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Title: The impeachment evidence will catch up to Republicans and Trump — whether they ignore it or not
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URL Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wash ... ing_n_5e2bf66cc5b67d8874b22148
Published: Jan 24, 2020
Author: Editorial Board
Post Date: 2020-01-25 21:53:17 by BTP Holdings
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The impeachment evidence will catch up to Republicans and Trump — whether they ignore it or not President Trump at the White House on Jan. 17. (Oliver Contreras/For The Washington Post) By Editorial Board Jan. 24, 2020 at 3:36 p.m. CST DONALD TRUMP’S presidency has been, among other things, a war against truth. So it’s fitting that in making the case for his removal from office this week, House impeachment managers showered the Senate with facts. Over and over again, Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) and his co-managers laid out the hard evidence that Mr. Trump used presidential powers to pressure Ukraine into announcing investigations that would aid his reelection campaign, and that he engaged in unprecedented obstruction of Congress’s subsequent investigation. Videos of testimony and damning statements by Mr. Trump, as well as images of revealing text messages among administration officials, were exhibited repeatedly on the Senate floor, prompting some Republicans to complain that they were being forced to rehear the same pieces of evidence. So be it: GOP senators intent on exonerating the president without bothering to fairly consider the case against him should at least be forced to face the reality of his abuses. Meanwhile, busy Americans who took the time to tune in to the proceedings for even an hour or two between Wednesday and Friday likely heard a substantial version of the case. Several strands of the managers’ argument struck us as particularly on point. One presentation laid out a 10-point proof that in pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Mr. Trump was pursuing not U.S. foreign policy but his private interests. The campaign was orchestrated by his lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani, who said publicly that he was seeking to benefit Mr. Trump, not the country. Mr. Giuliani convinced Mr. Trump that there was dirt to be found in Ukraine on Joe Biden; but a presentation by Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-Tex.) demolished the claim that Mr. Biden acted improperly when, as vice president, he sought the ouster of a corrupt Ukrainian prosecutor. Opinion | Jonathan Turley: Trump's impeachment defense could create a dangerous precedent President Trump doesn't have to commit a crime to be impeached, says constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley. (Joy Sharon Yi, Kate Woodsome, Jonathan Turley/The Washington Post) There were some gaps in the Democratic case, particularly on the withholding of military aid to Ukraine. The House’s evidence shows that the suspension was Mr. Trump’s decision and that he stuck to it in spite of a unanimous finding by an interagency review that it be lifted. But the only firsthand testimony that he acted to leverage the political investigations he wanted came from a news conference by acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, whom Mr. Trump has prevented from testifying. Mr. Schiff made clear the extent to which those gaps exist because of Mr. Trump’s stonewalling, and reminded senators that they have the power to remedy them. Wouldn’t they like to read a memo the acting ambassador in Ukraine sent to the secretary of state about the suspended military aid?, he asked. Wouldn’t it be useful to hear former national security adviser John Bolton explain what he meant when he said Mr. Mulvaney and a U.S. ambassador were “cooking up” a “drug deal” with the Ukrainians? What’s next in the impeachment trial Mr. Schiff pointed out that, whether or not GOP senators demand relevant testimony and documents during the trial, more facts will eventually come out. Those who choose now to disregard the evidence against Mr. Trump and abet his obstruction will be reduced to watching in the months and years to come as the case against him — and against their abdication of constitutional duty — grows steadily stronger. Poster Comment: Trump may be impeached but in the Republican Senate it is dead on arrival.
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#1. To: BTP Holdings (#0)
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This video billboard is currently running in NYC located at 1500 Broadway and 43rd Street. "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Reading anything from HuffPost always reminds me of the time I tried to convince this black guy that there was no stronger liquor than 200 proof. Facts be damned, the other party is convinced they are correct.
“I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.” - William S Burroughs
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Article 2 section 4 this idiot doesn't understand constitutional law. ______________________________________ Suspect all media / resist bad propaganda/Learn NLP everyday everyway ;) If you don't control your mind someone else will.
I was reading the debates from the Constitutional Convention in 1789. It seems after much conversing and arguing, they delegates decided on wording "or other high crimes and misdemeanors" added to impeachment proceedings. Figuring out just what these "high crimes and misdemeanors" are is the key thing we need to look at. ;) "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
#2. To: Ada (#1)
#3. To: BTP Holdings (#0)
#4. To: Dakmar (#3)
interesting info on how "proof" originated - cheers!
#5. To: BTP Holdings (#0)
Ron Paul - Lake Jackson Texas Values
#6. To: Dakmar (#3)
no stronger liquor than 200 proof
#7. To: BTP Holdings (#0)
President Trump doesn't have to commit a crime to be impeached, says constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley.
#8. To: titorite (#7)
Article 2 section 4 this idiot doesn't understand constitutional law.
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