Posted on 09/24/2019 11:43:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has authorized the release Wednesday of a complete trancript of a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The nature of that call — during which Trump talked about former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter — has spurred calls by an increasing number of House Democrats for impeachment proceedings against Trump to begin.
Biden, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for president, is expected to say Tuesday that should be impeached if Trump if he stonewalls efforts by Congress to get information about his contact with Ukraine.
The Trump administration has been resisting demands by Congress to release information about a complaint made by a whistleblower in the intelligence community, which is believed to relate to a call Trump had with a foreign leader this summer.
Trump’s authorization of the transcript is unlikely to reduce pressure by Congress for information about his suspected linkage of military aid to Ukraine with a willingness by that country to investigate Biden.
Shortly before his call with Ukraine’s leader, Trump had ordered a hold on $400 million in military aid to that country.
Trump denies that he pressured Zelensky to investigate the Bidens during their July call.
However, Trump and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani have elsewhere both urged Ukraine to conduct such a probe.
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This should be fun...
TRUMP’s TWEET:
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
· 28m
I am currently at the United Nations representing our Country, but have authorized the release tomorrow of the complete, fully declassified and unredacted transcript of my phone conversation with President Zelensky of Ukraine....
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
....You will see it was a very friendly and totally appropriate call. No pressure and, unlike Joe Biden and his son, NO quid pro quo! This is nothing more than a continuation of the Greatest and most Destructive Witch Hunt of all time!
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2:12 PM - Sep 24, 2019
So Democrats want to impeach Trump for asking Ukraine to probe corruption involving Biden’s son?
We truly live in an upside down world.
So maybe the whistleblower was Don Jr, and this is a giant troll.
I hope he referred to Joe Biden as Creepy Joe.
Meanwhile, CNN is in full “WE GOT HIM NOW!!” mode:
BREAKING NEWS: House Speaker Pelosi to announce formal impeachment inquiry of Trump. Details to come. “
I would say to Joe Biden, and the Demoncrats...Be very careful what you ask for...you just may get it...
RE: So Democrats want to impeach Trump for asking Ukraine to probe corruption involving Biden’s son?
I think their pretext is Trump is using American foreign policy as a tool to attack his political opponent.
They accuse Trump of withholding US military aid to Ukraine until they re-open the investigation into Biden’s business dealings. Quid Pro Quo in other words.
Never happen. No transcript will be released tomorrow. Take that to the bank.
Although nothing said in the call was strictly illegal, Trump’s tone of voice was suspicious and demands further investigation, perhaps impeachment.
RE: I would say to Joe Biden, and the Demoncrats...Be very careful what you ask for...you just may get it...
I think the Dems don’t believe that Biden can win the elections anyway. They are going with Pocahontas.
So, their reasoning now is if Biden has to go down with Trump, so be it. As long as we take Trump down, Biden can be the sacrificial goat.
“Shortly before his call with Ukraine’s leader, Trump had ordered a hold on $400 million in military aid to that country.”
Was weeks before the call.
RE: Trump’s tone of voice was suspicious and demands further investigation, perhaps impeachment.
You don’t impeach based on tone of voice, you impeach based on the DETAILS of the conversation. The allegation is Trump is using official US foreign military aid as a weapon to force Ukraine to re-open the investigation into Joe Biden. Trump denies that of course. So why open an impeachment investigation ? To find out the truth ( they say ).
RE: Trump had ordered a hold on $400 million in military aid to that country
The REASON behind the hold is the key.
Of course it will be released. The President is the one person that can make it happen.
Do it. The parasite has infested the republic long enough.
Will Obama and Kerry be tied to Biden too?
Have to love the article trump’s release of the entire transcript is not expected to lessen the calls by democrats. Can’t make this crapp up.
Now we check out Obummer’s telephone conversations.
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