IMPEACHMENT BACKFIRES.
Posted on 09/25/2019 10:48:55 AM PDT by Mount Athos
President Donald Trump did not exert pressure or offer any repayment when he asked Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to probe the dealings of former vice president Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, according to a transcript (pdf) of a call between the two leaders released by the White House on Sept. 25.
During the call, Zelensky was the first to bring up Rudy Giuliani, the Trump attorney who had looked into the Ukrainian business dealings of Hunter Biden. In response, Trump noted that Giuliani is a “respected man” and told Zelensky that he would like to have Giuliani call him. Trump then refers to videotaped comments in which Joe Biden describes how he forced the termination of a top Ukrainian prosecutor by withholding loans. The prosecutor was allegedly investigating Burisma, the gas company where Hunter Biden served on the board of directors.
“The other thing, there’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great,” Trump said.
“Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it … It sounds horrible to me.”
The White House released the transcript the morning after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced the formal impeachment inquiry into Trump, triggered largely by allegations surrounding the content of the president’s call with the Ukrainian leader. According to Pelosi and other Democrats, Trump’s request for an investigation is inappropriate since Biden was officially running for president at the time of the call. Pelosi noted that the request did not need to feature a quid pro quo in order to be inappropriate.
The Trump-Zelensky call is the subject of a whistleblower complaint sent to the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG). The complaint stirred up controversy because the ICIG reached out to Congress to complain that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence failed to forward the complaint to lawmakers. The Senate voted on Sept. 24 to demand the release of the complaint.
Prior to the release of the transcript, Trump had repeatedly stated that the conversation was appropriate.
“Will the Democrats apologize after seeing what was said on the call with the Ukrainian President? They should, a perfect call – got them by surprise!” Trump wrote shortly before the White House released the transcript.
In addition to discussing the Biden investigation, the two leaders also discussed at least two other investigations. Earlier in the call, Trump asked Zelensky about a server in possession of a wealthy Ukrainian citizen. Trump provides little detail but references Crowdstrike, the information technology company which examined the Democratic National Committee server after it was allegedly hacked by Russian operatives.
“I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it. I would like you to find out what happened with this whole situation with Ukraine, they say Crowdstrike… I guess you have one of your wealthy people… The server, they say Ukraine has it,” Trump said.
The two leaders also discussed former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. Zelensky thanked Trump for flagging Yovanovitch as a “bad ambassador.”
“Her attitude towards me was far from the best as she admired the previous president and she was on his side. She would not accept me as a new president well enough,” Trump said.
The exchange suggests that both the United States and Ukraine may be examining Yovanovitch’s conduct. Zelensky asked Trump for assistance in the matter and Trump said that he will have Giuliani and Attorney General William Barr call the Ukrainian leader.
A few democrats are admitting that they will lose again unless Trump is impeached. This is some sick stuff. It reeks of totalitarianism.
They also need him to be in an Impeachment cloud should a SCOTUS opening opens & the will try to stop his appointing anyone because he is “under” impeach.ent.
This whole no pressure thing is crazy. If I’m giving you half a billion dollars I better be able to pressure you...so now the world know they cannot be pressured if they get money from the U.S government? Imagine I couldn’t get pressured from someone who was paying me. How sweet that would be. Make my own rules!
Fortunately there’s no need for a transcript to prove that Joe Biden threatened to withhold a billion dollars in aid to the Ukraine if a prosecutor investigating his son was fired. The doddering old fool admitted it in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations.
Well of course not since it is obviously NOT the REAL transcript. So sayeth some demokkkommie UPOS. But that’s repeating myself isn’t it.
The majority of people are not stupid. They can see right through the Democrats non-stop attacks on President Trump. All they care about is casting doubt on him and his administration. They think that will defeat him.. They are Wrong as usual.
Edmund: My beloved father, certain letters have come to light which might change things a bit around here.
King: Letters? What letters?
Edmund: They speak of acts of love between your wife and Donald, the Gay Dog of the Glens. (reads) “How I long to be in that kingdom between the saffron sheets where you and your ruler are the only ruler.” (Queen nearly faints again)
Edmund: And then acts of love consummated, “Oh, you enormous Scotsman,” et cetera. And these letters are dated November and December 1460, which, Harry, in relation to your date of birth, is precisely nine months—
Harry: …after I was born!
McAngus: (smiling) But about nine months before your birth, Edmund!
Edmund: YOU BASTARD!
Harry: No — I think you’re the bastard, Edmund.
Demonrats ARE a totalitarian (Stalinist-Fascist) party.
Agreed, the Independents are not pleased that the Dems are not doing anything positive for the country.
IMPEACHMENT BACKFIRES.
Trump did not give anything as a result of an action to benefit him or his family.
Biden did. He refused $1 billion in loan guarantees if the Ukraine didn’t fire the man investigating his son’s dealings. The investigator was fired. Biden gave the loan guarantee.
Quid pro quo
Biden yes.
Trump no.
Did anyone catch the part where Zelensky said he stayed in Trump Plaza?
They’ll try to make a case for emoluments again—oh noes!
Do you seriously believe Democrats won fair and square? They cheated Big Time.. Ballot harvesting on top of their usual election and voter fraud.
“Trump provides little detail but references Crowdstrike, the information technology company which examined the Democratic National Committee server after it was allegedly hacked by Russian operatives.”
I wonder if the reason for all of this was to get the Crowdstrike issue out in front of everyone. Maybe Biden was mentioned by the alleged “whitle blower” (one of us) to get the RATs to pay attention, knowing that the Crowdstrick tidbit was also mentioned in the same phone call.
Crowdstrike , the DNC, and Wash Po reporter Ellen Nakashima created the original spin on the security breach of the DNC computer system.... preventing the FBI from directly accessing the system.
According to the rating, not many people watch CNN or MSNBC.. Many have no choice but to watch them while at airports, restaurants , gyms.. etc.
“preventing the FBI from directly accessing the system.”
The way I heard it was the DNC forbade the FBI to see access their computers. FBI meekly stepped aside. DNC brought in their own people, Crowdstrike, to review the computers. Incestuous.
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