Mega-Thread: Impeachment Proceedings & Inquiry of Trump

[Bryntrollian]

“Anyone who solicits or accepts foreign assistance risks being on the wrong end of a federal investigation,” she said in her statement. “Any political campaign that receives an offer of a prohibited donation from a foreign source should report that offer to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”

So not illegal but potentially illegal depending on the circumstance?

Do you believe that this document is at all relevant in this situation?
https://www.congress.gov/106/cdoc/td...-106tdoc16.pdf

[Crispin]

Do you believe that this document is at all relevant in this situation?
https://www.congress.gov/106/cdoc/td...-106tdoc16.pdf

Did you read it? Or are you just fishing for someone else to give you a resume?

[Bodakane]

While we're impeaching people...I have a few more candidates to consider.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...en-than-trump/

How does this lessen what Trump did?

I mean forget the fact that is all been debunked and is complete and utter bullshit.....why do you think this makes Trump's actions favorable?

[Edge-]

How does this lessen what Trump did?

It doesn't. It's conservatives desperately trying to deflect in any way they can and try to sling their own mud on Democrats.

[cubby]

Just you know, casual corruption among friends.

Reading through that memo, it was almost like Zelensky was not the President of Ukraine, but a cabinet member from the White House.

If that's the actual transcript.

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The guy is talking exactly like Trump, with the same word usage and conversational structure. Mind you, this isn't even an actual transcript, but a "gisting."

I also find something else odd, the phone call lasted 30 minutes, but this is a two-minute conversation, maybe three. Even if it were translated to Ukrainian and back to English, it still doesn't all add up. Zelensky does speak English, but I do not know how well. It would seem like it was him speaking, and not an interpreter/translator, as the level in which the conversation was going was rather basic. This felt more like a conversation that 5th-graders would have, and most diplomats will use translators that are far more well-versed in the target languages. While Trump speaks English at a 5th-grade level, Zelensky seems to speak Russian and Ukrainian like an educated adult. That would imply that the conversation was entirely in English, and his English skills are fluent, but rudimentary.

Now, the only reason I bring this up, is that it means there's a fair amount of time that is missing. Sure, there's going to be protocols, communications between staff or even operators, but that doesn't cover all that time by a long shot.

Good point. There isn't enough dialogue here to be even remotely close to the full transcript.

[Xeones]

If that's the actual transcript.

Well from what I heard transcripts Nixon provided were inaccurate.

But I gotta say if I was going to provide a altered transcript I would pull out the illegal activity, not simply make a foreign president look like a pathetic servant. So it's likely he was actually behaving that way trying to get aid against Russia.

[DarkTZeratul]

What success?

The entire UN General Assembly didn't laugh at him this time?

[xanzul]

The President’s lawyer on TV freaking out about the Ukraine stuff.

This is fucking hilarious.

[bagelmanman]

Glad I was right yet again... now onto the next nothingburger

Really is amazing watching the leftists lose their minds time and time again walking from one outlandish claim to the next like clockwork.

[Machismo]

Glad I was right yet again... now onto the next nothingburger

What were you right about?

[Belize]

Well, the presser with Zelensky went swimmingly. He admitted the requests from Trump were inappropriate and that he wouldn’t be asking anyone to do what Trump asked. Trump also tried to declare that Pelosi is no longer the speaker of the house. It was special.

Haha, wait what?

[DarkTZeratul]

Trump also tried to declare that Pelosi is no longer the speaker of the house.

Wait, what the fuck?

[Edge-]

Haha, wait what?

https://twitter.com/PoliticusSarah/s...29303877115904

"As far as I'm concerned, she's no longer the Speaker of the House."

Well, I'm sure we all care about what Trump thinks about reality.

[Shadowferal]

Glad I was right yet again... now onto the next nothingburger

You were right that Trump sold out the country?
I guess you were.

[cubby]

How does this lessen what Trump did?

I mean forget the fact that is all been debunked and is complete and utter bullshit.....why do you think this makes Trump's actions favorable?

And that's the line that we need to carry. The message is:

No one is above the law.
Regardless of wrong doing by Biden, does that make Trump's actions ok?

Let's vote on Friday!

[cubby]

Well, the presser with Zelensky went swimmingly. He admitted the requests from Trump were inappropriate and that he wouldn’t be asking anyone to do what Trump asked. Trump also tried to declare that Pelosi is no longer the speaker of the house. It was special.

He did fucking what?

The mental incapacity argument in his post-office criminal trials is going to work very well.

[Cerilis]

He is trying to declare the speaker of the house discharged? Is actually trying to go into the dictator field now?

[Edge-]

He is trying to declare the speaker of the house discharged? Is actually trying to go into the dictator field now?

No, watch the video. He's giving his opinion on the matter, not that it fucking matters.

[Belize]

https://twitter.com/PoliticusSarah/s...29303877115904

"As far as I'm concerned, she's no longer the Speaker of the House."

Well, I'm sure we all care about what Trump thinks about reality.

Oh look. Trump acting like a dicktator again.

Edit: Ok, I listened to the entire clip, and have no idea what the fuck he's talking about. Maybe it's my braincells killing themselves as he's talking.

[zenkai]

https://twitter.com/PoliticusSarah/s...29303877115904

"As far as I'm concerned, she's no longer the Speaker of the House."

Well, I'm sure we all care about what Trump thinks about reality.

Realistically he knows she officially is but he doesn't feel like she's in control. Thus the expression "As far as I am concerned" That's how expressions work, it's not a literal meaning.