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.
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You forgot the barf alert.
Oh, hello Mr President! You caught me out to dinner, let me put you on speaker!
Yeah, not buying it. So at best, the “aid” heard one side of the convo. Also quite possible the call never happened. If it happened there is some kind of record of the call, and it’s almost certain POTUS was not alone when the call took place.
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Yeah I’m a troll.
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”.Exactly! It's a Clear Case, Guy! [sorry couldn't help myself]
Anyone who actually saw the hearing knows that the Democrats blew themselves up.
It's all put out there to get ppl that don't watch politics to accept the CNN narrative.
95 million unique monthly visitors***
Good stat but means nothing.
CNN is in EVERY airport in the world with a contract of exclusivity.
So there could be several BILLION Eunuch visitors.
Not necessary “viewers” but mostly passer-byers.
Oh and I have no problem with cnn articles being posted here.
Good to watch the enemies, works like ipecac sometimes...
There are lots of places (like Vietnam, for example) where CNN is the only news provider, from our part of the world.
I would much prefer that was not the case.
I (much) prefer real news. But televised, anyway, CNN has a sort of lock, some places.
That is rapidly decreasing in importance. For example I doubt I will ever, renew my cable vision subscription, even if we go to America in the future. I just don’t pay for news anymore.
From either side.
But CNN still has some exclusive access, some places.
I suspect, it has more to do with CNN being a lot more tolerant, of some places ways of doing business, though I don’t know that for a fact.
:)
And just like the Kavanaugh hearings, as soon as it appears they are in trouble with the narrative, they bring in a new “witness” that has “bombshell” testimony. Rush predicted this last week, I believe. The rule book hasn’t changed so expect there to be another one, and then another one and on and on. All designed to keep the president and Republicans off balance and in defensive mode and to get the public to a point of “OK. we’ve had enough already, just impeach him so it all stops”.
LOL, yea, I'll put you on speaker, why don't you say some incriminating things so my party can get a laugh.
One of the first rules of telephonic security is that YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT SECURITY ISSUES IN AN OPEN PLACE AND SPEAK SO LOUDLY/LET PEOPLE HEAR THE VOICE ON THE PHONE.
If this phone call break of security protocol is true, then Sondeland should be punished for it. The “aide” who overheard it should also be punished for a breach of security.
If it was a “fake news” item, then CNN should be sued over it.
After all CNN stands for the Communist News Network and it cannot be trusted at all.
Ah, yes, lost in translation, wasn’t it? Haha
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