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Informant who claimed Biden was guilty of bribery arrested by FBI for 'false statements'
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Informant who claimed Biden was guilty of bribery arrested by FBI for 'false statements'

Raw Story  

An informant who made derogatory claims about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter has been arrested by the FBI after a grand jury charged him with false statements and obstruction, reported Politico's Kyle Cheney on Thursday. Alexander Smirnov, who was identified as a confidential human source in the investigation, was arrested at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas …

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WaPo slams Fox News over Hunter Biden report that triggered GOP outrage
1 year, 5 months ago

WaPo slams Fox News over Hunter Biden report that triggered GOP outrage

Raw Story  

The Washington Post on Monday assailed Fox News over a report that prompted Republican outrage, and that the newspaper’s fact-checker determined lacked context. A report by the conservative network about a 2015 email chain that predated then Vice President Joe Biden’s trip to Ukraine in 2015 and which Fox said showed he threatened to withhold $1 billion in U.S. aid …

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GOP had evidence disproving Biden bribery claims in 2019, top Democrat says
1 year, 6 months ago

GOP had evidence disproving Biden bribery claims in 2019, top Democrat says

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a letter to House Oversight Committee chair James Comer, Maryland Representative Jamie Raskin …

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Watch: Republican gets slapped down after calling on committee to ‘look into’ Dem’s remarks
1 year, 11 months ago

Watch: Republican gets slapped down after calling on committee to ‘look into’ Dem’s remarks

Raw Story  

During a House committee hearing this Wednesday on the subject of Twitter's response to the Hunter Biden laptop story, Rep. Gary Palmer accused Rep. Dan Goldman of making a "very troubling statement claiming that as vice president, Joe Biden fired the attorney general of Ukraine." In his response, Goldman pointed out that he did not say Biden fired the Ukrainian …

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GOP Senate report on Biden son alleges conflict of interest
4 years, 3 months ago

GOP Senate report on Biden son alleges conflict of interest

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Two Republican-led Senate committees issued a politically charged report Wednesday alleging that the work Joe Biden’s son did in Ukraine constituted a conflict of interest for the Obama administration at a time when Biden was engaged in Ukraine policy as vice president. The document says that work created conflict-of-interest concerns, including among two Obama administration officials, but acknowledged …

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Joe Biden calls Iowa voter who pressed him on Ukraine a "liar," challenges him to a push-up contest
5 years, 1 month ago

Joe Biden calls Iowa voter who pressed him on Ukraine a "liar," challenges him to a push-up contest

Salon  

Joe Biden on Thursday called an Iowa voter a "damn liar" and challenged him to a push-up contest after the man questioned the former vice president's age and his son's business dealings in Ukraine. The man said the presidential hopeful was "too old" to be president and likened Biden's diplomatic dealings with Ukraine to President Donald Trump's. Biden also appeared …

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Rudy Giuliani pursued business interests in Ukraine while pushing for inquiries on Donald Trump's behalf
5 years, 1 month ago

Rudy Giuliani pursued business interests in Ukraine while pushing for inquiries on Donald Trump's behalf

Firstpost  

As Rudy Giuliani waged a public campaign this year to unearth damaging information in Ukraine about President Donald Trump’s political rivals, he privately pursued hundreds of thousands of dollars in business from Ukrainian government officials, documents reviewed by The New York Times show As Rudy Giuliani waged a public campaign this year to unearth damaging information in Ukraine about President …

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Trump, Ukraine And The Path To The Impeachment Inquiry: A Timeline
5 years, 2 months ago

Trump, Ukraine And The Path To The Impeachment Inquiry: A Timeline

NPR  

Trump, Ukraine And The Path To The Impeachment Inquiry: A Timeline Enlarge this image toggle caption AFP/Getty Images and Getty Images AFP/Getty Images and Getty Images Updated Oct. 25, 2019 When President Trump spoke to Volodymyr Zelenskiy on July 25, Trump held the keys to two things the new Ukrainian president needed in order to demonstrate he had full U.S. …

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A Lot Of Trump's Ukraine Conspiracy Theories Come From One Right-Wing Columnist
5 years, 2 months ago

A Lot Of Trump's Ukraine Conspiracy Theories Come From One Right-Wing Columnist

Huff Post  

John Solomon in 2008, when he was executive editor of the conservative Washington Times. Gerald Martineau/The Washington Post via Getty Images Many of the allegations and fuzzy “facts” that President Donald Trump and his allies have cited to defend pressuring Ukraine to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden gained traction in the press thanks to one journalist: John Solomon, whose stories …

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Ukraine will review probes into owner of gas company linked to Biden’s son
5 years, 3 months ago

Ukraine will review probes into owner of gas company linked to Biden’s son

CNN  

CNN — Ukraine will review previous investigations into the owner of an energy company linked to the son of former US Vice President Joe Biden, the country’s prosecutor general announced Friday. Ruslan Riaboshapka said his office was reviewing a number of cases opened by previous prosecutors, including probes into the owner of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian natural gas company that …

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Punching back at Trump, Biden defends his Ukraine role
5 years, 3 months ago

Punching back at Trump, Biden defends his Ukraine role

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Joe Biden is intensifying his counterattacks on President Donald Trump and more explicitly defending his record, with top aides saying the former vice president won’t ignore or sidestep Trump’s attempts to smear him. Contrary to Trump’s unfounded assertions that Biden and his son Hunter were part of widespread corruption in Ukraine, the Democratic presidential contender told hundreds …

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How a wild conspiracy theory and Ukraine anti-corruption drive led to Trump impeachment proceedings
5 years, 3 months ago

How a wild conspiracy theory and Ukraine anti-corruption drive led to Trump impeachment proceedings

The Independent  

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Here are the key players of the Donald Trump-Ukraine controversy
5 years, 3 months ago

Here are the key players of the Donald Trump-Ukraine controversy

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: Since May 2019, US President Donald Trump and his attorney Rudy Giuliani has repeatedly pressed the Ukraine government to investigate business dealings of Joe Biden, a Democratic candidate for the 2020 US presidential election, and his son Hunter Biden. Here are the key players of this controversy: Donald Trump : The Democrats announced an official impeachment enquiry into Trump …

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Trump’s Ukraine scandal: All the key players
5 years, 3 months ago

Trump’s Ukraine scandal: All the key players

CNN  

CNN — The fast-moving scandal involving President Donald Trump and allegations that he pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his political rival Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, has upended politics in Washington, DC, and evolved into a full-blown impeachment investigation. The whistleblower An anonymous government worker - with access to White House officials - who filed an official …

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Fact-checking all things Ukraine, Trump and the Bidens
5 years, 3 months ago

Fact-checking all things Ukraine, Trump and the Bidens

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump has made a blizzard of claims about Ukraine, China and the impeachment inquiry. Joe Biden’s pressure on Ukraine Trump has also claimed that Biden pressured Ukraine to take chief prosecutor Viktor Shokin “off the case.” Biden pressured Ukrainian leaders to fire Shokin – the Obama administration, US allies and Ukrainian anti-corruption activists saw Shokin …

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In Ukraine, Rudy Giuliani's Story Does Not Hold Up
5 years, 3 months ago

In Ukraine, Rudy Giuliani's Story Does Not Hold Up

NPR  

In Ukraine, Rudy Giuliani's Story Does Not Hold Up President Trump has said that former Vice President Joe Biden acted inappropriately by pressuring Ukraine to fire a prosecutor investigating the Ukrainian oil company that hired his son, Hunter Biden. NOEL KING, HOST: President Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, has been relentlessly promoting a theory that former Vice President Joe Biden …

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How Ukraine got caught up in Donald Trump’s impeachment battle
5 years, 3 months ago

How Ukraine got caught up in Donald Trump’s impeachment battle

Live Mint  

Ukraine is the unwitting participant in a political battle in Washington between President Donald Trump and the Democrats ahead of the 2020 election. According to Trump, Biden had Shokin fired because he was investigating the activities of Biden's son Hunter, who was working for a Ukrainian gas company called Burisma. Trump's personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani also alleges some officials in …

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Republicans On Trump-Ukraine Call: This Is Fine
5 years, 3 months ago

Republicans On Trump-Ukraine Call: This Is Fine

Huff Post  

WASHINGTON ― It is one of the most stunning revelations about the Donald Trump presidency: Trump asked a foreign leader to investigate a political rival, and he even seemed to suggest that the reward for doing so would be $400 million in military assistance. “I think it’s within his scope of responsibility as the chief executive in the fiduciary to …

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Fact check: What Trump has been getting wrong on Biden and Ukraine
5 years, 3 months ago

Fact check: What Trump has been getting wrong on Biden and Ukraine

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump is facing intense criticism over a July phone call during which, according to a person familiar with the matter, he pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading candidate to face him in the 2020 presidential election. Shokin has been criticized for failing to bring …

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