It appears that the Trump administration is violating the law by not turning it over to Congress. Apparently, Trump wanted the Ukraine to investigate Biden’s son in return for military aid. How much corruption does Pelosi need to see. Impeachment was already justified and this just adds to its validity. As usual, Republicans try to confuse the issue. They will let Trump get away with anything as long as he appoints conservative judges.
Breaking News: President Trump’s desire for Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and his family is said to be part of the secret whistle-blower complainthttps://t.co/4CmqwICl5B
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 20, 2019
The Trump Admin is clearly violating federal statute by blocking the head of US Intelligence from providing Congress with a whistleblower complaint described as being of "urgent concern & credible.” The stonewalling must end. What is the President hiding? https://t.co/Yg0LqT5HMd
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) September 20, 2019
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) September 20, 2019
We confirm WSJ report that Trump pressed Ukrainian leader to investigate Biden’s son, and reveal WH Counsel Pat Cipollone's role in preventing whistleblower complaint from being sent to Congress. @gregpmiller @mattzap @carolleonnig and me https://t.co/2P4fnQQFXM
— Ellen Nakashima (@nakashimae) September 20, 2019
In fact, that July 25 conversation took place ONE DAY after Robert Mueller’s public testimony on Capitol Hill about the Russia investigation. https://t.co/J6JpTSMD02
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) September 20, 2019
Traitorous. Utterly traitorous. We have a president who is a traitor. https://t.co/ucMOYKIWUu
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) September 20, 2019
Why is this classified information?@realDonaldTrump demanding a foreign leader 8 times to get dirt on Trump's political opponent's son during a presidential campaign is not a classified issue, it's a crime. Cannot solicit anything of value from a foreign power to help campaign. https://t.co/cVGdmUubu6
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 20, 2019
This is very good from former DNI general counsel Bob Litt. https://t.co/Evu4CkTSNI
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) September 20, 2019
For those considering whether the whistle blower complaint relates to Trump-Giuliani pressure on Ukraine to create false dirt on Biden…
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) September 19, 2019
This is a great backgrounder
cc: @lrozen @gtconway3d @TheViewFromLL2 @brianbeutler @EricColumbus @sam_vinogradhttps://t.co/fPZCjdQXMA
FYI: Administration officials have shared at least some details of the accusations in the whistleblower complaint with the White House, to allow officials to weigh whether to assert executive privilege, an official tells NYT. https://t.co/H5RUvnG4GZ
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 20, 2019
This report is getting a lot closer to the worst-case scenario speculation https://t.co/KeJhVAhXjK
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) September 20, 2019
ZERO proof for this claim. None. https://t.co/pgx0sFWDlc
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) September 20, 2019
Is the House Minority Leader truly unaware that DOJ and ODNI are preventing the whistleblower from coming to Congress? https://t.co/lOLINmQdNR
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 20, 2019
Actually he couldn't have come to Congress, @GOPLeader, without potentially losing his job & his clearance. The law includes a workaround that allows whistleblowers to go straight to the intel committees, but once the DNI steps in—as he has—that clause is essentially nullified. https://t.co/wi8LIbK8to
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) September 20, 2019
Trump and his minions went to great lengths to benefit from foreign interference in our democracy, and engaged in extensive corruption to cover it up.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 20, 2019
He got away with it.
So why wouldn't he try the same thing again?
My piece on the Ukraine connection:https://t.co/jbCdyaw36s
This story about Hunter Biden wound up being extremely prescient.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) September 20, 2019
Especially this exchange, about the author of Clinton Cash/Breitbart editor Peter Schweitzer using the same funnel-to-the-New-York-Times playbook, and almost pulling it off once again.https://t.co/qhYbB4Ek5K pic.twitter.com/B4lvIdXDEP
There's the obvious problem everyone is discussing, the concern about a possible link to the aid to Ukraine. But a second problem is that you have the President of the United States telling a foreign leader to work on an official matter with a person in his private employ. https://t.co/zvDcAQXz6i
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) September 20, 2019
Note how the last line, Giuliani even concedes the interests of his client, Trump, differ from the interests of the U.S. government https://t.co/xRi5MIKnmc
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) September 20, 2019
Note how the last line, Giuliani even concedes the interests of his client, Trump, differ from the interests of the U.S. government https://t.co/xRi5MIKnmc
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) September 20, 2019
Sad! 