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United States / Europe Friday, December 6, 2019 07 Trump likely to face at least Ex-US secretary of state Kerry endorses three articles of impeachment Biden for president AFP Possible articles of impeachment Trump could face include abuse of power WASHINGTON, FORMER US secretary of and bribery, obstruction of Congress, and obstruction of Justice state John Kerry, who lost AFP his exercise of power.” to George W Bush in the WASHINGTON, Obstruction of Con- 2004 presidential election, gress. Trump’s refusal to endorsed Joe Biden on US President Donald Trump comply with congressional Thursday as the Democratic is likely to face at least three subpoenas issued by House candidate for next year’s articles of impeachment in the impeachment investigators White House race. Democratic-controlled House could form the basis of a charge Kerry, 75, said the for- Former US Secretary of State of Representatives. of obstruction of Congress. mer vice president to Ba- John Kerry Democratic speaker “The President has refused rack Obama and longtime Nancy Pelosi announced on to comply with and directed at senator from Delaware “is Massachusetts Senator Thursday that she had asked least 10 others in his adminis- the president our country Elizabeth Warren, Vermont for articles of impeachment to tration not to comply with law- desperately needs right Senator Bernie Sanders and be drawn up against the 45th ful congressional subpoenas,” now.” “I’ve never before South Bend, Indiana, mayor president by the House Judi- Gerhardt said. “Other presi- seen the world more in need Pete Buttigieg are the only ciary Committee. dents have done just the oppo- of someone who on day one other candidates in the The Democratic-con- site in recognising the legitima- can begin the incredibly crowded field with double- trolled panel will then vote on cy of congressional investigative hard work of putting back digit support. the articles which, if passed, and impeachment authorities.” together the world Donald “I don’t endorse lightly,” will be presented to the full “The power to impeach in- Trump has smashed apart,” Kerry said. “Joe and I both 435-member House, where cludes the power to investigate, Kerry said in a statement. got into public service to Democrats enjoy a majority. but, if the president can stymie Kerry, a former senator make our country fairer for If Trump is impeached by this House’s impeachment in- from Massachusetts, served people and make the world the House he will face a trial in quiry, he can eliminate the im- as secretary of state during safer. “I’ve watched Joe do the Senate, where Republicans peachment power as a means Obama’s second term in of- exactly that as a senator, currently hold 53 seats to the for holding him and future pres- fice. Kerry and Biden also statesman, and vice presi- Democrats’ 47. idents accountable for serious served for more than two dent,” he said. Article II, Section 4 of misconduct,” Gerhardt said. decades together in the US “Joe will defeat Donald the US Constitution outlines US Speaker of the House Rep Nancy Pelosi during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Obstruction of Justice. Senate. Trump next November,” the grounds for impeaching on Thursday. Pelosi discussed the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. (AFP) The articles of impeachment Biden, 77, is the cur- Kerry continued. “He’s the a president. “The President, rent frontrunner in the race candidate with the wisdom Vice President and all civil for the 2020 Democratic and standing to fix what Officers of the United States, Trump says ‘will win’ impeachment fight Trump lawyer meets Ukrainian MP presidential nomination, Trump has broken, to restore shall be removed from Of- according to an average of our place in the world, and fice on Impeachment for, and WASHINGTON: A defiant President Donald Trump predicted on KIEV: US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer discussed national polls by RealClear- improve the lives of working Conviction of, Treason, Brib- Thursday he “will win,” after the Democratic Speaker of the House “international corruption” with an MP in Kiev who had claimed to Politics.com. people here at home.” ery and other high Crimes and of Representatives gave the greenlight for impeachment. have dirt on the White House’s Democratic rivals, the Ukrainian Misdemeanors,” it states. “The good thing is that the Republicans have NEVER been lawmaker said on Thursday. At a hearing of the House more united. We will win!” Trump tweeted. Posting photos of himself and Rudolph Guiliani on Facebook, Judiciary Committee on While impeachment is expected to pass in the Democratic-led MP Andriy Derkach said they had also talked about “ineffective use Wednesday, three constitu- House, the Senate is held by a Republican majority and would of American tax dollars by Ukrainian government representatives”. US indicts hackers with alleged tional scholars called as wit- likely acquit the US president as his 2020 reelection campaign The lawmaker earlier claimed to have evidence of US presi- Russian intelligence ties nesses by the Democrats out- gathers pace. dential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter receiving lobbying lined the possible articles of Trump tweeted that the “Radical Left Democrats have just money from gas company Burisma. The allegations are at the WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department unveiled indict- impeachment which Trump announced that they are going to seek to Impeach me over NOTH- centre of a probe into whether Trump pressured Ukraine to launch ments on Thursday of two Russians with ties to their country’s could face.They are: ING.” Echoing a frequent Republican argument, he said that the an investigation into Biden. intelligence services, who ran a major global cybertheft opera- Abuse of Power and “important and seldom used act of Impeachment will be used Democrats are preparing impeachment charges against the tion under the name Evil Corp. Bribery. Trump is accused of routinely to attack future Presidents. That is not what our Found- US president on the grounds that he, with Giuliani’s assistance, An indictment unsealed in Pittsburgh named Maksim Yaku- abusing the power of his office ers had in mind.” (AFP) solicited foreign interference for his personal needs. (AFP) bets and Igor Turashev as the main figures in a group which by asking Ukrainian President inserted malware on computers in dozens of countries to steal Volodymyr Zelensky to open more than $100 million from companies and local authorities. an investigation into Demo- his political rival,” said Noah ers of the presidency for per- election process is an espe- for obstruction of justice may The US Treasury, which announced sanctions in the case, crat Joe Biden, his potential Feldman, a law professor at sonal political gain,” he added. cially serious abuse of power stem from the report released said Yakubets specifically worked for the FSB intelligence agen- opponent in the 2020 presi- Harvard University. “This act “Both of these acts constitute because it undermines democ- earlier this year by special cy “as of 2017” and was “tasked to work on projects for the dential election. on its own qualifies as an im- high crimes and misdemea- racy itself.” Michael Gerhardt, counsel Robert Mueller. Russian state.” The Evil Corp used phishing schemes to insert “The solicitation consti- peachable high crime and mis- nors impeachable under the a University of North Carolina Mueller declined to rec- Dridex, Bugat and other malware files on a victim’s computer. tuted an abuse of the office of demeanor.” “By freezing aid to Constitution,” Feldman said. law professor, said Trump’s ommend obstruction charg- The malware was used to obtain identities, passwords, the presidency because Presi- Ukraine and by dangling the Another witness, Stan- “serious misconduct” includes es against Trump, but the and ultimately access to bank accounts, from which the dent Trump was using his of- promise of a White House visit ford University law professor bribery because he was “solic- House may do so, citing attackers would transfer money to their own accounts or to fice to seek a personal political (to Zelensky), the president Pamela Karlan, said “drawing iting a personal favor from a events outlined in the special money launderers. (AFP) and electoral advantage over was corruptly using the pow- a foreign government into our foreign leader in exchange for counsel’s report. News Johnson pledges tax cuts, gets election Italy’s ruling Five Star ‘steals’ in brief voters’ data via Facebook app At least 58 migrants boost after four MEPs quit Brexit Party DPA Casaleggio Associati to access drown as boat sinks ROME users’ personal data, and the off Mauritania DPA tives and the Brexit Party. personal data of their Face- LONDON British PM Johnson vows to ‘cut taxes for workers, guarantee “Folks, every vote is going ITAly’S ruling Five Star book friends, Linkiesta said. NOUAKCHOTT: At least 58 extra funding for health and education, and change the law to count at this election,” John- Movement (M5S) used un- Harvested data included migrants trying reach Europe PRIME Minister Boris John- to end automatic release of serious offenders son tweeted on Thursday, with- derhand methods similar to email and home addresses, from West Africa died as their son promised British voters out mentioning the Brexit Party Cambridge Analytica for the phone numbers, tax codes, makeshift boat capsized off tax cuts on Thursday as he was defections. “You can use yours mass profiling of voters ahead and political and religious ori- the coast of Mauritania, but boosted by the backing of four on January 31 under the deal wrong again to trust Boris, as to put an end to the uncertainty of 2013 and 2014 elections, ac- entations. Linkiesta published dozens of survivors managed Brexit Party politicians ahead he agreed with Brussels.
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