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State Department, Pentagon experts believed withholding Ukraine aid was illegal

WASHINGTON — A senior Pentagon official said that legal experts at the U.S. Department of Defense and the State Department judged a White House freeze …
Askold Krushelnycky

New York Times: Trump, Ukraine and impeachment, or how we got here

WASHINGTON — Like every presidential conversation with a foreign leader, this one had scripted talking points and a predigested news release …
New York Times

Zelensky’s aide on meeting Giuliani associates: ‘We didn’t understand who they were’

Serhiy Shefir, the first aide of President Volodymyr Zelensky, told the Kyiv Post that his meeting with two associates of Rudolph Giuliani in May was …
Olga Rudenko

Aaron Blake: 13 Republicans and appointees on Trump’s Ukraine call

President Trump felt the need on Nov. 10 to rally the Republican troops. In a tweet, he again urged them to defend him to the hilt on the Ukraine …
Aaron Blake

UNIAN: Ukrainians get $141 million in money remittances from US

In 2019, Ukrainians have already received $141 million in money remittances, which is more than 17 percent of the total volume of transfers. Read …
UNIAN

Eli Lake: The other quid pro quo scandal in Ukraine

Since the Ukraine scandal broke open in September, a narrative has set in: U.S. President Donald Trump was using Ukraine’s President Volodymyr …
Eli Lake

Reuters: Ukraine expects US military aid to keep flowing despite Trump impeachment battle

Ukraine expects the United States to maintain or even increase military aid to Kyiv next year despite the issue being part of a political battle in …
Reuters

New York Times: The disorienting defenses of Trump

The case for weighing the impeachment of U.S. President Trump boils down to a few simple points: In an effort to win re-election in 2020, Mr. Trump …
New York Times

Jennifer Rubin: Republicans admit they have no fact witnesses

House Republicans acknowledged that they have no witnesses and no documents to dispute the main facts concerning U.S. President Trump’s impeachable …
Jennifer Rubin

Associated Press: After push from Perry, backers got huge gas deal in Ukraine

Two political supporters of U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry secured a potentially lucrative oil and gas exploration deal from the Ukrainian …
Associated Press

Associated Press: Was Trump call with Ukraine ‘perfect’?

Republicans have no unified argument in the impeachment inquiry of U.S. President Donald Trump , in large part because they can’t agree on how best to …
Associated Press

New York Times: What Joe Biden actually did in Ukraine

When Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2014, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. pressed President Barack Obama to take decisive action, and fast, to …
New York Times

The Hill: Giuliani associate says he sought to pressure Ukraine to investigate Bidens

A lawyer representing an associate of Rudy Giuliani told The New York Times on Sunday that his client warned Ukrainian officials that the Trump …
The Hill

Brian Bonner: These transcripts will live in Ukraine-US history

The public transcripts of witness testimonies in the U.S. House impeachment inquiry make for more than riveting reading. They reveal a lot about …
Brian Bonner

NBC News: GOP senator says advisers had to ‘convince’ Trump to release Ukraine aid

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., said on Nov. 10 that “most” of President Donald Trump’s advisers were trying to figure out “some way” to get him to release …
NBC News

Kent’s testimony: Lutsenko said he would get revenge against Yovanovitch

Ex-Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko promised to exact revenge against ex-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and provided …
Interfax-Ukraine

Bloomberg: Trump may release transcript of April Ukraine call on November 12

Trump floated the idea of releasing a transcript of that call, which hasn’t been made public, while talking to reporters on Nov. 8. It’s of interest …
Bloomberg

Associated Press: Was Trump call with Ukraine ‘perfect’?

WASHINGTON — Republicans have no unified argument in the impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump, in large part because they can’t agree on how best to …
Associated Press
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