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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 18, 2019
White House admits quid pro quo, saying request for 2016 poll probe was factor in frozen Ukraine aid
President Donald Trump's withholding of $391 million in military aid to Ukraine was linked to his request that the Ukrainians look into a claim — debunked as a conspiracy theory — about the 2016 U.S. election, a senior presidential aide said on Thursday, the first time the White House acknowledged...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 18, 2019
Embroiled in Ukraine scandal, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has told Trump he will step down, source says
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has told President Donald Trump he will step down, a day before a deadline set by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives for him to turn over documents in the impeachment probe, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 18, 2019
Trump told U.S. officials to work with his lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine policy, ambassador to EU testifies
President Donald Trump directed senior U.S. officials to talk directly to his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, about U.S. policy in Ukraine, raising concern that the president was outsourcing American foreign policy to a private citizen, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2019
Career U.S. diplomat, long foe of Kyiv corruption, testifies at House impeachment inquiry on Trump's Ukraine dealings
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday questioned George Kent, a U.S. career diplomat who has spent much of his career fighting corruption in Ukraine and elsewhere.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 14, 2019
Secret testimony aimed at keeping Trump in the dark, says Adam Schiff
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff defended holding testimony behind closed doors in the impeachment inquiry he's heading up against President Donald Trump, likening this phase of the investigation to a "grand jury."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2019
Trump's dangerous war on the National Security Council
An undisciplined U.S. president and weakened advisers are a recipe for disaster.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2019
House Democrats subpoena U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry in Trump impeachment probe
Congressional Democrats issued a subpoena for U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Thursday over any possible role he played in President Donald Trump's effort to get Ukraine's president to investigate a political rival.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2019
Trump claims he does not know the two arrested associates of Rudy Giuliani despite being in photo with them
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he does not know the two associates of his personal lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, who were arrested, even if they are in a picture with him.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 8, 2019
U.S. authorities protecting whistleblower in Trump-Ukraine matter: source
U.S. authorities have taken security measures to protect a U.S. intelligence official who filed a whistleblower complaint that sparked an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, a source familiar with the case told Reuters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 7, 2019
'Beginning of the full capitulation': Thousands rally in Kyiv to protest autonomy plan for eastern Ukraine
Thousands of people gathered in Kyiv's main square on Sunday to protest President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's deal with Moscow to grant autonomy to Ukraine's pro-Russian rebel-held east as part of efforts to end a five-year conflict there.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2019
Lawmaker learned of whistleblower's concerns before complaint was filed, New York Times reports
The whistleblower at the center of a growing impeachment probe of President Donald Trump provided an account of his concerns to a congressional aide, who relayed them to the committee chairman now leading the House of Representatives' impeachment investigation, the New York Times reported on Wednesday....
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 2, 2019
Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley insists whistleblower must be protected
The whistleblower who reported concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump's July 25 call with Ukraine's president should be heard out and their identity protected," Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said in a statement on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 1, 2019
Trump pressed Australian leader to help in probe of Robert Mueller inquiry's origins, NYT reports
President Donald Trump urged Australia's prime minister during a recent phone call to help the U.S. attorney general in an investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing two U.S. officials with knowledge of the call.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 30, 2019
Rudy Giuliani claims Trump didn't pay for his globetrotting push for Ukraine to probe Joe Biden
Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, says he met Ukrainian officials in Madrid, Paris and Warsaw this year as he pushed an investigation into one of Trump's main political rivals in the 2020 presidential election, former Vice President Joe Biden.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 30, 2019
U.S. Democrats setting sights on Trump's secretive phone calls with Putin and other leaders
Congress is determined to get access to U.S. President Donald Trump's calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other world leaders, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said on Sunday, citing concerns the Republican leader may have jeopardized national security.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 27, 2019
Exasperated Trump's strategy: Flail at Democrats, attack whistleblower, tweet from the hip
U.S. President Donald Trump grew increasingly exasperated on Thursday as he sat in his cabin aboard Air Force One and watched television coverage of Democrats on a congressional committee accuse him of criminal behavior.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 27, 2019
Computer server haunted Hillary Clinton in 2016, but now it may be Trump's turn
As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump repeatedly attacked his Democratic adversary, Hillary Clinton, in 2016 over her use of a private computer server for official emails when she was U.S. secretary of state.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 27, 2019
Spy chief's unlikely turn in the Trump-Ukraine spotlight
After a career spent behind the scenes, Joseph Maguire was thrust on center stage this week thanks to his part in the Trump-Ukraine scandal.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2019
Why Trump's call is impeachment-worthy
Criminals get convicted all the time on evidence this strong.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 26, 2019
For Ukraine's leader, Trump memo on their call is a diplomatic car crash
For U.S. President Donald Trump, the White House's publication on Wednesday of a memo summarizing his call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy fueled a domestic political crisis. For Zelenskiy, it was a far-reaching diplomatic disaster.

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