Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Exactly. McConnell is fundraising on the idea that Trump will not be convicted in the Senate. They have already made up their minds. So the House is opening the kimono and letting the world see what kind of mobster tactics the Trump Administration is using. Either the American public will rise up and say this is unacceptable, or it won't. Either the Senate will get the message or it won't.
If there is enough outrage, and the Senate chooses to ignore, it puts every red and purple GOP seat in peril later next year.
Or perhaps the more these 'whistleblowers' are exposed, the more we see the truth.
Do tell. When Mulvaney, Giuliani and Trump have already admitted the crime, and there is evidence in the form of documents, testimony and texts/phone calls, what more truth do you expect to find?
Anonymous wrote:Devin Nunes has written to Schiff telling him they want him to testify behind closed doors.
or the lawyer wants to get a supreme court case under his belt?Anonymous wrote:I was wondering why on earth the lawyer would be "disappionted" at the lack of a subpoena....Does he/she get lose money if the client isn't forced to testify? Odd doings indeed
Anonymous wrote:Not sure if Trump supporters have noticed that the House is releasing transcripts that implicate subjects only after they have formally refused to appear such as with Mulvaney today.
By letting Trump withhold their testimony, they're losing their shot to speak for themselves and the testimony of others, along with third party evidence, will speak for them.
Stable Genius illegally forbidding testimony is undercutting any defense.
Anonymous wrote:Seriously - What’s Bolton’s deal? Does he want to testify or not? Why say you have key insight and knowledge of meetings the committees haven’t learned about if you aren’t going to testify?
He’s either fishing for attention for attention’s sake, or he’s playing some sort of game. Does he want to stretch out the inquiry so it’s not tied up by Christmas?
John, Get on or off the pot.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Exactly. McConnell is fundraising on the idea that Trump will not be convicted in the Senate. They have already made up their minds. So the House is opening the kimono and letting the world see what kind of mobster tactics the Trump Administration is using. Either the American public will rise up and say this is unacceptable, or it won't. Either the Senate will get the message or it won't.
If there is enough outrage, and the Senate chooses to ignore, it puts every red and purple GOP seat in peril later next year.
Or perhaps the more these 'whistleblowers' are exposed, the more we see the truth.
Anonymous wrote:Exactly. McConnell is fundraising on the idea that Trump will not be convicted in the Senate. They have already made up their minds. So the House is opening the kimono and letting the world see what kind of mobster tactics the Trump Administration is using. Either the American public will rise up and say this is unacceptable, or it won't. Either the Senate will get the message or it won't.
If there is enough outrage, and the Senate chooses to ignore, it puts every red and purple GOP seat in peril later next year.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
What would be the basis for acquittal?
That there were fewer than 67 guilty votes.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When these people testify in open hearings and Mulvaney, Pompeo and the rest are left to stew, it won't matter what they say in press conferences or whatnot. They had their chance to be sworn in and "correct the record" and they didn't do it.
Democrats will not believe anything said defending Trump no matter who says it - and whether under oath or otherwise. Republicans will not believe anything said against Trump - whether under oath or otherwise. It is the independents who remain to be persuaded one way or the other.
Since when are military personnel and civil service employees partisan? Maybe look at it this way: some people were willing to come forward and testify and others weren't. Maybe our norms suggest those who testify, sworn under oath and in public are to be believed, and those who illegally duck subpoenas and remain in the shadows shouldn't be believed - or maybe our norms are too shattered.
Well, there will be a trial in the Senate and I have no doubt that if and when Trump is acquitted, Democrats will be calling foul!
What would be the basis for acquittal?