Since the House launched its impeachment inquiry in late September, the committees conducting the probe have moved rapidly to depose witnesses and subpoena documents.
During Nixonâs impeachment, I could have instantly addressed who did what to whom, and when and where.
I could have told you what Sam Ervin ate for breakfast, what time Haldeman left home for work, when Grey was told to deep six documents, what McCord said to Sirica, how much money Howard Huntâs wife had in her pocketbook when her plane crashed at Midway Airport, what color socks Rufus Edmisten wore, and which urinal in the Rayburn building John Doar preferred. Maybe not all of them, but a lot of them.
I canât keep this current crowd straight. All I know is the noose is tightening.
The cast of the Orange Impeachiness Crime Story is very wide and it is only for the Ukrainegate! If you add Stormygate, Russiagate, Emoluments, tax fraud, profiting in office, public corruptionâŚon and onâŚthe list would go on and on too! So many trumpian criminals!
ICYMI:
Tracking Trumpâs Conflicts of Interest
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TY for this tracking article TPM, Iâm bookmarking this!
Is there any indication that Dems are looking to meaningfully expand the scope of impeachment beyond the Ukraine quid pro quo, to either obstruction, or, better yet, to what I view as a far worse and more serious crime, Trumpâs Russia quid pro quo, which dwarfs all the other crimesâincluding obstructionâand is really the mother lode and genesis of all the other impeachable crimes here?
We know that it exists and that both sides have been following through with it, especially Trump, with his Putin ass-kissing and doing Russia all sorts of favors (including the latest, pulling out of Syria, and now this Lebanon thing). Even if Russia hadnât done a thing for Trump in return as yet, so long as it can be shown that such a deal exists and that Trump has been following through on his end (or merely trying to), then thatâs the whole ballgame and everyone can go home, heâs done and thereâs no saving him.
If thereâs any way to prove it conclusively, with hard evidence and corroborating testimony from several credible witnesses, then it would be insane for Dems to not pursue it. And if they are pursuing it, theyâd be keeping their cards very close to their vests on it, for obvious reasons. Thus closed door sessions?
As I explained just above, while heâs committed all these crimes, I believe that the main and worst one is his quid pro quo with Russia, that goes way beyond the 2016 election.
Itâs easy to understand why Senate Republicans donât even want to talk about this case. They know that Trump is guilty and deserves impeachment (many times over) but their base is sure Trump is innocent. Unfortunately, any Senate republican who votes to acquit Trump will not just be saying that all of Trumpâs past behavior was okay, theyâll also have to own everything Trump does subsequently.
Trump gets worse every day. Everyone in Washington (and most of the rest of the country) can see this. Every Republican Senator asked to vote on whether Trump deserves to stay in the White House knows that there is no limit to how crazy he might get in the next year. Iâm not saying that anyone should feel sorry for Senate Republicans (ever) but try to imagine how scared they are right now.
I donât see Don McGahn on the list of refuseniks.
Has the actual transcript of the phone call (the one that was âlocked awayâ) been turned over? Seems pretty basic, and if not, why not tell us so.
Terrific graphic â thank you for laying this out so clearly.
Nancy had the votes on Impeachment action yesterdayâŚthere was never a doubt.
She is the kind of person who will put a hurt on Trump with whatâs comingâŚ
Mr. McGahn has not been asked to provide a deposition or documents in the impeachment inquiry. His refusal and subsequent court case are related to potential obstruction of justice during the timeframe of the Mueller investigation. See details at CourtListener: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16027602/committee-on-the-judiciary-of-the-us-house-of-representives-v-mcgahn-ii/
Thanks!
Good! TPM needs to do MORE of this kind of presentation. Then, create a new navigation section (âData Pointsâ ?) so that we can find it again when it gets pushed off the home page by other news.
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I would find this last item VERY useful. It would be a way to understand whoâs responsible for what. I would send the link to people I know who keep spewing the both sides-ist propaganda that âCongress hasnât done anythingâ. @josh_m
iâve got a scary thought for you. this crowd is a lot bigger than you think.
imagine if they had trumpâs taxes to work from. Yikes!
Shorter summary:
Dems: Launch impeachment inquiry.
GOP: Whines, lies, and flounders.
Dems: Depose witnesses and subpoena documents.
GOP: Whines, lies, and flounders.
Dems: Formally approve inquiry.
GOP: Whines, lies, and flounders.
Rinse; repeat.
Since we havenât heard a peep about direct Russian involvement from any of the witnesses, unless another âwhistleblowerâ type shows up, this investigation will most likely remain Russia adjacent. It looks to me like the goal is get impeachment off the table ASAP, and anything directly about Russia would massively complicate matters.
As for obstruction, they may try to get an article passed based on non-cooperation by Team Trump, but they didnât even given Schiff the power to take the White House to court in the resolution, so its hard to see why GOPers would think about taking âobstructionâ seriously.
thatâs because Pelosi wants to isolate Trumpâs crimes revealed by Mueller from the Ukraine probe. Ukraine is basically âboutiqueâ impeachment â compact and easily managed. Mueller is the Wal-mart of impeachmentâŚ
Nothing in the resolution precludes Schiff taking issues to the courts.
He has that authority now.
As usual, you just pull shit out of your ass and post it.
you might add high pitched screaming, congressional panty raids and sordid high jinks to the list.
Thatâs pretty funny.