Will Trump be pulling a Richard Nixon on us?

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Vice reports something important about the impeachment case that the New York Times reported (and that I don't have paid access to):



https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/8xwz ... t-stronger

This looks bad for Trump. He only released the money after he got caught.

(Does anybody have access to the NYTimes article?)

(CNN)House Democrats say evidence of President Donald Trump's misconduct and obstruction of Congress is "overwhelming," charging that Trump's conduct toward Ukraine compromised national security in a new report released Tuesday that will form the backbone of the impeachment proceedings against the President.

The 300-page report from the House Intelligence Committee sets the stage for the impeachment of a US president for just the third time in history. The report stops short of outright recommending impeachment, with House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff and the other committee chairs leading the inquiry said that was a decision Congress ultimately has to make.

But the report makes clear that's where Democrats are heading.

"I'm going to reserve any kind of a public judgment on that until I have a chance to consult with my colleagues, with our leadership," Schiff, a California Democrat, said when asked if there was evidence for impeachment. "As you can tell, I am gravely concerned that if we merely accept this that we invite not only further corruption of our elections by this President, but we also invite it of the next president."

The report release kicks off what's poised to be a frenzied month in the House, with Democrats on track to potentially vote on impeaching Trump by Christmas. The House Intelligence Committee will vote to approve the report Tuesday evening, and will then send it to the Judiciary Committee, which plans to hold hearings and would draft articles of impeachment against Trump.

The House Intel Committee releases its report on the impeachment inquiry:



https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/03/politics ... index.html

What a farce

CONGRESSMAN: So you really have no testimony today that ties President Trump to a scheme to withhold aid from Ukraine in exchange for these investigations?

SONDLAND: Other than my own presumption.

CONGRESSMAN: Which is nothing!

I will say that this section definitely grabbed my attention (7:15):



That definitely stood out to me. I'd like to see the greater context of that statement, or at least to see it explained. I still don't buy that this exonerates Trump, though.

Still, they make a good point: Whatever wrong Trump may have done, it's BS that relatives of politicians can use name recognition to get sweet deals for themselves. That is indeed a kind of "soft corruption". And I would really rather not see "Handsy Uncle Joe" be our nominee.

Here is one thing I will predict. Whoever the next Democrat president is, the Republicans will show him/her no mercy. They will go after him/her the way the democrats have gone after Trump, because that precedence has been set. They will accuse him/her of anything and everything they can think of.

Who honesy wants them to cooperate?

Here is one thing I will predict. Whoever the next Democrat president is, the Republicans will show him/her no mercy. They will go after him/her the way the democrats have gone after Trump, because that precedence has been set. They will accuse him/her of anything and everything they can think of.