Impeachment Witness Says Case Against Trump 'Collapses Under Weight of Time'

Townhall.com ^ | January 4, 2020 | Bronson Stocking

[Cobra64]

That is exactly what should happen. Indict the deep state players and send them to jail for 20 years with no parole... or hang the bastards.

[Cobra64]

With tv cameras... and give General Flynn the privilege of pulling the hangman’s drop lever.

[ctdonath2]

House Democrats did not actually (AFAIK) articulate which law Trump has broken.

I’ve been digging into relevant laws, and coming up with ... nothing.

There is a law obligating the President to issue spending according to Congressional allocation, do so before end of fiscal year, and may only “delay” spending up to 45 days to persuade Congress to rescind the spending order.
There is nothing declaring the President must actually send a request to Congress within those 45 days. Unless Congress does rescind within those 45 days, President is obligated to carry out the spending. Presumably President may use some, even all, of those 45 days to determine whether/how to request rescission from Congress.
There is no criminal penalty for failing to adhere to either the 45 day or EOFY (September 30) deadlines.
If President fails to commence ordered spending within 45 days, the Comptroller General may (!) proceed to file civil suit compelling the spending; the filing must be preceded by notifying Congress 25 days in advance (starting _after_ the 45 days).
The spending in question was delayed 48 days. Hence, 45 days was blatantly “legal” (the delay is expressly allowed), and 3 days was squishy “legal” (nothing says President _can’t_ delay past 45 days, only that civil action may commence against him after 45 days).
House Democrats, rather than initiating the Comptroller General civil suit for compelling the spending, started thrashing toward impeachment - over a spending delay which was legal.
BTW: The end-of-fiscal-year deadline (September 30) was explicitly extended by Congress on September 19. Original date partially missed, but the extension had already been enacted.
Ergo, Trump was impeached in part for ... acting within the law.

[Bommer]

I’m thinking maybe the next thing the United States House of Representatives, led by the Democrats, should waste time and money on is a vote on whether Michelle 0bama is prettier than Melania Trump.

Not really Comparing a RuPaul tranny against a real woman? Sorry Michael gets his ass whooped in every way, especially in the bathing suit competition

Some things a bathing suit won't hide

[Fiji Hill]

The witness was Charles Kupperman, a deputy to former national security adviser John Bolton. Other than Bolton himself, Kupperman is one of the officials most likely to have direct knowledge of an alleged quid pro quo involving aid to Ukraine.

A classmate of mine at the University of Southern California.

[MHGinTN]

The FISA Court is corrupt, also. They got requests for warrants which they did not issue but gave the seditionists the roadmap to acquire them, regardless of truth. That the FISA Court has not taken any real action to deal with the criminal behavior tells me they are as corrupt as the seditionists.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

>>>Not really Comparing a RuPaul tranny against a real woman?<<<

We . . . are . . . talking about Democrats voting, right? Of course they will vote for their fav womyn.