by Jim Heath | Oct 23, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment
A federal judge said today that he will order the State Department to begin releasing Ukraine-related documents in 30 days, potentially making public sensitive records and communications at the heart of an ongoing House impeachment inquiry into President Trump. The...
by Jim Heath | Oct 22, 2019 | Analysis, Headlines, Impeachment
They say nothing is certain in life except death and taxes, but after the testimony of Donald Trump’s top envoy to the Ukraine today, you can add impeachment to the list. The opening statement from Bill Taylor, the acting US ambassador to Ukraine, to the House...
by Jim Heath | Oct 22, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment, Trump
The senior U.S. diplomat in Ukraine told lawmakers today that President Trump made the release of military aid contingent on public declarations from Ukraine that it would investigate the Bidens and the 2016 election, contradicting Trump’s denial that he used the...
by Jim Heath | Oct 17, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment
US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland was directed by President Trump to work with Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine, he told Congress today, and was left with a choice: Abandon efforts to bolster a key strategic alliance or work to satisfy the demands of the...
by Jim Heath | Oct 17, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment
If the impeachment of Donald Trump was probable prior to today, it is now inevitable thanks to Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff. Mulvaney admitted today that the Trump administration withheld nearly $400 million in military aid to pressure Ukraine...