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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement tonight: "The White House should be warned that continued efforts to hide the truth of the President's abuse of power from the American people will be regarded as further evidence of obstruction. Mr. President, you are not above the law. You will be held accountable."
Emperor Trump abused his power and abused his oath of office by withholding military aid to Ukraine, then pressuring Ukraine to investigate his likely 2020 political opponent. Emperor Trump even admitted doing so on live television! And the evidence continues to mount:
Trump-Sondland phone call on Ukraine talking points emerges as key to impeachment probe
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-sondlan...200820883.html
In addition to the four new polls cited in this story, recent polls from CNN, Fox News and USA TODAY/Ipsos also show growing support for Trump's impeachment and growing support for Trump's removal from office.
Majority of Americans back impeachment inquiry: Polls
Yahoo News, Oct 9 2019 12:58 PM
The White House says the impeachment inquiry into President Trump is "baseless" and "unconstitutional." Most Americans disagree. Four new national polls released in the past two days show at least 50% of respondents support the House probe, which was triggered by a whistleblower’s complaint against Trump over his repeated requests for Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son. And all four surveys – Quinnipiac, Politico/Morning Consult, NBC/Wall Street Journal, Washington Post/Schar School – found more Americans back the impeachment inquiry than do not.
https://www.aol.com/article/news/201...olls/23832508/
Speaking today at a campaign event in Rochester, New Hampshire, Joe Biden called for the impeachment of Donald Trump:
"With his words and his actions, President Trump has indicted himself by obstructing justice, refusing to comply with the congressional inquiry. He’s already convicted himself. In full view of the world and the American people, Donald Trump has violated his oath of office, betrayed this nation and committed impeachable acts. To preserve our Constitution, our democracy, our basic integrity, he should be impeached. But we have to remember that impeachment isn't only about what the President has done. It's about the threat the President poses to the nation if allowed to remain in office. One thing about this President is absolutely clear. He has seen no limits to his power regardless of what the Constitution says. He believes the entire United States government can be corrupted into furthering his personal political needs. He's even willing to hold Congress and Congressionally appropriated aid to a foreign nation hostage to his personal political demands. He believes if he does something, it's legal. Period. And perhaps, most importantly, he believes there is nothing we can do about it. He believes he can and will get away with anything he does. We all laughed when he said he could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot someone and get away with it. It's no joke. He's shooting holes in the Constitution and we can not let him get away with it."
Amen! Of course Congressional Republicans and Trump's blindly loyal supporters will continue to follow the irresistible lure of the orange-skinned Pied Piper and continue to insist he has done nothing wrong – ever. "There is none so blind as he who will not see."
Only 66? He's slipping.
Ukraine dishonesty blitz: Trump made 66 false claims last week
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/09/polit...wer/index.html
Two-thirds of voters say it's wrong for a United States President to ask foreign countries to investigate a political rival. The other one-third are probably Republicans who choose to ignore Federal election laws which prohibit political candidates from accepting donations, contributions or any "thing of value" from foreign nationals.
Fox News poll: Record support for Trump impeachment
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...mp-impeachment
"Vengeance is mine, says the Emperor. I will repay." That's a verse from the Trumpworld Bible. Emperor Trump is loyal only to himself, not to the United States of America. He wants all the Congressional Republicans to likewise be loyal to him, not to the United States of America. He will viciously attack any Republican who dares to criticize him, just as he's already attacked Mitt Romney and former Arizona Senator Jeff Flake. Emperor Trump is a deranged lunatic! Three hundred ninety days till Election Day.
President warns Mitch McConnell about disloyal Republicans
Similar to his erratic behavior during the Mueller probe, Trump is calling the Senate Majority Leader up to three times a day and making political threats, a source says.
https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/10/09/pol...ell/index.html
In a tweet today, Emperor Trump made the false claim that only 25% of Americans want him impeached. Actually, seven national polls give the number as 51% or higher. One poll says 58%. In the same tweet, Trump also parroted his tired old mantras "Fake news!" "Scam!" and "Witch hunt!"
The three articles of impeachment Richard Nixon was facing before he decided to resign from office were "obstruction of an investigation," "refusal to comply with subpoenas" and "misuse of law enforcement and intelligence agencies for political purposes." Emperor Trump is guilty of those same offenses. But, unlike Nixon, Emperor Trump is above the law. At least he thinks he is.
Undeterred by White House threat, Democrats push ahead with impeachment inquiry
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ead/ar-AAIxD96
Both men were born in Russia, both men made big contributions to the Trump campaign and both men aided Giuliani's efforts to pressure Ukraine into investigating Trump's potential political opponent. Russia loves Trump. он является сочувствующим России.
Two Giuliani associates who helped him on Ukraine charged with campaign finance violations
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ons/ar-AAIA6MX
Chris Cillizza, CNN's editor at large, notes Rudy Giuliani "appears to be right in the middle of virtually every Ukraine controversy coming out of the Trump White House" and is a threat to Trump's Presidency. Why, Cillizza asks, has Trump not fired Giuliani? I can answer that: Emperor Trump will never fire anyone who is blindly loyal and unquestioningly supportive of him. He will never fire anyone who worships him almost as much as he worships himself.
How is Rudy Giuliani *still* the President's personal lawyer?
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/10/polit...man/index.html
CNN is reporting that Trump may not let former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testify on Capitol Hill tomorrow. Can you say "obstruction of an investigation"? I knew you could. And our dishonest, delusional President continues to claim he's "transparent" and continues to claim his phone call with Zelensky was "perfect." He also says he believes the impeachment inquiry battle will wind up in the Supreme Court. Meanwhile.......
House Democrats subpoena Perry, Giuliani associates
The Washington Post, Oct 10 2019 3:51 PM
House investigators issued subpoenas today to Energy Secretary Rick Perry and two associates of President Trump's personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani, seeking "key documents" that have not been produced as part of the impeachment inquiry. The subpoenas of the Giuliani associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, came after their arrests on campaign finance charges Wednesday night. The two men are charged with scheming to funnel foreign money to US politicians in a bid to affect US-Ukraine relations. Both have helped Giuliani investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, though the indictment does not mention Giuliani or suggest that he was part of the alleged crimes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...31d_story.html
Many of these 16 attorneys worked in Republican administrations – before Donald Trump destroyed the Republican party.
16 prominent conservative legal figures concerned about President Trump's 'abuse of power,' call for an 'expeditious' impeachment probe
https://www.crainscleveland.com/scot...bout-president
"Thank you all for coming to my rally here in – Where are we again? Minneapolis? – Minneapolis. I know you all love me. I haven't really done anything to make America great but you don't care, do you? You love me. Tonight I'm going to just attack Democrats. I'll call them scammers and con men and I'll call the impeachment inquiry a phony witch hunt. And all those polls that show me losing in 2020? I'll say they're all phony. You all love me so I know you'll believe anything I say. And it's great to be here in the beautiful state of Michigan. I mean Minnesota."
'Off-script' Trump rails against impeachment, Democrats at feisty rally
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...lly/ar-AAIB5lT
Donald Trump lied when he said he would release his taxes and he's gone to great lengths to ensure the American public never sees them. They might reveal kickbacks, hush-money payments, income from questionable sources, secret deals with Russia, improper deductions – who knows? But we do know Trump is hiding something, else he would release his taxes. By a 2-1 decision, an Appeals Court ruled that House Democrats have the right to subpoena Trump's taxes as part of an investigation. The lone dissenter was a Trump appointee. Of course. Trump may appeal the decision to the Supreme Court. What is he hiding?
Trump loses appeal to stop House subpoena of his tax documents
https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/10/11/pol...ion/index.html
Marie Yovanovitch, former US Ambassador to Ukraine, is giving closed-door testimony to Congress today. Trump removed her from her post in May because she was thwarting the efforts of Rudy Giuliani and his two associates to push Ukraine into launching an investigation of Joe Biden, Trump's likely political opponent in 2020. (Those two associates, Soviet-born Trump supporters and donors, are now under arrest for campaign finance violations.) The State Department ordered Yovanovitch to not testify – What is Trump afraid of? – but she was subpoenaed and is speaking today before three House committees. The evidence against Trump continues to mount.
Trump pressed for Ukraine envoy's removal, she tells lawmakers
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ers/ar-AAIDFci
Emperor Trump has consistently tried to stonewall, impede, ignore and discredit Congressional investigations. He calls the impeachment inquiry "illegitimate" and "Constitutionally invalid" and is refusing to cooperate with investigators. He's wrong. The impeachment process is laid out in the Constitution and Trump's continued defiance of Congress will bring about a Constitutional crisis. Crooked and corrupt Trump and crooked and corrupt Giuliani could both wind up in prison. Three hundred eighty-eight days till Election Day.
Giuliani's Ukraine team: In search of influence, dirt and money
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ney/ar-AAIBc2s
These "talking points" for Republicans don't tell us anything about Trump's strategy that we didn't already know: Say Trump has never done anything wrong and say Schiff and Pelosi are doing everything wrong.
White House accidentally sends Ukraine talking points to Democrats
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ain/ar-AAIE5lp
Lev Parnus and Igor Fruman, the two Soviet-born men who were helping Giuliani dig up dirt on Biden have been indicted on charges of campaign finance violations. Trump told reporters today he doesn't know them. Trump is lying – just as he lied about not knowing Paul Manafort and lied about not knowing Stormy Daniels. In May 2018, Parnus and Fruman joined Trump for dinner at the White House. Several photos were taken of them standing beside Trump (who was grinning and giving a thumbs-up sign). Soon thereafter, they made a big donation to Trump's campaign. Trump is also now trying to distance himself from Giuliani.
Trump says he doesn't know if Rudy Giuliani is his personal attorney amid reports Giuliani is under federal investigation
https://www.businessinsider.com/trum...gation-2019-10
Rudy Giuliani is a puppet who repeats the words of his master, Emperor Trump: "There is nothing wrong with pressuring a foreign country to investigate a political rival." There is plenty wrong with that, Rudy. It's a shame there isn't some way Trump and Giuliani could be impeached together.
Giuliani is said to be under investigation for Ukraine work
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Trump's personal lawyer broke lobbying laws.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ork/ar-AAIEnMf
Yesterday, Emperor Trump tried to distance himself from corrupt, crooked Rudy Giuliani. Today, Trump reversed himself, calling Giuliani a "great guy," a "legendary crime buster" and "the greatest Mayor in the history of New York City." Yes sir, those crooked, corrupt, wealthy white Republicans stick together.
Trump backs 'legendary' Giuliani amid reports of investigation into possible lobbying violations
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ons/ar-AAIG7Md