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Pelosi made a huge mistake when she pulled the impeachment trigger before seeing any of the relevant documents.

The transcripts of the phone conversation did not contain the bombshells she was expecting - namely, evidence of a quid pro quo, or Trump pleading for dirt on Biden and son "eight separate times", or Rudy Giulianni being offered in the role of a "fixer". Instead, Biden was mentioned once, in the context of having bragged in 2018 about having gotten a Ukrainian prosecutor fired (this actually happened). Biden's son was mentioned once, in the context of being a board member of a Ukrainian gas company that was under investigation by the prosecutor who was fired. And Giuliani was brought up by the Ukrainian President - not Trump. Since then, it's come to light that the fired prosecutor gave a sworn deposition that he was ordered to stop the investigation into the gas company, at Biden's insistence, or resign. He resigned. Altogether, it doesn't support a strong case for any impeachable act.

Then there's the so-called "whistleblower". The first problem with their complaint is that they mention right at the top that they had no first hand knowledge of any of the events they described in the complaint, and that everything they described came from other government employees or public news sources. Repeating what someone else told you is called "hearsay" in any court of law. Repeating what you read in the newspaper is not "whistleblowing". Still, if the most serious allegations could somehow be proven then their might be some meat in that burger. The most serious allegations were the alleged quid pro quo and the pressure to investigate Biden, both of which were pretty much disproven by the transcript.

The news media hasn't helped here. ABC reported that an ex-aide to the Ukrainian President claimed that a promise to investigate the Bidens was a prerequisite for the phone call in July. Problem - the ex-aide assisted the Ukrainian President in the post election transition, and then resigned. He wasn't working for the President at the time the phone call took place. Second, he stated to a US reporter that he never told ABC that he had any knowledge of the phone call or any prerequisite conditions. ABC retracted the following morning. And so it goes with the other mainstream media outlets. Bombshell, retraction. Bombshell, retraction.

Pelosi took a blind leap into an empty pool, and Democrats now need to clean this up as quickly as possible. Their hopes of having this linger into next year's elections have evaporated. Pelosi wants this done and forgotten before the primaries. Don't worry. We won't forget.[/quote]

The House is investigating, dumbass. The evidence already proves two strong articles of impeachment, but first they need to subpoena and depose the people involved. You guys have no clue how the investigative process works, because you have supported dysfunctional idiots like Gowdy and Nines. [/quote]

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