Good question
Posted on 11/12/2019 4:09:05 PM PST by yesthatjallen
House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) suggested President Trump’s possible impeachable offenses include bribery in an interview set to air Wednesday with NPR’s Steve Inskeep.
"On the basis of what the witnesses have had to say so far, there are any number of potentially impeachable offenses, including bribery, including high crimes and misdemeanors,” Schiff said in the interview. “The basic allegations against the president are that he sought foreign interference in a U.S. election, that he conditioned official acts on the performance of these political favors.”
In the interview, Schiff said “bribery,” one of the offenses the Constitution outlines as impeachable, had a different meaning at the time the Constitution was written then how it is commonly understood today.
“It was much broader. It connoted the breach of the public trust in a way where you're offering official acts for some personal or political reason, not in the nation's interest,” Schiff said. “Here you have the president of the United States seeking help from Ukraine in his reelection campaign in the form of two investigations that he thought were politically advantageous, including one of his primary rival.”
“It doesn't have to be cash. It can be something of value,” Schiff added, saying that conditioning foreign aid on political favors could be considered bribery even in the modern context.
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"It doesn't have to be cash. It can be something of value," Schiff added, saying that conditioning foreign aid on political favors could be considered bribery even in the modern context.
A politician is guilty of bribery when he accepts bribes in exchange for political favors. Donald Trump is basically immune from any of that because he just doesn't need the money. He doesn't operate like a normal crook in public office. So these pathetic losers in the House have to find a normal transaction involving conditions attached to foreign aid from the U.S. to another country and call it "bribery." LOL.
The senate is on record voting guilty for booger eating if so charged
The REAL big one is that Trump once farted in an elevator.
Marty Feldman’s sister on top?
And I “COULD” be the Queen of England
How do you bribe someone to cooperate with the US Attorney General? I mean, wouldn’t the AG have some reservations about working with someone who has been bribed to give them evidence? Wouldn’t he ask a few questions especially since the President discussed the “bribe” in front of a roomful of people who would then be implicated in the bribe as well? I don’t think Schiff has really thought this charge through very carefully.
so a President doing the job elected to do = bribery . Trump doing what he’s doing to China is also bribery ?
“”Schiff said “bribery,” one of the offenses the Constitution outlines as impeachable, had a different meaning at the time the Constitution was written then how it is commonly understood today.””
By golly - we can make it mean anything we want it to mean and that’s exactly what we are going to do!
He needs to use Harry Reid’s exercise equipment on a daily basis.
How many Laws is Schiff For Brains breaking doing what he’s doing ?
Yeah well Mr.Schiff should be hung by the neck until dead for sedition. How’s that shoe fit amigo?
“Shifty is still mad Trump cancelled the flight to Europe and made him ride around the Capitol on a bus. That was priceless.”
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Man I forgotten about that.
Should have been a short bus. ..lol.
Good question
Schiff could be charged and tried for treason.
Same chance as Schiff actually getting better than 75 on an IQ test.
No, it's going to be "he picked his nose and I heard secondhand while standing around the water cooler in the hallway at work that he did it".
The whistleblower didn't even hear the conversation between the two leaders.
Remember? The democRATS changed the rules for whistleblowers needing firsthand knowledge just the month before this all came out.
How coincidental and convenient of them.
NO ONE and I mean NO ONE in the local media brought up the fact that Ed Buck and Adam Schiff are very good buddies..in fact Schiff was seen many times going into Bucks apt..I wonder what they were doing in there..hmmmm..or maybe I dont want to know
The Democrats, including Hillary Clinton and Eric the fake whistleblower, sought foreign interference in a U.S. election. It is proven.
The whole montage beginning when Trump was sworn in...good grief, these people are freaking insane. Throwing any and everything against the wall to see what sticks.
thats nothing. schift picks his nose and eats the findings.
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