Posted on 12/12/2019 6:52:40 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
During Thursday’s mark up of the articles of impeachment in the House Judiciary Committee, Republicans unveiled a four-point defense of President Trump that is stunning in its simplicity and blows massive holes in the Democrats allegations of abuse of power. Essentially the Democrats are accusing Trump of shaking down Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky by withholding aid and demanding announcement of investigations, including one involving Joe Biden’s son, Hunter.
To this, the central charge in the articles of impeachment, Rep. Jim Jordan and others presented four specific facts. First, both Trump and Zelensky say there was no pressure applied. Second, the transcript does not indicate Trump making any demands or setting any conditions. Third, Ukraine was not aware that the aid was delayed. And fourth, aid flowed without any announcement of investigations. Taken together, these four defenses have more than enough weight to crush the Democrats’ case, but lets look at them one by one.
The fact that Zelensky says on the record that he did not feel pressure from Trump is an important one that has been widely ignored. As Rep. Matt Gaetz argued, there can’t be a shake down if the person being shook down has no idea its happening. Unless Zelensky is lying, the entire case against Trump just disappears.
Democrats on Thursday, as they have before, but more vehemently so, said that of course Zelensky must be lying. He needs American aid so he is lying to stay on the good side of the president. Setting aside the fact that the Democrats making this claim have no evidence to support it, it also undermines the credibility of Zelensky, one of the very things they accuse Trump of doing.
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Even if everything the Democrats said were true (which they are not, Dems are liars), no crime would have been committed. It is fully within the president’s authority to demand that corruption be investigated before any foreign aid is given. It matters nothing that Hunter Biden is Joe Biden’s son.
While the Democrat hit squad sorrowfully posed together calling this impeachment a tragic day in history Trump said “It’s Tuesday”. Hell to the yeah.
The only down side here is that there are a bunch of acquaintances of mine who simply can’t be swayed by the facts and logic deployed here. Apparently, the same thing can be said about the “Mainstream Media.” And incredibly, San Fran Nan is accusing the Media of enabling the President—even as hack pseudo-journalist Chris Wallace of the allegedly in-the-tank-for-Trump Fox News lambasts the President for attacking the Media.
Obama would have been impeached hundreds of times.
He needed U.S. a LOT more when Obama was president, cozying up to Putin, cancelling defensive missiles in Poland and Ukraine, and sending blankets, not arms, to Ukraine. So, logically, Ukraine would have been trying to curry favor more with Obama rather than Trump who has delivered real armaments to Ukraine.
and Nadler denied the Minority Hearing
this is so unreal
It is fully within the president’s authority to demand that corruption be investigated before any foreign aid is given. //
I think congress even made it a requirement.
there can’t be a shake down if the person being shook down has no idea its happening. Unless Zelensky is lying, the entire case against Trump just disappears.
there can’t be a shake down if the person being shook down has no idea its happening. Unless Zelensky is lying, the entire case against Trump just disappears.
As an aside, if Zelensky is lying, then denying the aid would be justified.
It is fully within the president’s authority to demand that corruption be investigated before any foreign aid is given. //
I think congress even made it a requirement.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4278
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