Posted on 12/30/2019 3:08:59 PM PST by Maceman
. . . That possibility is underscored by the Times report, a chronology of Trumps decision to withhold aid to a vulnerable ally under assault while he and his henchmen extorted Ukraine into carrying out his corrupt designs.
The report demonstrates in striking detail that inside the administration, the consternation over the legality and propriety of the aid freeze and confusion over Trumps true motives ran much deeper than previously known, implicating top Cabinet officials more deeply than we thought.
Among the storys key points:
As early as June, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney worked to execute the freeze for Trump, and a top aide to Mulvaney Robert Blair worried it would fuel the narrative that Trump was tacitly aiding Russia. Internal opposition was more forceful than previously known. The Pentagon pushed for the money for months.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and then-national security adviser John Bolton privately urged Trump to understand that freezing the aid was not in our national interest.
Trump was unmoved, citing Ukraines corruption. We now know Trump actually wanted Ukraine to announce sham investigations absolving Russia of 2016 electoral sabotage and smearing potential 2020 opponent Joe Biden.
The Times report reveals that top Trump officials did not think that ostensibly combating Ukrainian corruption (which wasnt even Trumps real aim) was in our interests.
Lawyers at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) worked to develop a far-fetched legal argument that Trump could exercise commander-in-chief authority to override Congress appropriation of the aid, to get around the law precluding Trump from freezing it.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Every day we read about 'violating norms', 'unprecedented', 'not in the spirit of democracy' blah blah blah. Extreme adjectives of behavior used to substitute for anything actually being wrong or illegal about behavior.
Sorry, but, consternation and confusion are not evidence of crimes. Neither, it turns out, are 'striking' consternation and confusion.
In every accusatory sentence or paragraph there is a weasel word or phrase that relegates the accusation to equaling nil.
It's fun to read these articles ... all smoke and mirrors, always a weasel. It's like watching a bad magician. If you WANT to not see the magician hide the penny behind his ear, even though he does it in plain sight ... you can 'not see' it. Ask Rachel M how to do it, she's the finest not-see-er.
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he Times report reveals that top Trump officials did not think that ostensibly combating Ukrainian corruption (which wasnt even Trumps real aim) was in our interests.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? Who does Greg Sargent think he's kidding?
This is worthy of MSLSD and Lawrence O'Donnell.
They will do anything and everything until they hear from us on voting day when we turn them out of office (if we are smart, that is.
The unused Javelins are probably in Russia by now..
You willing to pay for my subscription? That’s the only way to read the article..............
WP is all a flutter. Bless their hearts.
“...Corporate Media Organizations, which are not “the press”...”
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What do you think the 1st amendment was talking about
when it mentioned “freedom of the press”?
Brett Baier will Report it like hes in child birth.
Its more of the BS.
How about one reporter on the Hunter Biden story?
His taxes, his Millions, the incident that made him a danger to his wife and daughters and barred him the family home.
Why did his $$$ go thru Latvia and Lithuania?
Are Donors supporting Hunters $6,000 a night lifestyle with a Credit card in someone elses name?
More foolish bureaucratic hand wringing!
WHERE IS THE CRIME!
Reconstituted BS all the time. But you did right by reading the content. One of the tactics of our leftist traitors is to just create a new headline and hope that no one reads the content to just try to create a new narrative.
Because we can read his mind.
Who are the "top Trump officials," and why would it not be important to go after Ukrainian corruption when we are giving them millions of dollars in aid?
But of course Biden, Pelosi, and Kerry wouldn't want their kids to lose out on the corruption opportunities.
Good ol’ Washington POS! If there’s a better paper available (for lining the bird cage), I’m unaware of it...
There was nothing unusual or wrong about Trump’s interaction with Ukraine. It is “wrong” by simple assertion that it is wrong. Now the only argument is about what the particular words or or what a Democrat can infer.
“”””””Like an AMC/Rambler Javelin?””””
My buddy had one in high school. Pretty cool car for it’s day.
Make something up. Maybe it will stuck
“...a comprehensive treaty agreement that allows cooperation between both the United States and Ukraine in the investigation and prosecution of crimes. It appears President Trump was following the law to the letter when it comes to unearthing the long-standing corruption that has swirled in Ukraine and allegedly involves powerful Democrats like Joe Biden and others.”
Multiple sources with the exact same language
More “bombshell” BS no doubt but I still say the no QPQ is a trap. They are going to find something to show there was because QPQ’s happen all the time. I wish Trump’s team had said your damn right there was because there is a law that demands it.
Ha ha ha ha ...
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