounded and false claims” after she had come under attack from his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.
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