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In a nine-page memo, the seven Democratic impeachment managers noted, "The Framers deliberately drafted a Constitution that allows the Senate to remove Presidents who, like President Trump, abuse their power to cheat in elections, betray our national security and ignore checks and balances." Trump believes he is above the law, they added. Actually, Trump is above the law – and Senate Republicans will ensure he remains above the law, answerable to no one and accountable to no one. All hail King Donald the First!
Trump lawyers urge Senators to swiftly acquit Trump in impeachment trial
https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...st-impeachment
Democrats push back on White House impeachment claims, saying Trump believes he is above the law
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4...mp-believes-he
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Senate Democrats want a fair trial that presents all the evidence and allows Bolton, Duffey, Parnas, Giuliani and others to testify. Senate Republicans, all of whom have sold their souls to Donald Trump and swore to be "impartial jurors" even though they know they will not be, want no witnesses and want to get the trial completed as quickly as possible so they can unanimously vote for acquittal and ensure Emperor Trump remains above the law and above the Constitution. Emperor Trump has been extremely erratic, dangerous, deranged and power-mad during the past three years – and he's going to become worse. Much worse. God help us.
Democrats: Mitch McConnell's impeachment trial rules are a 'cover-up,' 'national disgrace'
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/...ional-disgrace
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Mitch McConnell today is setting the rules for Trump's impeachment trial. He says the process will be "fair" and "even-handed." In truth, he just wants to get the trial over with as quickly as possible so Senate Republicans can unanimously vote for acquittal, preferably before February 4 when Emperor Trump is scheduled to give a State Of The Union address. Adam Schiff foresees the trial as "rigged" and a "cover-up." Chuck Schumer says the rules "seem to be designed by Donald Trump for Donald Trump." Welcome to the autocracy, where Emperor Trump reigns supreme.
Democrats decry McConnell's impeachment rules as 'cover-up'
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...-up/ar-BBZagMk
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From Switzerland today, the orange-skinned Tweeter-In-Chief once again called his impeachment a "total hoax" and once again said, in reference to his phone call with Volodymyr Zelensky, "Read the transcript!" We've all read the transcript, Emperor Trump. It incriminates you. You abused the power of your office by withholding Congressionally-approved military aid and pressuring a foreign country to investigate the Bidens. You violated the Presidential oath of office by putting your own interests above America's interests. You are a disgrace to the office and a disgrace to the United States of America.
Mitch McConnell abruptly eases impeachment limits
The Associated Press, Jan 21 2020 3:00 PM
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell abruptly eased his restrictive proposed rules for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, backing off the condensed two-day schedule to add a third for opening arguments after protests from Senators, including Republicans. The trial quickly burst into a partisan fight at the Capitol as the President's lawyers opened arguments in support of McConnell's plan. Democrats objected loudly to McConnell's initially proposed rules and some Republicans made their concerns known in private at a GOP lunch. Without comment, the Republican leader quietly submitted an amended proposal after meeting behind closed doors with his Senators. The handwritten changes would add the extra day and allow House evidence to be included in the record. There is still deep disagreement about calling additional witnesses.
https://www.aol.com/article/news/202...mits/23905846/
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It should surprise no one that Mitch McConnell was lying when he promised a "fair" impeachment trial. Here is what happened today:
Democrats wanted to subpoena former national security adviser John Bolton. Every Republican voted no. Democrats wanted to subpoena acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney. Every Republican voted no. Democrats wanted to subpoena OMB official Michael Duffey. Every Republican voted no. Democrats wanted to subpoena White House aide Robert Blair. Every Republican voted no. Democrats wanted to subpoena Ukraine documents from the Department of Defense. Every Republican voted no.
We live in an autocracy ruled by King Donald the First, who is above the law and above the Constitution. He reigns supreme, answerable to no one and accountable to no one. This impeachment trial is a sham. It is not fair. It was rigged from the beginning. Republicans, despite taking an oath to be "impartial jurors," never had the slightest intention of being impartial. They don't want to see evidence and they don't want to hear witnesses. They have sold their souls to Donald Trump and will unanimously vote for acquittal. They would gladly and willingly march through the flames of hell if he asked them to. Donald Trump has destroyed the Republican party, destroyed the Presidency, destroyed the Constitution and pretty much destroyed America. God help us.
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A 71% majority of Republicans believe witnesses should be allowed to testify. Republicans in the Senate, however, do not. New witnesses, new documents and new evidence would not matter to them anyway. They will unanimously vote to acquit Emperor Trump and the Republican party will forever be known as the party of obstruction and cover-ups, the party that put King Donald the First above the law and above the Constitution.
71% of Republicans want Mitch McConnell to call witnesses in Trump impeachment trial, new poll shows
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans...onnell-1483264
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Democrats made 11 proposals to subpoena witnesses, transcripts and other documents – and Republicans unanimously said to no to all 11. Each one failed by a vote of 53-47. This is the trial Mitch McConnell sad would be "fair." The entire world sees it for what it is: a compete sham. Senate Republicans, who have sold ther souls to Donald Trump, knew on September 24 – the day the impeachment inquiry was launched – that they would all vote for acquittal. Welcome to the kangaroo court of King Donald the First, the all-powerful autocrat who will forever remain above the law and above the Constitution, answerable to no one and accountable to no one.
Republican-led Senate rejects all 11 amendments by Democrats at impeachment trial
https://www.republicworld.com/world-...democrats.html
Fact check: Trump lawyers make at least three false claims during impeachment arguments
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/22/polit...cif/index.html
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Letter from Leslie Stem of Gardena in today's Los Angeles Times:
"The most ridiculous defense offered by Trump's legal team is that impeachment tries to overturn the 'will of the people' in the 2016 election. The Electoral College already did that, rendering the votes of the nearly 2.9 million more Americans who voted for Hillary Clinton over Trump null and void."
And from Jacqueline Kerr of Los Feliz:
"What has happened to the Republican party? The marvelous GOP of Dwight Eisenhower, William Howard Taft and Barry Goldwater? The architects of the conservative American philosophy? They impeached Bill Clinton for lying about an affair but now they support Trump as he attempts to bully Ukraine into digging for dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden. Yes, these are sad and disgraceful days for our once wonderful GOP."
Of course that "once wonderful" Republican party has ceased to exist. It is now the Donald Trump party. Congressional Republicans no longer care about the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the rule of law, the Presidential oath of office, our system of checks and balances or our nation's best interests. They have sold their souls to Donald Trump. They live only to serve him, protect him, defend him, exalt him, worship him and do his bidding. Can you say "false god"? I knew you could.
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If Trump was truly serious about fighting "corruption," he would fire his entire White House staff and all his Cabinet members and then resign from office.
Schiff highlights new discrepancy in Trump's justification for freezing military aid to Ukraine
Business Insider, Jan 22 2020 5:15 PM ET
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff today ripped into President Donald Trump's "assortment of shifting explanations" for freezing roughly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine. During the first day of opening arguments in Trump's Senate impeachment trial, Schiff pointed out a new discrepancy in the president's justifications for the aid freeze. Trump said he withheld the money because of corruption in Ukraine. He also said he was concerned about burden-sharing with other European countries. These talking points have been undermined in numerous ways but Schiff also highlighted the fact Trump never publicly championed his purported reasons for withholding the aid. "Why wouldn't he? Because of course it wasn't true," Schiff said.
https://www.businessinsider.com/schi...-freeze-2020-1
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Emperor Trump said Article II gives him the right to do whatever he wants as President. Emperor Trump asked Russia to locate Hillary Clinton's emails. Emperor Trump said if a foreign power offered dirt on a political opponent, he'd want to hear it. Emperor Trump tried to pressure Ukraine into investigating the Bidens. Emperor Trump also said China should investigate the Bidens. Senate Republicans, who have sold their souls to Donald Trump, refuse to allow witnesses at the impeachment trial – but Democrats may not need witnesses. They have videos of Trump incriminating himself with his own words. Unfortunately for our nation, Senate Republicans made up their minds long ago to ignore the overwhelming evidence that Trump abused his power and obstructed Congress. The orange-skinned leader of the Cult of Donald Trump knows his brainwashed, blindly loyal cult members in the Senate will ensure that he remains above the law and above the Constitution, answerable to no one and accountable to no one.
Trump tapes help incriminate the President at his own trial
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/23/polit...ess/index.html
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The inviolable policy at Fox News, a.k.a. the Trump Cheerleading Channel, is: "See no evil in Trump, hear no evil about Trump, speak no evil about Trump." While other news outlets were airing the impeachment trial, Fox News hosts were busy praising Donald Trump, attacking Democrats, praising Donald Trump, attacking the impeachment trial and praising Donald Trump. No wonder Fox News is the favorite channel of Emperor Trump and his brainwashed, blindly loyal supporters. The Fox News hosts worship Trump almost as much as he worships himself.
Instead of airing the impeachment trial, Fox News fed its viewers pro-Trump opinions in prime time
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/23/media...age/index.html
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Because no Senate Republicans have read the transcripts of the House impeachment hearings, much of the evidence Democrats are presenting during the impeachment trial they're hearing for the first time. Will any of them hear enoughand learn enough to conclude that Trump is indeed guilty of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress and deserves to be removed from office? After all, they did take an oath to be "impartial jurors." Will they support the Constitution, the rule of law, the Presidential oath of office and our system of checks and balances – or will they unanimously vote to acquit Donald Trump, thereby sending a message to all future Presidents that abuse of power, lies, cover-ups, unconstitutional actions, foreign entanglements, failure to comply with subpoenas and the withholding of evidence are acceptable?
GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz praised Democrats' impeachment presentation and skewered Trump's defense as looking like 'an 8th-grade book report'
https://www.businessinsider.com/matt...-report-2020-1
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"Look, my call with Zelensky was perfect, okay? I've done nothing wrong. The impeachment is a scam, a hoax and a witch hunt, okay? I know it looks suspicious that I lied and ignored subpoenas and hid evidence and interfered with investigations and refused to allow my aides to testify and I put my own political interests above the good of our nation but I have my reasons for doing all those things, okay? I can't talk about it right now. Hannity's show starts in two minutes. He loves me, you know. Loves me."
White House snubbed watchdog agency seeking info on Ukraine aid
The Government Accountability Office later concluded the White House violated the law by freezing the military aid.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/0...ukraine-103193
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Everything Donald Trump does is for the benefit of Donald Trump. He is quick to fire any aides, advisers, associates, attorneys and ambassadors who fail to show him the blind loyalty he demands. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was opposed to Trump's scheme to pressure Ukraine into digging up dirt on a political rival (who is also a United States citizen). After Giuliani, Trump, Trump Jr. and Fox News launched a coordinated smear campaign using debunked conspiracy theories, Yovanovitch was soon removed from her post. How dare anyone interfere with the plans of King Donald the First to withhold Congressionally-approved aid from an ally and seek re-election help from a foreign country!
'Take her out': Recording appears to capture Trump at private dinner saying he wants Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch fired
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/reco...ry?id=68506437
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Emperor Trump refuses to believe the overwhelming evidence of Russia's meddling in our 2016 election. He chooses to believe Russia's false story that Ukraine meddled. He also chooses to believe Russia's false story that Ukraine possesses a DNC server. During today's impeachment trial, Schiff showed video of Trump and Putin in Helsinki, July 16, 2018. "My people came to me. Dan Coats came to me and some others," Trump said in response to a reporter's question. "They said they think it's Russia. I have President Putin, he just said it's not Russia. I will say this. I don’t see any reason why it would be."
Schiff observed, "There he is, the President of Russia hearing his own Kremlin propaganda talking points coming from the President of the United States. Now, if that's not a propaganda coup, I don't know what is. It's the most extraordinary thing. The President of the United States standing next to the President of Russia, our adversary, saying he doesn't believe his own intelligence agencies. He's promoting this kooky crazy server theory cooked up by the Kremlin! Right next to the guy that cooked it up! It's a breathtaking success of Russian intelligence. I don’t know if there's ever been a greater success of Russian intelligence. Whatever profile Russia did of our President, boy, did they have him spot on. Flattery and propagana is all Russia needed." I concur. Donald Trump is a Russia sympathizer and a traitor to the United States of America. Он заслуживает импичмента и удалены от должности.
'Imminent threat': Democrats make final case to remove Trump
Politico, Jan 24 2020 04:58 PM
President Donald Trump remains an "imminent threat to the integrity of our democracy," the House's top impeachment manager Adam Schiff argued today in an extraordinary Senate-floor appeal in which he accused Trump of embracing Russian propaganda at the expense of US national security. "The threat that he will continue to abuse his power and cause grave harm to the nation over the course of the next year is not hypothetical," Schiff argued. "Merely exposing the President's scheme has not stopped him from continuing this destructive pattern of behavior that has brought us to this somber moment. He is who he is.”
Schiff's appeal was part of the House's final attempt to break Trump's Republican firewall in the Senate, where Democrats face long odds to win GOP support for their effort to convict Trump on charges that he pressured Ukraine to investigate his Democratic rivals and then tried to cover it up.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/0...guments-103466
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After hearing three days of evidence of Emperor Trump's abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, Trump's lawyers today are parroting Trump's claim that he's "done nothing wrong." King Donald the First violated the Constitution and the Presidential oath of office by withholding Congressionally-approved aid from an ally and pressuring another country to dig up dirt on a political rival. CNN last night showed a clip of Trump in 2016 insisting he will "put America first" in every decision he makes as President. That was just another of his more than 16,000 lies. Everything Donald Trump does is for the benefit of Donald Trump. Pressuring Ukraine to help him cheat in an election is the most flagrant example – but Trump's lawyers see nothing wrong with that, nor do the Senate Republicans who have sold their souls to Donald Trump. They will unanimously vote for acquittal and King Donald the First will continue to reign supreme, answerable to no one and accountable to no one. God help us.
Analysis: Will any Senators flip on Trump impeachment?
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/25/polit...ent/index.html
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Letter from Paul Schiffer of Studio City in today's Los Angeles Times:
"The House managers presented a devastating account of Trump's and his enablers' attempt to extort from Ukraine and undermine the 2020 election. Their case was comprehensive and ironclad – this, despite the administration's unprecedented stonewalling and refusal to provide subpoenaed documents and witnesses, which is the just basis for the second article of impeachment. But it's not just Trump who's on trial here, it's also the Republican majority in the Senate and the GOP as a whole. Trump famously opined as a candidate in 2016 that he could shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue and not lose any voters. This prompts the question: If he were to do that, would any Republican Senator vote to remove him from office?"
The sad answer to that question is "no." Republicans are brainwashed, blindly loyal members of the Cult of Donald Trump and they worship their orange-skinned cult leader as a god. If he asked them to march through the flames of hell, they would gladly and willingly do so. Hail! Hail! Long live King Donald the First!
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Emperor Trump's lawyers know they can't dispute the facts of his abuse of power and obstruction of Congress – so instead they're claiming there's nothing wrong with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. They're also taking a page from the Donald Trump playbook: "Divert, distort, distract." They're trying to do what Trump failed to pressure Ukraine into doing, namely, dig up dirt on the Bidens. You ask what the Bidens have to do with Trump's impeachment? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. The Bidens are not on trial; Trump is. These sleazy lawyers, same as Senate Republicans, have sold their souls to Donald Trump and seek only to do his bidding. That includes diverting, distorting and distracting.
Trump's defense team to target Bidens in counterpunch to impeachment charges
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ges/ar-BBZjcvq
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The obvious reason Emperor Trump has so much admiration for Vladimir Putin, Rodrigo Duterte, Nicolás Maduro, Kim Jong-un, Bashar Al-Assad, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Mohammad bin Salman and other dictators is because he yearns to be a dicator, wielding absolute power and authority and accountable to no one. Let's not forget Trump insists Article II of the Constitution gives him the power to do whatever he wants. Congressional Republicans have sold their souls to Donald Trump and are doing everything they can to help him achieve his goal of being a dictator. A prophecy in II Thessalonians 2:4 says a "man of sin" will come along in the end times and will "exalt himself" and "will even sit in the temple of God, claiming that he himself is God." Any guesses as to who that "man of sin" is? I know who I think it is.
Analysis: Think Trump's acting like a dictator now? What if he's reelected after this?
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/25/polit...-24/index.html
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If you or I were on trial, we would be thrown in prison if we ignored subpoenas, withheld evidence and/or prevented witnesses from testifying – so why is the President of the United States allowed to do those things? Nobody else is above the law. Why should he be above the law? Obviously, he shouldn't be – but Congressional Republicans will ensure that he is.
Democrats are having a field day after Trump's lawyers accidentally made the strongest case to call witnesses in his impeachment trial
Business Insider, Jan 25 2020 4:05 PM
President Donald Trump's defense team repeatedly argued today that there wasn't enough evidence to impeach him because Congress hadn't heard from any witnesses who had "direct contact" with the President. Democratic lawmakers latched onto those statements, saying they underscore the need to call more firsthand witnesses in Trump's trial, a motion Democrats are forcefully pushing for. Moreover, while Trump's lawyers complain of not hearing testimony from direct witnesses, the defense could easily solve that problem by retracting Trump's sweeping directive barring all executive branch officials across six agencies from cooperating with Congress' impeachment inquiry. "The President's counsel did something that they did not intend: they made a really compelling case for why the Senate should call witnesses and documents," Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said today after opening arguments.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trum...t-trial-2020-1
