Posted on 09/22/2019 3:38:23 PM PDT by John Semmens
Former Secretary of State and loser to Trump in the 2016 presidential election Hillary Clinton called reports that President Trump had spoken with a Ukrainian leader "collusion with a foreign power to help him win an election." Her charge was sparked by an unconfirmed report that Trump has suggested that Ukraine "take a look at a boast by then Vice-President Joe Biden that his threat to cancel US aid to Ukraine persuaded that government to drop an investigation into a questionable business deal between Biden's son and a Ukrainian company.
While it is plausible to posit that evidence of corruption involving Biden could help Trump in a future election in which the two were opposing candidates, it is also plausible to posit that potentially corrupt deals aided by overt extortion might be worthy of a more thorough examination. Nevertheless, an irate and vengeful Clinton demanded that Trump's phone call be added to "the list of impeachable offenses being amassed by the House of Representatives."
Clinton contrasted "Trump's abuse of presidential authority" with her 2016 "campaign's honest purchase of damaging intelligence" compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele. "We used contributions freely given by private individuals who supported my election. There was no misuse of government authority to try to sway an election. And even if there were, I didn't win so I can't be impeached. Besides, there is also the issue of double jeopardy. Since my husband was impeached and acquitted, under the law of community property if I ever become president I would be immune to impeachment."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/268568-2019-09-20-semi-news-semi-satire-september-22-2019-edition.htm
I'm semi-serious, I'm surprised that idea hasn't been floated - that "Why yes, there were some irregularities in the results from these precincts...candidate Trump *should* have lost those..."
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