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New revelations from first public hearings paint damning portrait of Trump
CNN ^ | Nov. 14, 2019

Posted on 11/14/2019 5:40:32 AM PST by Rennes Templar

Washington (CNN)Dramatic new disclosures on Day 1 of the House impeachment hearings painted an incriminating picture of Donald Trump as a President instinctively willing to sacrifice America's interests for his own.

In the most critical step so far in the investigation into Trump's alleged scheme to coerce Ukraine's help for his reelection campaign, Democrats posed a question to every US citizen at the core of this dark national chapter.

"If this is not impeachable conduct, what is?" House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, asked, arguing that the republic's values and the concept of an accountable presidency were at stake for future generations.

Using as their first witnesses two conscientious, apolitical diplomats who devoted their lives to national service, Democrats built a foundation for a case that Trump abused his far greater power. It is a story certain to play out again and again in the coming weeks as lawmakers contemplate whether to deal Trump the historic stigma of being only the third president to be impeached.

In Wednesday's most striking moment, the top US diplomat in Ukraine, Bill Taylor, revealed a previously undisclosed call between Trump and the US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland that took place a day after Trump's notorious talk with Ukraine's President in July.

He said that an aide -- who heard the call on a mobile phone while in a restaurant in a scenario that raised national security concerns -- reported that Trump asked Sondland about "the investigations" into former Vice President Joe Biden that he had requested from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Trump told reporters on Wednesday he had no memory of the event.

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Democrats will need to do more to crystallize all the coming testimony in a compelling and concise case that could change the political winds.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


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There it is - a diplomat's aide heard a call on a mobile phone in a restaurant. Seriously?
1 posted on 11/14/2019 5:40:32 AM PST by Rennes Templar
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To: Rennes Templar

So, now eavesdropping is a “good” thing?


2 posted on 11/14/2019 5:41:51 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Rennes Templar

Yup. Damn it, Trump is doing his job, enforcing 1999 law about Ukraine corruption, looking into 2916 election interference, and corruption involving well-connected YS citizens doing business in a corrupt country. Damning? You betcha!


3 posted on 11/14/2019 5:43:12 AM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Rennes Templar

CNN is really the only US news station here.

It is beyond ridiculous.

Absurd, the spin.

Really.


4 posted on 11/14/2019 5:43:19 AM PST by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: Rennes Templar

Gee.. a CNN news story! /S


5 posted on 11/14/2019 5:43:33 AM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: Rennes Templar

CNN, huh?


6 posted on 11/14/2019 5:43:42 AM PST by MarvinStinson
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To: Rennes Templar
He said that an aide -- who heard the call on a mobile phone while in a restaurant

AHA! And there it is! As I've been saying all along. He was wiretapped.

Hear the call on a mobile phone while in a restaurant. What a crock!

This is what Republicans and Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin and Sean Hannity should be pounding home. demonicRATS are STILL wiretapping President Trump.

7 posted on 11/14/2019 5:44:31 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would be have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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8 posted on 11/14/2019 5:44:46 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: Rennes Templar

I didn’t watch the hearings, but I did hear about them from a friend who heard about them from a co-worker who knows someone who saw some highlights.


9 posted on 11/14/2019 5:45:36 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Rennes Templar

Good old CNN. Putting the requisite amount of spin on the ball to keep the faithful in line.


10 posted on 11/14/2019 5:45:36 AM PST by Windflier (Torches and pitchforks ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Rennes Templar

Um........it did?

Did they watch the same hearing I did?


11 posted on 11/14/2019 5:46:09 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: Rennes Templar

Surely does not sound like what Im heard from the muddled mass of liars.


12 posted on 11/14/2019 5:46:49 AM PST by Lion Den Dan
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>>Trump told reporters on Wednesday he had no memory of the event.

How many times while testifying has Lady Clinton proclaimed “I don’t remember” and then shifted her lies as to “WHO” someone was when Trey Gowdy revealed a name that she wouldn’t say?


13 posted on 11/14/2019 5:47:13 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: Rennes Templar
"If this is not impeachable conduct, what is?" House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff...

Well, Schifty, it sure ain't what you "got" on Trump. I think Schifty makes used cars dealers look good....

14 posted on 11/14/2019 5:47:29 AM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Mr. K

News reports like this one are aimed at people who didn’t see the hearing. They just want to persuade the ignorant that “the walls are closing in”.

Anyone who actually saw the hearing knows that the Democrats blew themselves up.


15 posted on 11/14/2019 5:47:55 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: Rennes Templar
"...lawmakers contemplate whether to deal Trump the historic stigma of being only the third president to be impeached."

After which, CNN will forever refer to Trump as 'impeached President Trump', just like they always say 'impeached former President Clinton'...

Oh, they don't?

16 posted on 11/14/2019 5:48:39 AM PST by DJ Frisat ( (optional, printed after my name on post))
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To: Rennes Templar

Pathetic attempt to salvage the disastrous first day of the Schi** Show by the Communist News Network.


17 posted on 11/14/2019 5:48:50 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: cba123
Here is a great alternative to the Drudge Report at https://www.citizenfreepress.com/.

This site is a news compilation site with links similar to Drudge and they allow comments on each story similar to Free Republic.

18 posted on 11/14/2019 5:49:20 AM PST by jimbug
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To: Rennes Templar

Lost in all this is that the diplomat did not hear anything negative on the phone call. The testimony was that he heard Trump ask what about the investigations? There was nothing whatsoever wrong with that.


19 posted on 11/14/2019 5:49:32 AM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.2)
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To: Rennes Templar

Vague headlines like this, plus Schiff’s subdued post-hearing comments, confirm that the Dems know they’ve got nothing.

It could have been worse for Schiff—I was professionally disappointed in the cross-examination by Nunes and the Republican lawyer, and they missed some opportunities to really expose Taylor and Kent for what they are. But it couldn’t have been much worse. I wouldn’t be surprised if Pelosi is looking for a way to quietly pull the plug or at least redirect this away from an impeachment vote.


20 posted on 11/14/2019 5:49:48 AM PST by The Pack Knight
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