The recording contradicts the president’s statements that he did not know the Giuliani associates Lev Parnas or Igor Fruman, key figures in the Ukraine investigation who were indicted last year on campaign finance charges. Continue reading
NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly said on Friday that Pompeo cursed at her and repeatedly “used the F-word” in a shouted diatribe after she questioned him about Ukraine and the ousted American ambassador to Kiev during a nine-minute interview. Continue reading
Closing out their case, House Democrats warned in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial that the president will persist in abusing his power and endangering American democracy unless Congress intervenes to remove him before the 2020 election. Continue reading
ABC News reported that a speaker who appears to be Trump says on the recording, “Get rid of her! Get her out tomorrow. I don’t care. Get her out tomorrow. Take her out. OK? Do it.” Continue reading
Ukraine will press Iran to hand over the black boxes from the crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane at a meeting with a visiting Iranian delegation on Monday, Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko told reporters. Continue reading
Adam Schiff said the withheld documents could be significant to President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Continue reading
The bodies of the 11 Ukrainians who died when an Iranian missile shot down a passenger plane have arrived in Ukraine for a farewell ceremony. Continue reading
In the leaked recording, Oleksiy Honcharuk called Volodymyr Zelenskiy “a layman” in economics and said the president should be better educated about the national currency. Continue reading
The report, released Thursday, said the funds were withheld for a “policy reason, which is not permitted under the Impoundment Control Act.” Continue reading
The Ukrainian Interior Ministry, which runs the police forces, said in a statement that Ukrainian police “are not interfering in the internal political affairs of the United States.” Continue reading