Giuliani Represented Venezuelan Investor in Discussion With Justice Dept.
The president’s lawyer met with the head of the department’s criminal division about a money laundering case involving Alejandro Betancourt López.
Trump Says U.S. Will Designate Drug Cartels in Mexico as Terrorist Groups
The comments, made in an interview with the former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, came three weeks after nine American citizens, including six children, were killed in Mexico.
Trump denies sending Giuliani to Ukraine
In an interview with former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly posted on Tuesday, President Trump said he did not order his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to go to Ukraine in order to dig up damaging information on his political rivals.”No, I didn’t direct him, but he is a warrior, he is a warrior,” Trump said. Giuliani has publicly said that he went to Ukraine at the behest of Trump, carrying out an investigation “concerning 2016 Ukrainian collusion and corruption.”O’Reilly asked Trump why Giuliani went to Ukraine, and the president responded, “You have to ask Rudy. Rudy has other clients, other than me. He’s done a lot of work in Ukraine over the years.”Several of the witnesses who testified in the impeachment inquiry said Giuliani was pursuing a shadow Ukraine agenda in order to get an investigation going into former Vice President Joe Biden. U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland told lawmakers Trump directed diplomats to work with Giuliani on issues related to Ukraine. Giuliani is said to be under investigation by federal prosecutors due to his work in Ukraine.More stories from theweek.com U.N. report: Global greenhouse gas emissions must fall dramatically to avoid climate crisis Melania Trump booed throughout speech at Baltimore youth summit Trump wonders why the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage wasn’t celebrated ‘a long time ago’
Santa Barbara County Fire Burns 4,200 Acres, Threatens Thousands Of Homes
Dry vegetation and high winds combine again in a potentially dangerous southern California fire. But firefighters could get help from an approaching rain storm.
C.D.C. Reports More E. Coli Illnesses Linked to Romaine Lettuce
The agency said the outbreak had affected 19 states and resulted in 39 people being hospitalized.
In White House Turkey Ceremony, President’s Impeachment Jokes Hit Close to the Bone
“Democrats are accusing me of being too soft on Turkey,” Mr. Trump said in pardoning two white fowls named Bread and Butter.
Yazidi still hears brothers before IS kills them in Iraq
A survivor of the mass slaughter of the Yazidi minority in Iraq five years ago told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that he still hears his brothers and nephews calling his name before they were killed by Islamic State extremists — and he hears th…
Pete Buttigieg Responds to Uproar Over Past Comments on Minority Students
Michael Harriot, who wrote a scathing essay about Mr. Buttigieg in The Root, said his goal was to point out that “the ignoring and whitewashing of the issues, and trying to remain appealing to moderate voters, does a disservice to the Democratic Party’…
Trump Knew of Whistle-Blower Complaint When He Released Aid to Ukraine
White House lawyers briefed President Trump in late August about the complaint, people familiar with the matter said.
What $30 Million Gets in TV Ads
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Official testifies 2 OMB staffers resigned after sharing concerns over Ukraine aid hold
Mark Sandy, a career official with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), told lawmakers earlier this month that two staffers resigned over the agency’s handling of security aid to Ukraine, a transcript of his testimony released Tuesday shows.Sandy appeared before House impeachment investigators on Nov. 16, becoming the first and so far only OMB employee to testify. President Trump’s decision to hold $400 million in aid to Ukraine is at the center of the impeachment inquiry, with witnesses testifying that he did so for political reasons.Sandy did not name the employees who voiced their concerns, only saying that one “expressed some frustrations about not understanding the reason for the hold” and the other had a “dissenting opinion” about the aid being frozen in relation to the Impoundment Control Act, which makes it illegal to withhold aid already approved by Congress.More stories from theweek.com U.N. report: Global greenhouse gas emissions must fall dramatically to avoid climate crisis Melania Trump booed throughout speech at Baltimore youth summit Trump wonders why the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage wasn’t celebrated ‘a long time ago’
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