Quid pro quo: Latin phrase dominates U.S. impeachment process
"Quid pro quo." There is no escaping the Latin phrase in America right now. It is front and center of impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump and omnipresent across airwaves and social media. The expression, literally meaning "something for something," made headlines again Wednesday when the ...
Trump debuts aggressive impeachment response with new hires but allies fear he will trip himself up
The White House is engaging in a more aggressive and organized response to Democrats' impeachment inquiry after hiring two new aides, though his congressional allies say the effort remains handicapped by President Donald Trump's own unpredictable reactions. Trump recently hired Tony Sayegh, formerly the top ...
The FBI has contacted lawyers for the whistleblower whose complaint about President Donald Trump's July call with Ukraine's president helped kick-start the House impeachment inquiry. Initial contacts between the FBI and counsel for the whistleblower took place in October and have continued this month, according ...
Aide claims Mike Pence never discussed Bidens or Ukraine company with Gordon Sondland
Vice President Mike Pence's office, responding to testimony on Wednesday by U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, said the two men had not discussed tying the release of U.S. aid to Ukraine to "potential investigations" during a September trip to Poland. Sondland, testifying ...
Zelenskiy unveils restored span in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine ahead of peace summit
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday unveiled a rebuilt bridge that was blown up in eastern Ukraine in 2015, among several confidence-building measures before a summit next month meant to end a conflict with Russian-backed separatist forces. Dressed in a khaki jacket, Zelenskiy was visiting the ...
Ambassador says he worked with Giuliani at Trump's 'express direction' for Ukraine quid pro quo
Ambassador Gordon Sondland told House impeachment investigators Wednesday that he worked with Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine at the "express direction" of President Donald Trump and pushed for a political "quid pro quo" with Kyiv because it was what Trump wanted. "Mr. Giuliani was expressing the ...
Diplomat testifies he should have seen Ukraine-Joe Biden connection
The former special envoy to Ukraine testified Tuesday he should have realized — as many of his colleagues did — that President Donald Trump was holding up military aid to pressure the country to investigate political rival Joe Biden. Testifying in the House impeachment inquiry, ...
Top White House aides call Trump's July Ukraine call 'improper' and 'unusual'
One top national security aide who listened to President Donald Trump's July call with Ukraine's president called it "improper." Another said it was "unusual." The two testified Tuesday at House impeachment hearings as the inquiry reached deeper into the White House. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, ...
Trump says he will 'strongly consider' testifying in impeachment probe
President Donald Trump said Monday he is "strongly" considering accepting a challenge from opposition Democrats to testify in his own impeachment investigation. After the speaker of the lower house, Nancy Pelosi, upped the ante by suggesting that Trump come forward to tell the "truth," the ...
Time and again, envoy Gordon Sondland's Ukraine tale differs from others
The witnesses who have testified publicly and privately in the House impeachment inquiry so far have generally told a consistent tale. Then there's Gordon Sondland. The U.S. ambassador to the European Union has said he cannot recall many of the episodes involving him that other witnesses ...
U.S. officials apparently knew of Ukraine's Trump anxiety before the July phone call
Despite his denials, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was feeling pressure from the Trump administration to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden before his July phone call with President Donald Trump that has led to impeachment hearings. In early May, staff at the U.S. Embassy in ...
51% of Americans now favor Trump impeachment and ouster: poll
A slim majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump should be impeached and removed from office for his controversial Ukraine actions, according to the first poll after the launch of public hearings in Congress. Fifty-one percent of those asked said they think Trump should be ...
