Wednesday, April 12, 2023

US Special Forces in Ukraine at embassy, official confirms, as Pentagon document leak probe heats up 
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks to Fox News about leaked classified documents, says Special Forces 'are not fighting on
Peter Doocy, Greg Norman | Fox News
 
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has revealed to Fox News on Wednesday that there is a "small U.S. military presence" at the American embassy in Ukraine. 

"There has been no change to the president's mandate that there will not be American troops in Ukraine fighting in this war," he said. 

Speaking about the U.S.’s interactions with allies in the wake of the leaks, Kirby said "we are making overt attempts to reach out to the relevant allies and partners to explain to them as best we know what we know.

"And we don't know a lot right now, but to make sure that they understand we're taking this very, very seriously, that we've got a criminal investigation going on, as well as a review across the Department of Defense to look at the national security implications and of course, where we're listening to their questions....Read more and see video here. 
PolitiFact Just Can't Get Over How Ron DeSantis Is Right
Rebecca Downs / Townhall Tipsheet 


Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who is expected to announce he is running for president in the coming months, just keeps getting under fact-checkers' skin. As our friends at Twitchy highlighted, this includes PolitiFact, which rated comments from DeSantis about Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg as "true," yet still couldn't help themselves from coming after him.

The fact-check mentions it is specifically addressing DeSantis' remarks that Bragg "has downgraded over 50% of the felonies to misdemeanors," as mentioned during a March 20 press conference. Not long after, a Manhattan grand jury indicted former and potentially future President Donald Trump on charges brought forth by Bragg. It was later revealed that Bragg was bringing forth 34 felony charges against Trump in an unprecedented move, despite how charges could have been brought as misdemeanors, and there being an expired statue of limitations. Read more and see tweet here.

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